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

Nikolay N. Vinokurov; Valentin V. Rudoi

doi:10.3897/abs.6.e54151

Nikolay N. Vinokurov^‡, Valentin V. Rudoi^§

‡ Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch RAS, Yakutsk, Russia

§ Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

Corresponding author: Nikolay N. Vinokurov ( vinok@ibpc.ysn.ru )

Academic editor: Alex Matsyura

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Citation: Vinokurov NN, Rudoi VV (2020) Materials on the fauna of true bugs (Heteroptera) of East Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 249-277. https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e54151

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Insects, bugs, Heteroptera, Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Region

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.

Figure 1.

South Altai, Kyzylebltau Mts., gorge of the Eginsu River (photo by V.V. Rudoi).

Figure 2.

Kalbinsky Mt. Range (photo by V.V. Rudoi).

Heteroptera in Kazakhstan have been investigated for a long time by the specialists of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, and of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, where voluminous collections on this group have been accumulated. A valuable contribution to the knowledge of the Heteroptera in East Kazakhstan was made by a scientist of the Kazakhstan Institute of Zoology R.B. Asanova (Asanova 1974, 1986, 1996), who gave the first synopsis of the distribution of 439 species from 25 families in East Kazakhstan. Later, P.A. Esenbekova (Esenbekova 2007, 2011, 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.

Figure 3.

The Emel River valley, Lake Alakol basin (photo by V.V. Rudoi).

Figure 4.

Midlands of the Saur Mt. Range (photo by V.V. Rudoi).

Material and methods

Field research of the heteropterans in the East Kazakhstan Region was carried out by students of the Altai State University in 2016–2019 under the guidance of Professor R.V. Yakovlev (Fig. 5). In the northern part of the region, V.V. Rudoi investigated the surroundings of the Shemonaikha Town in 2016 and 2018. In Southern Altay, G.M. Amanbayeva, A.U. Gabdulina, G.N. Kuftina and E.A. Nepaeva collected bugs on the Sarym-Saktyi in the Katon-Karagai National Nature Park in 2016 and 2017. Expedition of the Altai State University worked in 1918 on Kalbinskii Mt. Range, Tarbagatai and Saur (R.V. Yakovlev, V.V. Doroshkin, A.E. Naidenov and V.V. Rudoi), and in 2019, at the Lake Zaisan and in Tarbagatai (R.V. Yakovlev, A.A. Kechaikin, A.A. Fomichev and V.V. Rudoi).

Figure 5.

Collection points of bugs in the East Kazakhstan Region.

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.

The following abbreviation was made in the label data:

– Uryl Vill., Katon-Karagai State National Nature park – Uryl Vill.;

– coordinates were omitted for the following localities: Akmarbak Vill. (49°33'05"N, 85°30'31"E); Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill. (46°07'N, 82°19'E); Berelsk Vill. (49°30'37"N, 86°26'40"E); Korobikha Vill. (49°27'32"N, 85°03'14"E); Matombaj Vill. (48°39'N, 85°39'E); Topkain Vill. (49°13'53"N, 85°21'44"E); Uryl Vill., Katon-Karagai SNNP (49°19'17"N, 86°21'45"E); Rakhman’s Spring (49°32'09"N, 86°27'57"E); Rakhmanovsk (49°32'14"N, 86°30'15"E); Shemonaikha Town (50°35'N, 81°54'E; 50°36'N, 81°55'E; 50°37'N, 81°57'E; 50°40'N, 81°56'E); 15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill. (47°24'N, 84°38'E); 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill. (46°21'41"N, 82°05'04"E); 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill. (47°11'N, 81°21'E); 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill. (47°28'N, 85°12'E); 40 km NW of Kokpekty Vill. (49°00'N, 82°00'E); 20 km SSE of Zaisan Vill. (47°22'N, 85°09'E); 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill. (47°11'N, 80°56'E); 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill. (46°06'N, 82°19'E); Urdzhar (47°05'16"N, 81°37'47"E); 20 km SSE of Zaisan Vill. (47°22'N, 85°09'E).

– family names of the members of the expeditions of 2018 (R.V. Yakovlev, V.V. Doroshkin, A.E. Naidenov and V.V. Rudoi) and 2019 (R.V. Yakovlev, A.A. Kechaikin, A.A. Fomichev, Yu.V. Dyachkov and V.V. Rudoi) are omitted.

Results

Annotated list of the Heteroptera of East Kazakhstan Region

Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802

Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758

Material

Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m. 5–7.05.2019, 2 males, 2 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Family Nabidae A. Costa, 1853

Nabis flavomarginatus Scholtz, 1847

Material

KorobihaVill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva, 1 male); Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Rakhmanovsk, H = 1808–1829 m, 26.07.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 7 males, 15 females.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Nabis nigrovittatus steppensis (Kerzhner, 1981)

Material

Kyzylbeltau Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

Sic-Black Sea and Kazakhstan steppe. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Nabis brevis brevis Scholtz, 1847

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315 m, 28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 11 male, 16 females.

Distribution

Euro-Siberian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Nabis punctatus mimoferus Hsiao, 1964

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315 m, 7.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 male.

Distribution

East Palearctic steppe. Recorded from East Kazakhstan (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013). R.B. Asanova (1986) given this ubiquitous species as N. feroides Remane, 1953 and N. punctatus A. Costa, 1847.

Nabis rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315m, 28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 2 males, 4 females.

Distribution

From West Europe to Enisei River and Altai Mts. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Miridae Hahn, 1833

Deraeocoris ater (Jakovlev, 1889)

Figure 6

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

East Palaearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Figures 6–12.

Heteroptera of the East Kazakhstan Region: 6 – Deraeocoris ater Jak., 7 – Orthops mutans Stål, 8 – Dictyla humuli F., 9–12 – Coranus laticeps Wagn. (9 – dorsal view, 10 – lateral view, 11 – paramere and process of pygofer posteriorly, 12 – teca of aedeagus dorsally). (Orig.).

Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze, 1778)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315 m, 3–28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 11 male, 16 females; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 2 females; 15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 2 males, 2 females; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

Transpalaearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Adelphocoris seticornis (Fabricius, 1775)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Euro-Siberian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Brachycoleus decolor Reuter, 1887

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 female; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female; Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m. 5–7.05.2019, 3 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palaearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911

Material

Uryl Vill., 6.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 male, 2 females; Berelsk Vill., H = 1856–1918 m, 6–23.09.2017 (G. Amanbaeva) 2 males, 2 females; Rakhmanovsk, H = 1808–1829 m, 26.07.2017, (G. Amanbaeva), 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Orthops mutans (Stål, 1858)

Figure 7

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1127 m, 6.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

South Siberia, Mongolia, China. – Introduced to North America. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Polymerus brevicornis (Reuter, 1879)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315 m, 7–28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 male, 2 females.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Polymerus unifasciatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 female; Uryl Vill., H = 1795 m, 9.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Holarctic Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Stenotus binotatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Material

Korobiha Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Uryl Vill., H = 1127 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. – Introduced to North America, Hawaii, New Zealand. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Stenodema calcarata (Fallén, 1807)

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Trigonotylus caelestialium (Kirkaldy, 1902)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 310 m, 3.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 male.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova, 1986).

Labops sahlbergii (Fallén, 1829)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 2 males, 3 females; Uryl Vill., Rakhman’s spring, H = 1724 m, 10.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 2 females.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Excentricus planicornis (Herrich-Scaeffer, 1836)

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Macrotylus cruciatus (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848)

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1127 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Oncotylus setulosus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1837)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 310 m, 3.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 male.

Distribution

North & East Mediterranean, south of European Russia, middle Asia, Kazakhstan. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff, 1804)

Material

Topkain Vill., 5.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Family Tingidae Laporte, 1832

Derephysia foliacea foliacea (Fallén, 1807)

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 male.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Dictyla echii (Schrank, 1782)

Material

Topkain Vill., 5.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Dictyla humuli (Fabricius, 1794)

Figure 8

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Holarctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807

Phymata crassipes (Fabricius, 1775)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315 m, 28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 female; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H =1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female; Kalba Mts., 40 km NW of Kokpekty Vill., H = 760 m, 19.06.2018, 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Rhynocoris iracundus (Poda, 1761)

Material

Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 3 females.

Distribution

From Europe & East Mediterranean to south of West Siberia, north-West China – Kashmir. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Putshkov 1987).

Coranus aethiops Jakovlev, 1893

Material

Berelsk Vill., 27.09.2017 (G. Amanbaeva) 1 female.

Distribution

Euro-Siberian. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Coranus laticeps Wagner, 1952

Figures 9–12

Material

15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m. 26.06.2018, 1 male, 2 females.

Distribution

Steppe of Europe & Kazakhstan. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (P.V. Putshkov 1987). According to P.V. Putshkov, C. laticeps is a background species in Kazakhstan steppe mainly associated with sandy soils.

Family Aradidae Brúlle, 1836

Aradus crenaticollis R.F. Sahlberg, 1848

Figure 13

Material

Berelsk Vill., 11.07–23.09.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 2 females.

Distribution

Holarctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Figures 13–19.

Heteroptera of the East Kazakhstan Region: 13 – Aradus crenaticollis R.F. Sahlb., 14 – Acompus rufipes Wolff., 15, 16 – Acanthosoma denticaudum Jak. (15 – male, 16 – male genital segment ventrally), 17, 18 – Rubiconia peltata Jak. (17 – male, 18 – buccula laterally), 19 – Eurydema fieberi Fieb. (Orig.).

Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829

Lygaeus equestris Linnaeus, 1758

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m., 2–4.05.2019, 1 male; Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Horvathiolus superbus (Pollish, 1781)

Material

11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill., 5–7.05.2019 (R. Yakovlev), 3 males, 3 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Nithecus jacobaeae (Schilling, 1829)

Material

Uryl Vill., Rakhman's spring, H = 1057–1724m, 7–10.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male, 3 females; Berelsk Vill., H = 1856–1910 m, 10.07–6.09.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 16 females; Rakhmanovsk, 27.09.2016 (G. Amanbaeva), 3 males, 4 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Nysius helveticus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, 1–28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 3 males, 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Ortholomus punctipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, 1–08.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 3 males, 13 females; Akmarbak, H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 female; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Cymus glandicolor Hahn, 1832

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Pterotmetus staphyliniformis (Schilling, 1829)

Material

Berelsk Vill., H = 1856 m, 10.08.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Trapezonotus arenarius arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Berelsk Vill., 11.07.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Ligyrocoris sylvestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Rakhmanovsk, 27.09.2016 (G. Amanbaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Aellopus atratus (Goeze, 1778)

Material

Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak, 5–7.05.2019 (R. Yakovlev), 1 male, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Rhyparochromus pini (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 306 m, 23–27.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Schilling, 1829)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 3 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Acompus rufipes (Wolff, 1804)

Figure 14

Material

Akmarbak Vill., H = 1347 m, 24.07.2017 (A. Gabdulina), 2 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Family Pyrrhocoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843

Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 2 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Family Stenocephalidae Dallas, 1852

Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli, 1763)

Material

Kalba Mts., 40 km NW of Kokpekty Vill., H = 760 m, 19.06.2018, 1 male; 15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. – Neotropics. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Coreidae Leach, 1815

Coreus marginatus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 3 males; Emel River Valley, 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 2 males, 1 female; 15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 3 males, 2 females; Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., 47°28'N, 85°12'E, H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 1 male; Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 male, 4 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Coriomeris denticulatus (Scopoli, 1763)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 1 male; Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Coriomeris scabricornis scabricornis (Panzer, 1805)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 1 ex.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Enoplops sibiricus (Jakovlev, 1889)

Material

15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

Dauro-Mongolian steppe. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Syromastus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 317 m, 8.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 2 males; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km S W of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 3 males, 1 female; Emel River Valley, 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019,1 male; Arasantau Mts., 11 km. ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Family Alydidae Amyot & Serville, 1843

Alydus calcaratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, 3–8.28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 2 males; Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Berelsk Vill., H = 1910 m, 6–27.09.2016 (G. Amanbaeva), 9 males, 1 female; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 9 males.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Camptopus lateralis (Germar, 1817)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 2 males.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. – India, Pakistan. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Megalotomus ornaticeps (Stål, 1858)

Material

Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak, 5–7.05.2019 (R. Yakovlev), 1 male.

Distribution

Steppe zone of Euroasia. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Rhopalidae Amyot & Serville, 1843

Brachycarenus tigrinus (Schilling, 1829)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315–317 m, 7–8.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 2 males, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Corizus hyoscyami hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Kara-Kaba River Valley, H = 1450 m, 1.07.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Corizus tetraspilus Horváth, 1917

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

East Palaearctic steppe. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (V.G. Putshkov 1986).

Maccevethus errans caucasicus (Kolenati, 1845)

Material

. Emel River valley, 24 km NNW Karabulak Vill. H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019 (R. Yakovlev, V. Rudoi), 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Rhopalus maculatus (Fieber, 1837)

Material

Korobiha Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, V.G. Putshkov 1986).

Rhopalus subrufus (Gmelin, 1790)

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, V.G. Putshkov 1986).

Stictopleurus abutilon (Rossi, 1790)

Material

Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Stictopleurus crassicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 317–326 m, 8–16.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 1 male, 4 females; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H =1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male, 1 female; Markakol’ Lake, near Matombaj Vill., H = 1460 m, 28.06.2018, 1 male; 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Stictopleurus punctatonervosus (Goeze, 1778)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 324 m, 12.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 1 male; Arasantau Mts., 11 km. ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Stictopleurus unicolor (Jakovlev, 1873)

Material

24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 2 males.

Distribution

Sic-Black Sea-Kazakhstan steppe. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, V.G. Putshkov 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Chrosoma schillingi (Shilling, 1829)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 315–326 m, 16–28.08.2016 (V. Rudoi), 6 males, 4 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Myrmus miriformis miriformis (Fallén, 1807)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva),1 female; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1864

Acanthosoma denticaudum (Jakovlev, 1880)

(Figs 15, 16)

Material

Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

South Siberian-Far Eastern. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Acanthosoma spinicolle Jakovlev, 1880

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

East Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 2 males.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Elasmostethus brevis Lindberg, 1934

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female; Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 1 male, 2 females.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Cydnidae Billberg, 1820

Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Uryl Vill., Rakhman’s spring, H = 1886 m, 9.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 2 females; Saur Mts., Mt. Tas, 47°16’N, 85°04’E, H = 2230–2400 m, 21–23.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Family Scutelleridae Leach, 1815

Odontoscelis fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 326 m, 16.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 1 male; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male, 2 females; Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 2 males, 5 females

Distribution

West-Central Palaearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Eurygaster dilaticollis Dohrn, 1860

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

Euroasian steppe. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Eurygaster testudinaria testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Psacasta examthematica (Scopoli, 1763)

Material

Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m. 5–7.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. In Kazakhstan distributed the eastern subspecies P. examthematica conspersa Germar, 1839. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815

Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

Holarctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Saur Mts., Mt. Tas, 47°16’N, 85°04’E, H = 2230–2400 m, 21–23.06.2018, 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Holarctic & Oriental. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H =1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Aelia furcula Fieber, 1868

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 4 males, 7 females; Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 1 male.

Distribution

European-Irano-Turanian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich-Scaeffer, 1830)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 317–326 m, 1.08.2016–8.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 8 males, 6 females; Uryl Vill., H = 1057 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Kalba Mts., 40 km NW of Kokpekty Vill., H = 760 m, 19.06.2018, 2 males; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Neottiglossa pusilla (Gmelin, 1790)

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, 47°22’N; 85°09’E, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Antheminia lunulata (Goeze, 1778)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 326 m, 16.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 1 male; Katon-Karagai, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva),1 male; Arasantau Mts., 11 km ESE of Karabulak Vill., H = 630 m 5–7.05.2019, 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 2 males, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Brachynema germarii (Kolenati, 1846)

Material

15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 1 male, 2 females.

Distribution

Mediterranean-Gobian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Carpocoris coreanus Distant, 1899

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 317–326 m, 8.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 1 male, 1 female; 15 km SSW of Karabulak Vill., H = 800 m, 26.06.2018, 1 male, 1 female.

Distribution

Irano-Turano-Siberian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Carpocoris fuscispinus (Boheman, 1851)

Material

Katon-Karagai State National Nature park, H = 1050 m, 3.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 4 males, 2 females; Emel River Valley, 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 male; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Carpocoris purpureipennis (De Geer, 1773)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 317 m, 8.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 2 females; Markakol’ Lake, near Matombaj Vill., H = 1460 m, 28.06.2018, 1 male, 1 female; Tarbagatai & Sarym-Sakty Mts., Burkhat pass, 49°07’N, 86°01’E, H = 2130–2200 m, 2.07.2018, 1 male, 1 female; Kara-Kaba River Valley, 48°57’N; 86°05’E, H = 1450 m, 1.07.2018, 1 male, 3 females.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Codophila varia varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Material

24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Berelsk Vill., H = 1856 m, 6.09.2017 (G. Amanbaeva), 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Dolycoris penicillatus Horváth, 1904

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 male, 2 females. Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–07.05.2019, 1 male.

Distribution

Irano-Turanian. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Peribalus strictus vernalis (Wolff, 1804)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 female; Tarbagatai & Sarym-Sakty Mts., Burkhat pass, 49°07’N, 86°01’E, H = 2130–2200 m, 2.07.2018, 1 female.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material

Uryl Vill., H = 1127 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male.

Distribution

Transpaleartcic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986).

Rubiconia peltata Jakovlev, 1890

Figures 17, 18

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male, 6 females.

Distribution

East Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)

Material

Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–07.05.2019, 2 males, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Sciocoris cursitans cursitans (Fabricius, 1794)

Material

20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 male, 2 females; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–07.05.2019, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Esenbekova 2013).

Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 326 m, 16.08.2018 (V. Rudoi), 2 females; Topkain Vill., 4.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 2 males, 5 females; Emel River Valley, 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 1 male, 2 females; Karaberik Mts., 40 km S of Karatogai Vill., H = 500 m, 12.05.2019, 1 male; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 4 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material

Shemonaikha Town, H = 316–326 m, 1.08.2016–18.06.2018 (V. Rudoi), 4 males, 6 females; Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 5–7.05.2019, 4 males, 7 females; Karaberik Mts., 40 km S of Karatogai Vill., H = 500 m, 12.05.2019, 2 males, 3 females; Urdzhar, H = 300 m, 4.05.2019, 5 males, 1 female; 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 2 females; Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 male; Emel River Valley, 24 km NNW of Karabulak Vill., H = 360 m, 4–5.05.2019, 4 males, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Eurydema ventralis Kolenati, 1846

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 3 males, 2 females; Urdzhar, H = 300 m, 4.05.2019, 6 males, 3 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Eurydema fieberi Fieber, 1837

(Fig. 19)

Material

Kyzylbeltay Mts., 5 km SW of Nekrasovka Vill., H = 1100 m, 8–10.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Graphosoma lineatum (Linneaus, 1758)

Material

Uryl Vill., Rakhman’s spring, H = 1127 m, 7.07.2017 (G. Kuftina, E. Nepaeva), 1 male; 20 km SEE of Zaisan Town, H = 1225–1250 m, 20.06.2018, 1 female; Saur Mts., Kenderlik River Valley (left bank), 2 km W of Kenderlik Vill., H = 740 m, 24.06.2018, 2 males, 2 females.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from the East Kazakhstan Region (Asanova 1986, Esenbekova 2013).

Leprosoma inconspicuum Baerensprung, 1859

Material

Ushbulak Mts., 6 km NW of Kyzylzhuldyz Vill., H = 690 m, 2–4.05.2019, 1 female.

Distribution

West-Central Palearctic. First record from East Kazakhstan Region.

Conclusion

The heteropterous fauna of Kazakhstan is highly diverse and comprises, according to published data (Catalogue… 1995–2006; Esenbekova 2013), 1250 species in 411 genera of 35 families. Kazakhstan scientists (Asanova 1974, 1986; Esenbekova, Bekmurzaev 2007; Esenbekova, Kemelkhanova 2008; Esenbekova 2011, 2013; Esenbekova, Ashimova 2011) reported 439 species of 25 families from East Kazakhstan, which implies insufficient knowledge of this important group in the region, given that it includes agriculture pests, some of them dangerous.

Data on the Heteroptera of East Kazakhstan are scattered in a number of taxonomic revisions and monographs on the fauna of the former USSR. In the Saldidae, Cobben (1985) described the subspecies Macrosaldula oblonga acetabularis Cobben, 1985 from the Saur foothills, and Vinokurov (2009), Teloleuca altaica Vinokurov, 2009 from South Altai. These authors also have recorded Macrosaldula jakowleffii (Reuter, 1891) from the Saur (Cobben, 1985), and M. simulans Cobben, 1985, from South Altai (Vinokurov, 2014).

Kerzhner (1976) and Elov (1977) report for this territory in their publications on the flower bugs of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia Anthocoris limbatus Fieber, 1836 (Shamonaikha; Bukhtarma River), A. nemorum (Linnaeus, 1761) (Katon-Karagai; Lake Markakol’), Temnostethus reduvinus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850) (Saur), Orius niger Wolff, 1804 and O. horvathi (Reuter, 1884), Xylocoris tesquorum Kerzhner & Elov, 1976 (Burna, Kaldzhir mouth, Zaisan).

Of the Miridae, Eumecotarsus breviceps (Reuter, 1878) and Criocoris quadrimaculatus (Fallén, 1807) were mentioned (Kerzhner 1962, 1984) and two Orthocephalus species – O. bivittatus Fieber, 1864 and O. vittipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) (Namyatova, Konstantinov 2009). Several species, some of them new to science, have been found in the Saur Mt. Range: Phytocoris sauricus Muminov, 1998; Tuponia soongorica Drapolyuk, 1980; Atomophora maculosa Reuter, 1903; Solenoxyphus candidatus (Reuter, 1879); S. lepidus (Puton, 1874); Pleuroxonotus stysi Konstantinov, 2008; Ethelastia liturata (Fieber, 1858) (Drapolyuk 1980; Muminov 1998; Konstantinov 2000, 2008a, b, c).

Data on three species of the lace bugs (Tingidae) – Galeatus spinifrons (Fallén, 1807), Physatocheila putshkovi Golub 1976 and Ph. distinguenda Jakovlev, 1880 – were published by Golub (1974, 1976). P.V. Putshkov (1982, 1987) has recorded five species of the assassin bugs (Reduviidae): Empicoris culiciformis (De Geer, 1773); Coranus aethiops Jakovlev, 1893; C. contraris Reuter, 1881; C. laticeps Wagner, 1952 and C. woodroffei P.V. Putshkov, 1982. Based on the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a dangerous cereal pest, the Sunn pest Eurygaster integriceps Puton, 1881 of the family Scutelleridae was recorded from southern East Kazakhstan (Neimorovets et al. 2006).

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. (Nabidae), Deraeocoris ater Jak., Orthops mutans Stål, Oncotylus setulosus H.-S. (Miridae), Dictyla humuli F. (Tingidae), Coranus aethiops Jak. (Reduviidae), Aradus crenaticollis R. F. Sahlb. (Aradidae), Horvathiolus superbus Poll., Acompus rufipes Wolff (Lygaeidae), Acanthosoma denticaudum Jak. (Acanthosomatidae), Rubiconia peltata Jak., Eurydema fieberi Fieb. (Pentatomidae).

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.

Acknowledgements

The authors give their thanks to the scientific head of this study, Professor R.V. Yakovlev, Altai State University, and the students G.M. Amanbayeva, A.U. Gabdulina, V.V. Doroshkin, Yu.V. Dyachkov, A.A. Fomichev, G.N. Kuftina, A.E. Naidenov and E.A. Nepaeva for help in collecting the material. The study of N.N. Vinokurov was funded by the basic project of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences no. ААААА-А17-117020110058-4 (2017–2020) and by the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research no. 18-04-00464 (2018–2021).

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