The first record of scorpion-fly Panorpa schweigeri Willmann, 1975 (Insecta, Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from Bulgaria

Journal Title: ZooNotes - Year 2014, Vol 51, Issue 0

Abstract

The author presents the first record of Panorpa schweigeri from Bulgaria as well as the first record of any species of the Panorpa aspoecki group outside Turkey. Two females (one dissected) were caught in 1973 in Kalovo (Strandzha Mountain), ca. 30 km NE of the locality Velika near Kırklareli in Turkey, where P. schweigeri was published in original description.

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LIBOR DVOŘÁK

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LIBOR DVOŘÁK (2014). The first record of scorpion-fly Panorpa schweigeri Willmann, 1975 (Insecta, Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from Bulgaria. ZooNotes, 51(0), 1-3. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-162645