First records of Eledonoprius serrifrons (Reitter, 1890) from Greece and Eledona hellenica Reitter, 1885 from Bulgaria (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a contribution to the Bolitophagini of southern Balkan Peninsula with a special reference to Greece

Abstract

The Western Palaearctic representatives of the tribe Bolitophagini comprise of seven species in three genera. Research on Bolitophagini of Greece has been minimal reporting on the presence of four species. In this paper, the rarely collected Eledonoprius serrifrons (Reitter, 1890) is recorded for the first time from Greece, while the Balkan species Eledona hellenica Reitter, 1885 is proved from Bulgaria for the first time. Material from the collection of the first author alongside a literature survey provide a distributional overview of the Greek Bolitophagini, while raising the number of known to Greek species within the tribe to five. Ecological remarks and the conservation of these two species are briefly discussed.