Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892)

Bekchiev, Rostislav, 2010, New data for Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892) (Rhysodidae: Coleoptera) in Bulgaria, ZooNotes 11, pp. 1-3 : 1-2

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12659071

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12659075

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/477D172E-FFD5-B65A-FE6F-F90A5D75FA7A

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scientific name

Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892)
status

 

Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892) View in CoL

( Fig. 1 View Fig )

New locality: Strandzha Mts, Kondolovo Vill., Byala prast locality, N 42° 05.795 E 27° 39.916, 258 m, 14.04.2009, 1 male, leg. R. Bekchiev GoogleMaps .

Discusion

The area of O. germari in Bulgaria ( Fig. 1 View Fig ) is restricted to the south-east part of the county.

This saproxylic species is with great conservation value. It was mentioned for the first time as coleopteran species useful for identifying forests of international importance by Speight (1989) and then by Good & Speight (1996). The species is included in IUCN Red List of saproxilyc species ( Nieto & Alexander 2010). Despite his rarity and indicator importance, in Bulgaria the species is not protected. The only attempt to correct this mistake was the proposition of inclusion of O. germari in Red book of Bulgaria. Unfortunately because of decrease of the volume of the book this species was excluded (B. Guéorguiev, pers. comm.).

The new founding of this rare species have no only faunistical importance, but could contribute to the efforts to protect the unique nature in Strandzha Mts.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Omoglymmius

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