Panorpa hybrida McLachlan, 1882

Dvořák, Libor, Georgiev, Dilian, ., P. P., P., P., W, ., P., P., P., . & ., 2017, New and interesting records of scorpion flies of the genus Panorpa Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from Bulgaria with a country checklist, Ecologica Montenegrina 15, pp. 22-25 : 23

Panorpa hybrida McLachlan, 1882

Sarnena Gora Mts., N of Stara Zagora city, C ( Fig. 2 ), along Bedechka River , flood forest, among Petasites , 227 m, 42°27'06.9"N, 25°37'54.8"E, 16.5.2017, 1 ♂ .

This species was previously known from Bulgaria from Rila Mts., Rilski Monastery only ( Zelený 1971), a single ♀ was trapped in 1962. Confirmed occurrence from Bulgaria after 55 years ( Fig. 1 ) .

Figures

Figure 1 Records of three Panorpa taxa in Bulgaria. Stars: P. hybrida (empty for published record), squares: P. vulgaris, circles: P. germanica rumelica (empty for published record). Orig.: Dilian Georgiev.

Figure 2. Flood forest along Bedechka River, Sarnena Gora Mts., locality of Panorpa hybrida MacLachlan, 1882 and Panorpa vulgaris Imhoff & Labram, 1845. Photo: Dilian Georgiev.