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

Omoglymmius germari (Ganglbauer, 1892)

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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 .

Discusion

The area of O. germari in Bulgaria ( Fig. 1 ) 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.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus and distribution of O. germari in Bulgaria (scale=0.4 mm).