Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of the Agro-ecosystems in Plovdiv Region (Bulgaria)
Journal Title: ZooNotes - Year 2014, Vol 67, Issue 0
Abstract
Eleven Aphidiinae genera and 23 species from 197 aphidiids were identified. Six species of them are new to the fauna of Bulgaria. Thirty two plant-aphid-parasitoid associations are reported.
Authors and Affiliations
OGNYAN TODOROV
Animal remains of the medieval settlement near Brankovtsi village (Vidin Region, NW Bulgaria)
A total of 9 taxa of 6 domestic forms and 3 wild species of animals have been identified, among them wild boar, red deer and roe deer. All finds are dated Middle Ages (10th – 13th century A. D.).
New animal remains from Pliska, the medieval capital (10 c. AD) of Bulgaria, (Shumen Region, NE Bulgaria)
A total of 9 taxa (5 birds and 4 mammals) have been identified, among them two endangered avian species - Otis tarda and Falco peregrinus.
Chaetonyx robustus (Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) – new natural host of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae)
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976 was isolated from single larva of Chaetonyx robustus Schaum, 1862 (Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from soil of a riverside habitat near town of Zemen, SW Bulgaria. Insects from the su...
New Quaternary remains of terrestrial vertebrates of some caves in Bulgaria
New data on the occurrence of some terrestrial mammals and amphibians collected from 15 caves in Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts (4 caves), Stara Planina Mts (7 caves), and Rhodopes Mts (4 caves) was reported. Evidence for bree...
First records of the American wasps Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1770) and Isodontia mexicana (de Saussure, 1867) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Bulgaria
Two alien sphecid species are reported for the first time for Bulgaria. Nearctic species Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1770) and Isodontia mexicana (de Saussure, 1867) were found in Sofia. The first species is collecte...