Phyllodromica pallida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)

Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), Zootaxa 4154 (4), pp. 351-388 : 360

Phyllodromica pallida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)

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The records for Phyllodromica pallida from Bulgaria ( Harz 1984) were based on material collected from Pirin Mts. and identified by Chládek. After photographic observation of the materials in the Chládek’s collection the specimens were referred to Phyllodromica carniolica (compare the data for the latter species).

This species is widespread on the Balkan Peninsula and is recorded for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece. According to own unpublished data (G. Hristov, unp.) the species occurs also in Albania and R Macedonia . Even though Ph. pallida has not yet been recorded, on the territory of Bulgaria, its occurrence in this country is very probable, based on the wide distribution of this species in the adjacent territories. The species usually inhabits meso- and xerothermic Oak and Hornbeam forests and meadows, dwelling within leaf litter, in low grass and shrubs.

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FIGURES 1 – 16. Dorsal habitus of adult males. 1 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 2 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 3 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 4 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 5 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Tabachka village); 6 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Varbitsa pass); 7 — E. sylvestris (BG, Lozen Mt., Pancharevo lake); 8 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Byala voda village); 9 — Capraiellus tamaninii (Croatia, Senj; labeled: Sign, Kroatien, Coll. Br. v. W., det: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl as Ectobia ericetorum; NHM); 10 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 11 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Medven village); 12 — Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 13 — Ph. marginata (BG, Southern Black Sea Coast, Sinemorets village); 14 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Plevun village); 15 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 16 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village). Scale = 5 mm.

FIGURES 17 – 30. Dorsal habitus of adult females. 17 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 18 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 19 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Osenets village); 20 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Senovo village); 21 — E. sylvestris (BG, Lozen Mt., Pancharevo lake); 22 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Brodilovo village); 23 — Capraiellus tamaninii (Alibotoush Mt., Nova Lovcha village); 24 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Ograzhden Mt., Markovi Kladentsi peak); 25 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Sadovo village); 26 — Ph. pallida (Greece, Vermio Mt., Koustochori village); 27 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village); 28 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village); 29 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Eastern Danubian plate, Tabachka village); 30 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Belopolyane village). Scale = 5 mm.

FIGURES 31 – 40. Dorsal habitus of some species of Bulgarian cockroaches. 31 — Polyphaga aegyptiaca (male—BG, Sandanski – Petrich kettle, Rupite place); 32 — P. aegyptiaca (female—BG, Sandanski-Petrich kettle, Rupite place); 33 — Blatta orientalis (male—BG, Varna); 34 — B. orientalis (female—BG, Sofia); 35 — Periplaneta americana (male—BG, Sofia); 36 — P. americana (female—BG, Sofia); 37 — Blattella germanica (male—BG, Sofia); 38 — Bl. germanica (female—BG, Sofia); 39 — Supella longipalpa (male—BG, Sofia); 40 — S. longipalpa (female—BG, Sofia). Scale = 10 mm (figures 31 – 36); Scale = 10 mm (figures 37 – 40).

FIGURES 41 – 53. Oothecae of some species of cockroaches in Bulgaria. 41 — Ectobius balcani (BG, Belasitsa Mt., Kongur Nature Reserve); 42 — E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 43 — E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 44 — E. lapponicus (BG, Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Varbitsa pass); 45 — E. sylvestris (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts., Rozino village); 46 — E. vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Slivarovo village); 47 — Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 48 — Ph. carniolica (BG, Middle Stara Planina Mts, Yasenovo village); 49 — Ph. pallida (Albania, Çika Mt., Llogora National Park, Llogara pass); 50 — Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., near Pokrovan village); 51 — Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Northern Black Sea Coast, Devnya town); 52 — Loboptera decipiens decipiens (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mt., Malki Voden village); 53 — Polyphaga aegyptiaca (BG, Sandanski – Petrich kettle, Rupite place). Scale = 1 mm (figures 41 – 52); Scale = 5 mm (figure 53).

FIGURES 54 – 71. Morphological structures. 54 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ectobius balcani (BG, Alibotoush Mt., Livade place); 55 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. burri (BG, Zemen gorge, Zemen town); 56 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. erythronotus erythronotus (BG, Lozen Mt., Lozen village); 57 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. lapponicus (BG, Western Predbalkan range, Montana town); 58 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. sylvestris (BG, Pirin Mts., Bansko town); 59 — tergite 7 with glandular pit Ectobius vittiventris (BG, Strandzha Mt., Byala voda village); 60 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of E. punctatissimus (Montenegro, Durmitor Mt., Tara gorge); 61 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Phyllodromica brevipennis (BG, Vitosha Mt., Yarlovo village); 62 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. carniolica (BG, Vitosha Mt., Bosnek village); 63 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 64 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. marginata (BG, Eastern Rhodope Mts., Madzharovo town); 65 — tergite 7 with glandular pit of Ph. pulcherrima (BG, Chepan Mt., Dragoman village); 66 — helmet sclerite of E. sylvestris (BG, Pirin Mts., Bansko town); 67 — helmet sclerite of Ph. brevipennis (BG, Vitosha Mt., Yarlovo village); 68 — helmet sclerite of Ph. carniolica (BG, Vitosha Mt., Bosnek village); 69 — helmet sclerite of Ph. pallida (R Macedonia, Plačkovica Mt., Kozbunar village); 70 — tegmina of male Ph. carniolica (BG, Western Rhodope Mts., Ribnovo village); 71 — tegmina of male Ph. pallida (Albania, Galičica Mt., Dolna Gorica village). Scale (figures 54 – 65) = 500 µm; Scale (figures 66 – 69) = 200 µm; Scale (figures 70, 71) = 2 mm.