Polyphaga aegyptiaca Linnaeus 1758

Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) Figures 31, 32, 53 Polyphaga aegiptica (Linn.): 1. Drenski 1939: 10. Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linn.): 2. Bey-Bienko 1950: 292 • 3. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 177, 178 • 4. Popov, Ganev 1983: 67. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 80): To date the species is recorded only in the region of Sandanski-Petrich kettle (SW Bulgaria), but its occurrence in the warmest parts of southeastern Bulgaria (Eastern Rhodope Mts. and Sakar Mt.) is not excluded. Inhabits xerothermic grass-shrub habitats on sandy and rocky soils; in daytime usually hides in soil burrows and cracks or land holes. Studied material. 42 specimens (13 adults, 29 nymphs) and 3 oothecae. General distribution. The distribution range of the species covers the entire Mediterranean region, the southern parts of Europe and Southwestern Asia, in the east reaching Iran.Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26482