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
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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
fenestratus
(Thunberg, 1784)
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Issyk-Kul Oblast:
near Issyk-Kul Lake,
5 km
S Balykchi,
42°23'03"N
76°11'10"E
,
1615 m
, at light,
8–9.VII 2018
,
2 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
).
JalalAbad 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
,
4 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
); same locality data, but 16
–
17.VII 2017,
15 ex.
(S. Litovkin leg.,
PCL
);
10 km
WNW
Tash-Kumyr
,
41°23'15"N
72°06'05"E
,
1012 m
, hilly terrain, steppe, at light,
17–18.VI 2017
,
1 ex.
(S. Litovkin leg.,
PCL
);
Chatkal District
, vicinity
Sumsar
,
41°13'54"N
71°19'00"E
,
24.
VI
2004,
26 ex.
(A.
Rubenets
leg.,
IBIW
);
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
,
85 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
).
Osh Oblast
:
Ozgur
environs, bank of
Akbura River
,
40°24'52"N
72°52'23"E
,
1127 m
, near small pool, 6.VII
2017,
1 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
);
Nayman Reservoir
,
40°20'31"N
72°22'22"E
,
1200 m
,
muddy shore,
21–23.VI 2017
,
10 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
); 1.7 km
N Nayman Reservoir
,
40°21'53"N
72°21'39"E
,
1240 m
, small residual pools in dry streambed,
8.VII 2017
,
1 ex.
(S.
Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
); same locality data, but
27.V 2018
,
1 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
); 1.5 km
N Nayman Reservoir,
40°21'45"N
72°21'49"E
,
1228 m
, pasture, at light,
8–9.VII 2017
,
7 ex.
(S. Litovkin leg.,
PCL
); Almalyk,
40°23'04"N
72°42'31"E
,
1290 m
, pasture, at light, 2–3.VII
2018,
20 ex.
(
S. Litovkin
leg.,
PCL
).
Talas Oblast
:
Kirov
Reservoir
, ~
1 km
N Kyzyl-Adyr
,
42°38'10"N
71°36'03"E
,
891 m
,
11.
VI
2016,
1 ex.
(
D. Palatov
leg.,
IBIW
)
.
DISTRIBUTION.
Kyrgyzstan
: North
Kirghizia
, Issyk-Kul hollow, Inner and Central
Tien-Shan (Ovchinnikov, 1996, as
Heterocerus
laevigatus
Panz.); Issyk-Kul Lake environs
(Skalický, 2010). It is a widespread Holarctic species, also known from the Oriental region
(Charpentier, 1979; Mascagni, 2003, 2016; King & Lago, 2012).
NOTES. The note “Kirg.” in the Jacobson's Catalog (1913) refers to the Kirghiz steppe.