The variegated mud-loving beetles (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) of Kyrgyzstan Author Litovkin, S. V. Author Sazhnev, A. S. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2018 2018-12-03 372 25 32 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.372.2 journal article 10.25221/fee.372.2 2713-2196 7164481 23D17965-302A-44E2-A092-A11B51A5AFE4 Heterocerus obsoletus Curtis, 1828 MATERIAL EXAMINED. Issyk-Kul Oblast : Issyk-Kul District , Grigorievka N IssykKul Lake , 11.VII 1984 , 1 ex. ( M. Danilevsky leg., MSPU ). Jalal-Abad Oblast : 5 km W Tash-Kumyr, 41°20'08"N 72°07'57"E , 766 m , hilly terrain, dry riverbed, at light, 15–16. VI 2017, 2 ex. ( S. Litovkin leg., PCL ); 5 km E Shekaftar , S Karyn-Kur , 41°13'28"N 71°23'26"E , 990 m , foothill desert, at light, 26–27. VI 2017, 1 ex. ( S. Litovkin leg., PCL ) . DISTRIBUTION. Kyrgyzstan : North Kirghizia (Ovchinnikov, 1996). Europe, Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia (Efimov & Litovkin, 2015; Mascagni, 2016). NOTES. The records “Kirgisia” (Zaitsev, 1908) and “Kirg.” in the Catalog of Jacobson (1913) refer to the Kirghiz steppe.