Apalus bipunctatus Germar 1817

Apalus bipunctatus Germar, 1817 (Plate III, 16) Material examined: Bulgaria, Sakar Mts, SE Ustrem Vill., the road to Radovets Vill., 41°58.352’N 26°28.818’E, 233 m a.s.l, dirt road, edge of oak forest, 01.v.2021, 1 ♂ (BFUS- MEL000102), D. Gradinarov & Y. Petrova leg. Notes: Apalus bipunctatus has been reported from Bulgaria by Nedelkov (1905) with locality Stara Zagora, but this record was not cited in the species list of Bulgarian Meloidae by Kantardjeva (1929). The species is also omitted for Bulgaria in both editions of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Bologna 2008, 2020). The specimen of Nedyalkov from Stara Zagora (Nedelkov 1905) was not found in the Meloidae collection in the National Museum of Natural History (Sofia, Bulgaria), but another male specimen of A. bipunctatus from Bulgaria is preserved in the Zoological Collection of Sofia University, labelled “ Bulgaria: Ograzhden Mts, 1 km NW Strumeshnitsa Vill., 41°24.065’N 23°02.363’E, 270 m a.s.l, meadows next to cork oak plantations, 30.iv.2018, Y. Petrova leg. (BFUS-MEL 000115). Confirmed presence of the species in Bulgaria.