A new species of Catops and notes on Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Bulgaria

Abstract: Catops hanusi sp. n. from northern Bulgaria is described, illustrated and compared with other species of the C. fuscus species group. The male of Catops pirinensis Zerche, 1992 is described and the description of related C. purkynei Obenberger, 1917 is completed. Faunistic records of further 23 rare or interesting species of Cholevinae from Bulgaria are provided. The spe-cies Nemadus colonoides (Kraatz, 1851), Anemadus strigosus strigosus (Kraatz, 1852), A. acicularis (Kraatz, 1852), Choleva ni-valis (Kraatz, 1856), C. elongata (Paykull, 1798), Catopomorphus orientalis (Aube, 1850), Attaephilus illyricus Jeannel, 1936, A. molitori Scheerpeltz, 1956 and Catops fuliginosus fuliginosus Erichson, 1837 are recorded from Bulgaria for the first time.

Key words: Taxonomy, description, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Catops, Bulgaria