Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of southeastern Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Anoplistes Audinet-Serville, 1833 (Cerambycinae: Trachyderini) Author Karpiński, Lech Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00 - 679 Warszawa, Poland Author Enkhnasan, Davaadorj 0000-0001-7918-8621 Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Peace Avenue 54 b, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia & enkhnasand @ mas. ac. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7918 - 8621 enkhnasand@mas.ac.mn Author Boldgiv, Bazartseren 0000-0003-0015-8142 Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & boldgiv @ num. edu. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0015 - 8142 & Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA boldgiv@num.edu.mn Author Kruszelnicki, Lech 0000-0002-4360-2031 Silesian Entomological Society, Bytom, Poland. artinsect @ artinsect. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4360 - 2031 artinsect@artinsect.com Author Iderzorig, Badamnyambuu 0000-0001-9332-8002 Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & badamnyambuubinder @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9332 - 8002 badamnyambuubinder@gmail.com Author Gantulga, Temerlen 0000-0001-9699-9733 Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & temerlen 99 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9699 - 9733 temerlen99@gmail.com Author Dorjsuren, Altanchimeg 0000-0003-3262-9383 Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Peace Avenue 54 b, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia & altanchimeg _ d @ mas. ac. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3262 - 9383 altanchimeg_d@mas.ac.mn Author Szczepański, Wojciech T. 0000-0003-0858-519X Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Department of Natural History, Pl. Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41 - 902 Bytom, Poland wtszczepanski @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0858 - 519 X wtszczepanski@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-12-14 5081 4 451 482 journal article 2974 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.4.1 265a237e-3c48-4d63-adbd-33d6682aaf81 1175-5326 5778772 CA99861E-5F6D-4EB9-8C77-A00F984E9D36 * Anoplistes gobiensis (Namkhaidorzh, 1973) Fig. 6L Literature data. Ömnögovi : Valley of Uzuur Zag [ур. УдЗур-ДЗак], 40 km ESE mt. Khanbogd [г. Хан-Богдо] [ca. 43.089 , 107.693 ], on Efedra , 24.06.1971 , 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ( Namhaidorzh 1974 ) . Remarks. Anoplistes gobiensis is probably one of the most enigmatic Palaearctic species of longhorned beetles and one of the six species of the genus Anoplistes Audinet-Serville, 1833 that are known to occur in Mongolia . This endemic species was described from Mongolia based on three specimens : a pair ( holotype and paratype ) from Ömnögovi aimag and a single male paratype from Khovd aimag , and after 50 years from its description no further specimens are known, besides a single mention from the territory of China in a short faunistic paper ( Yuan et al. 2010 ), without any photographic documentation. The taxonomic status of this species does not seem to raise any doubts; however, exact morphological characteristics will be presented in the revision of the genus (in prep.). According to Namhaidorzh (1973) , the adults emerge in June and disappear by August. Imagines were observed on blooming bushes of Ephedra L. ( Ephedraceae ), which is most likely the host plant for the larvae. The immature stages and biology are unknown. Although we were able to reach the area of the type locality of this species ( Fig. 9D ), we could not find any individual of A . gobiensis or decent number of individuals of its host plant. Only a few Ephedra bushes were found, which were not infested by larvae. Unfortunately, near this site, there is a huge coal mine, the functioning of which—along with the fact that the nearby areas were heavily littered, most likely by its employees—could have contributed to the degradation of this site and disappearance of Ephedra bushes, which seems likely to be common in such a habitat ( Fig. 9E ).