Materials on the fauna of true bugs (Heteroptera) of East Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan

New data on the distribution of 101 species from 16 Heteroptera families in the East Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan are reported. Twelve species are recorded for the first time from the study area: Nabis nigrovittatus steppensis (Kerzhner, 1981) (Nabidae), Deraeocoris ater (Jakovlev, 1889), Orthops mutans (Stål, 1858), Oncotylus setulosus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1837) (Miridae), Dictyla humuli (Fabricius, 1794) (Tingidae), Coranus aethiops Jakovlev, 1893 (Reduviidae), Aradus crenaticollis R.F. Sahlberg, 1848 (Aradidae), Horvathiolus superbus (Pollish, 1781), Acompus rufipes (Wolff, 1804), Acanthosoma denticaudum (Jakovlev, 1880) (Acanthosomatidae), Rubiconia peltata Jakovlev, 1890, and Eurydema fieberi Fieber, 1837 (Pentatomidae). Based on the latest data, the fauna of true bugs of the East Kazakhstan Region comprises 482 species from 25 families.


Introduction
The East Kazakhstan Region occupies vast territory in the eastern part of the Republic of Kazakhstan with an area of 283000 square km. Its relief is a complex combination of the plains, small hills ("melkosopochnik"), and mountain massifs in the north-east and east (South Altai, Tarbagatai, and Saur) -Figs 1-4. The regional river system belongs to the basin of the largest water body of the area -the Irtysh River and its tributaries, as well as to the Lake Balkhash basin. The largest lakes in the area are Zaisan, Markakol' , Alakol' , and Sasykkol' . The climate is sharply continental because of the position of the territory in the center of the Asian continent far from large sea basins (Sidorenko 1957). The insect fauna of East Kazakhstan is highly diverse: its includes the well-represented steppe fauna, the taiga and intrazonal meadow and forest species penetrate the area from the north, and the desert and semi-desert fauna is quite developed in the south.  of the Kazakhstan Institute of Zoology R.B. Asanova (Asanova 1974(Asanova , 1986(Asanova , 1996, who gave the first synopsis of the distribution of 439 species from 25 families in East Kazakhstan. Later, P.A. Esenbekova (Esenbekova 2007(Esenbekova , 2011(Esenbekova , 2013 recorded from this region 219 species of 19 families. In this paper we provide data on 101 species of 16 heteropterous families based on the collections made in the East Kazakhstan Region by the students and professors of the Altai State University, Barnaul.  Collecting was made using common methods (Fasulati 1971;Golub et al. 2012), net-sweeping herbaceous and arboreal vegetation and shrubs. The material collected amounts 403 specimens of bugs.

Nabis nigrovittatus steppensis
Distribution. Sic-Black Sea and Kazakhstan steppe. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.
Distribution. From West Europe to Enisei River and Altai Mts. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013.
Distribution. West-Central Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.
In this paper, data on the distribution of 101 widespread water and land horto-, thamno-and dendrobiont species from 16 Heteroptera families in the East Kazakhstan Region are reported.
Twelve species are recorded for the first time from the study area: Nabis nigrovittatus steppensis Kerzh. Thus, the heteropterous fauna of the East Kazakhstan Region, based on the published data and those given in this paper, comprises 482 species of 25 families.