Review of the families Mycteridae, Pythidae and Salpingidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) of Bulgaria

Beetles of this families are rarely recorded and three of the species are omitted in the last edition of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera for the country, despite the presence of earlier reports.In the present study, an updated checklist of the families Mycteridae, Pythidae and Salpingidae of Bulgaria is prepared.

New data on the distribution of the species Mycterus tibialis Küster, 1850, M. curculioides (Fabricius, 1781) (Mycteridae), Pytho depressus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Pythidae), Salpingus planirostris (Fabricius, 1787), S. ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1760) and Vincenzellus ruficollis (Panzer, 1794) (Salpingidae) in the country are reported. Original photographs of all examined species are provided.