taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E9E6130532FFA2FF60D71EFBF83009.taxon	materials_examined	Stara Planina Mt., Etropole district, near Boikovets village, Maniakov Kamik Peak, N 42.823722 E 23.857222, 1320 m alt., 10 October 2014, 1 male specimen from a nest of Formica sp., leg. T. Harrison.	en	Harrison, Tom, Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2014): Two Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) species new to Bulgaria. ZooNotes 2014 (66): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12657227
03E9E6130532FFA2FF60D71EFBF83009.taxon	description	The nest was located in a clearing in beech woodland in a montane area where the ants had formed a subterranean nest in a clay mound protected by a large stone. Ants were regrettably not collected but were characteristic of the genus Formica.	en	Harrison, Tom, Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2014): Two Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) species new to Bulgaria. ZooNotes 2014 (66): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12657227
03E9E6130533FFA2FF60D124FD893535.taxon	materials_examined	Strandzha Mt., Malko Tarnovo, N 41.986826 E 27.520416, 326 m alt., 18 April 2010, 1 female from a nest of Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova.	en	Harrison, Tom, Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2014): Two Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) species new to Bulgaria. ZooNotes 2014 (66): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12657227
03E9E6130533FFA2FF60D124FD893535.taxon	description	The nest was located under a stone in an area of grassy karst. The beetle was found together with two dealated queens and workers; samples of the queens and workers were also collected. The ants of the genus Formica are host for both of the above listed beetle species. Lomechusoides strumosus is usually found with several Formica species and less frequently in Myrmica nests. In the case of Lomechusa paradoxa a characteristic seasonal change of hosts occurs; the beetle wintering with Myrmica and spending the summer with Formica spp. and accidentally with Lasius (Assing 2009). Formica cunicularia is rarely reported as the host of Lomechusa paradoxa. Both species have a wide distribution in Europe; the range of Lomechusa paradoxa is known to extend to the Caucasus while Lomechusoides strumosus reaches the Far East and Kazakhstan (Hlaváč et al. 2011). Thus, these two recent finds in Bulgaria are not unexpected but they do indicate the need for more fieldwork to be carried out on this subtribe. This new data increases the number of reported myrmecophilous Lomechusini species for the country to 15.	en	Harrison, Tom, Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2014): Two Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) species new to Bulgaria. ZooNotes 2014 (66): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12657227
