Studies of True Bugs of Xinjiang, Western China. II. Cimicomorpha: Lace Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae) Author Golub, Victor B. Author Luo, Zhaohui Author Vinokurov, Nikolai N. text Zootaxa 2012 3580 69 82 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.214442 3400b9d8-6328-4da3-a255-5469e30bddf4 1175-5326 214442 Sphaerista emeljanovi Kerzhner, 1964 Distributed in semi-deserts and deserts of the south-east of the European part of Russia , Kazakhstan , and northern Uzbekistan . Bugs were collected on sandy desert under Artemisia . Kerzhner (1964) noted Artemisia subg. Seriphidium as a host plant for the species. First record for China . Material examined. 2 Ƥ, Desert near rd 217 Altai-Buerjin, 630 m , 47°42’ N , 84°40’ E , 30.VI.2011 (N. Vinokurov).