ffistoida naturalis bulgarica, 14, 2002: 73-78 Rare Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Bulgaria POPOV Alexi The faunistic diversity ofNeuropterais well studied as aresult ofintensive investigations in the last twentyyears. Reviews ofthe families rich in species have been published: Chrysopidae (Popov, 1990, 1991), Coniopterygidae (Popov, 1983, 1986a), Hemerobiidae (Popov, 1986b, 1991) and Myrmeleontidae (Popov, 1996). Besides the taxa reported in these reviews, another four species have been found in Bulgaria: Peyerimhoffina gracilis (Chrysopidae), Wesmaelius quadrifasciatus, Wesmaelius tjederi, Micromus angulatus (Hemerobiidae). They have been published only preliminarily and, except for M. angulatus, without mentioning that they (the genus Peyerimhoffina too) are new to the fauna of Bulgaria. The aim of the present paper is to give detaued data on the records ofthese species. Chrysopidae Peyerimhoffinagracilis (Schneider, 1851) Bulgaria (Fig. 1). UTM 34TGM18, Rila Mts, Borovets: 1 $, 1300 m, 1.9.1967, I. Buresch; 1 9, 1350 m, on Picea abies, 27.7.1968, A. Popov; Shumnatitsa Chalet, 3 km NE of Borovets, 1330 m, on Picea abies, 5 d'cf, UTM 1 $, 9.8.1986, A. Popov. 35TKG72, Rhodopes Mts, Orfei Chalet, 1200 m, on Pinus sylvestris, 1 cf, 23.9.1979, V. Bayryamova. The only representative of the genus Peyerimhoffina, preliminarily reported for Bulgaria without details about the collected material by Popov (Orthopteroidea and Neuropteroidea in: Hubenov et al., 1998, 2000a). Range. Central and South Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Anatolia and the Caucasus. On the Iberian Peninsula P. gracilis occurs only on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees (Monserrat et al., 1994) in the provinces of Huesca and Lerida. In Anatolia it is found in its northwestern (ASPOCK et al., 2001) and northeastern parts (Aspock et al., 1980: map 172). In the Caucasus it is recorded in the Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve in the Karachayevo- Cherkesskaya Republic (South Russia) according to Dorokhova (1979) and in the Naxgivan (Nakhichevan) Territory in Azerbaijan (KURBANOV, 1971). In my opinion the latter record is doubtful because the species has been established by KURBANOV (1971) on cereals. Aspock and Holzel (1996) have also 73 fuscescens (Wallengren, 1863) and Helicoconis lutea (WaHengren, 1871), development with one generation can be expected. Micromus angulatus (Stephens, 1836) Bulgaria (Fig. 3). UTM 35TMJ00, Danube Plain, Koprivets near Byala, 200 m, on herbaceous vegetation, 1 9, 5.8.1978, E. Popova. UTM 35TLH14, Central Stara Planina Range, Troyanska Mts, Cherni Osam near Troyan, 600 m, on herbaceous vegetation, 1 $, 9.8.1985, A. Popov, E. Popova. UTM 34TGM18, Rila Mts, Borovets: 1 9> 1350 m, on herbaceous vegetation, 29.7.1971, 1. Buresch and 1 $, 1300 m, onlight, 6.8.1974, A. Popov. Known also from the Kresna Gorge (Popov, 2001), UTM 34TFM72. The finding of the species in the Central Stara Planina and Rila was reported preliminarily without mentioning of concrete localities by Popov (Orthopteroidea and Neuropteroidea in: Hubenov et al., 2000a, 2000b). Neuroptera in Bulgaria is Hemerobiidae with 34 species: 31 species according to Popov (1986b, 1991) and the three species in the present paper. The number of species in the other two families with relatively greater faunistic diversity remains unchanged: Coniopterygidae - 22 species (Popov, 1986a) and Myrmeleontidae - 18 species (Popov, 1996). Aspock et al. (2001) report 16 species ofMyrmekontidae for Bulgaria. They have not mentioned Delfimeus irroratus (Olivier, 1811) and Nicarinus poecilopterus (Stein, 1863) although they have included Popov (1996) with the only data on distribution in Bulgaria in the synonymous lists ofboth species. 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Fennica, 209: 255-262. Receivedon 13.05.2002 Author's address: Dr AlexiPopov National Museum ofNaturalHistory Tsar OsvoboditelBlvd. 1 -: 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria [email protected] Chrysopidae u om Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) () - ( ( , ),; ( ,gauuu Peyerimhofjina (grac)ilis, ) u 6 Wesmaelius quadrifasciatus Wesmaelius tjederi ). 6 u Micromus angulatus 6 . u Chrysopidae 28, Hemerobiidae - 34 78