New and unpublished data about the ground beetles from tribes Amarini and Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Bulgaria

Bulgarian carabid fauna is relatively well studied but there are still many taxa and regions in the country lacking enough research. This study provides new information and new records on 93 carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) species of the tribes Amarini (28 species) and Harpalini (65 species), and 23 zoogeographical regions and subregions in Bulgaria. The focus is on tribes Amarini and Harpalini, which are among the most abundant and species-rich in Bulgaria. Fifty-one, or more than the half of the species collected are recorded for the first time in 20 different zoogeographical regions of Bulgaria. Twenty-nine species are reported for the second time about the 15 regions where they were currently collected. Sixty-six species haven’t been reported for more than 20 years from the Eastern and Western Stara Planina Mts., Kraishte region, Osogovska planina Mt., Boboshevo-Simitli valley, Sandanski-Petrich valley, Vitosha Mts., Rila Mts., and Pirin Mts