Ecologica Montenegrina 38: 25-35 (2020) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.38.5

New materials on heteropterans from Kurai steppe (south-west of Russian Altai)

NIKOLAY N. VINOKUROV1 & VALENTIN V. RUDOI2*

1 Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch RAS, 677980 Yakutsk, 41 Lenin Av., Russia E-mail: [email protected] 2Altai State University, 656049, Barnaul, 61 Lenin Av., Russia *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Received 2 November 2020 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 26 November 2020 │ Published online 30 November 2020.

Abstract The paper provides information on the distribution of 45 species of from 10 families in the Kurai steppe in the southeast of the Russian Altai (Altai Republic). Of these, Mimula scutellaris Kiritshenko, 1931 recorded for the first time for the fauna of Russia and Bagrada stolida (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839) — for Siberia. Following 15 species are recorded as new for the Altai Republic: punctatus mimoferus Hsiao, 1964 (); Deraeocoris ventralis ventralis Reuter, 1904, Apolygus nigronasutus (Stål, 1858), Lygidea illota (Stål, 1858), rugulipennis Poppus, 1911, Lygus wagneri Remane, 1955, fulvicollis Jakovlev, 1877, Psallus betuleti (Fallén, 1807) (); Neides propinquus Horváth, 1901 (); Ortholomus punctipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838), resedae resedae (Panzer, 1797), Cymus glandicolor Hahn, 1832, Xanthochilus quadratus (Fabricius, 1798) (); Myrmus calcaratus Reuter, 1891 (Rhopalidae); abbreviatus (Reuter, 1879) ().

Key words: Biodiversity, Heteroptera, Kurai Steppe, south-western Altai, Siberia, fauna, new records.

Introduction

In the paper presents new data on true bugs of the Kurai steppe which occupies vast intermontane depression up to 20 km across and 1500–1600 m above sea level in the middle reaches of the river Chuya in the South- East of Altai Mountains (Altai Republic). From the north, the depression is framed by the high (3000 m and higher) Kuraisky, and from the south by the North-Chuyskiy mountain ridges (Figs 1, 2). The vegetation of the mountain steppe is depleted and shows similarities with the deserted steppes of Mongolia. South-Eastern Altai as well as South Tuva located to the east are outposts of the Central Asian semi-deserts in Southern Siberia, and in zoogeographic terms these territories are of great scientific interest. Especial studies on heteropterans in the South-East Altai have not been carried out, there are only scattered information in publications of various authors (Kiritshenko 1910a, 1910b; Kovrigin 1958, 1965; Péricart 1969; Petrova 1975; Kerzhner & Josifov 1966; Kerzhner 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981; Golub 1977;

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Vinokurov & Golub 2007, 2009; Vinokurov & Kanyukova 1995; Kanyukova & Vinokurov 2009; Vinokurov 2019, Vinokurov & Rudoi 2020, etc.). A.N. Kiritshenko (1910a, 1910b) according to the collections of E.G. Rodd for the Chuya steppe first indicated nine species of bugs belonging to eight families: Saldidae — Salda littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758); Miridae — Deraeocoris punctulatus (Fallén, 1807), (Linnaeus, 1758); Lygaeidae — Lamprodema maura (Fabricius, 1803); Alydidae — Megalotomus ornaticeps (Stål, 1858); Cydnidae — Camptophorus niveimarginatus Scott, 1874; Scutelleridae — Odontoscelis fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1761), Phimodera reuteri Kiritshenko, 1910; Pentatomidae — Aelia sibirica Reuter, 1884. Significant hemipterological material from this part of Altai was collected by an expedition of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg) with the participation of I.M. Kerzhner, a prominent specialist in the order Heteroptera in 1964. During the study of these collections, still undescribed endemics of the Altai-Sayan mountainous country were found, such as: Xylocoris altaicus Péricart, 1969 (Anthocoridae), Myrmedobia asiatica Péricart, 1969 (Microphysidae), Teratocoris coriaceus Vinokurov, 1995, Dimorphopterus atrans Kerzhner, 1970, Systellonotus lesbia Linnavuori, 1972, Agraptocoris oncotyloides Vinokurov, 1995 (Miridae), Dictyonota nigricosta Kerzhner, Josifov, 1966, Tingis altaica Golub, 1977 (). Below are listed data on 45 species of Heteroptera belonging to 10 families collected in the Kurai steppe.

Figure 1. Kurai steppe in South-East Altai (photo by A.E. Naydenov).

Material and methods

Investigations were carried out in the Kurai steppe in late July–early August 2019 on the territory of the Kosh-Agach and Ulagan Districts of the Altai Republic (Fig. 2). The bugs were collected in steppe, meadow, and forest biotopes using methods accepted in entomology (Fasulati 1971; Golub et al. 2012). A small but interesting material in total 110 specimens were collected including some species that not previously recorded from Altai Mts. Of them Mimula scutellaris Kir., and Bagrada stolida H.-S. were transferred to the Heteroptera collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg).

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Figure 2. Collection points of heteropterans in the Kurai steppe and North-Chuya Mt. Range.

In these species labels, with a few exceptions, the names of the collectors are not mentioned: A.E. Naydenov, K.E. Naydenova, A.M. Serebryakov, V.V. Latun, A.E. Bolgov and V.V. Rudoi.

Results

Family Nabidae

Nabis ferus (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°13′46′′ N, 87°55′27′′ E, H = 1486 m, 8.08.2019, 3 ♂, 3 ♀. Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b).

Nabis punctatus mimoferus Hsiao, 1964 Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15' N, 87°54' E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Distribution. East Palearcric subspecies of transpalaearctic species distributed in Siberia, Far East, Middle Asia, China, Mongolia, North India and north Pakistan. First record from Altai Republic.

Family Miridae

Deraeocoris punctulatus (Fallén, 1807) Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic Euro-Siberian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

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Deraeocoris ater (Jakovlev, 1889) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River: 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♂; 50°19′21′′ N, 87°58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 2–4.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. South of Siberia and the Far East of Russia, North-East China, Korea, Japan. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Deraeocoris ventralis ventralis Reuter, 1904 Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 3 ♀. Distribution. Euro-Siberian. First record from Altai Republic.

Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze, 1778) Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♀; Kurai Mts, Kuraika River: 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 24–26.07.2019, 2 ♂, 3 ♀; 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Kovrigin 1965).

Allorhinocoris flavus J. Sahlberg, 1878 Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 2 ♂. Distribution. Siberia, South of the Far East of Russia, Kazakhstan, South-West China. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Apolygus nigronasutus (Stål, 1858) Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 2 ♂. Distribution. Siberia, South of the Far East of Russia, Mongolia China. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Closterotomus fulvomaculatus (De Geer, 1773) Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 02.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Holarctic. First record from Altai Republic.

Closterotomus samojedorum (J. Sahlberg, 1878) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′21′′ N, 87°58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 2–4.08.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Distribution. North of European part of Russia and Siberia, West Sayan and Altai Mts. Recorded from Altai Republic (Muminov 1987).

Lygidea illota (Stål, 1858) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River: 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♀; 50°20′37′′ N, 87°56′51′′ E, H = 2500–2800 m, 27–29.07.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Siberia, south of the Far East of Russia, Mongolia, China. This species living on willow (Salix) in South Siberia known from north (upper sources of the Taz River) and Kuznetsk Alatau (Vinokurov & Golub 2007). First record from Altai Republic.

Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911 Material. Kurai Mts: Kuraika River, 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♀; Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07–02.08.2019, 1 ♀; Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 3 ♂. Distribution. Holarctic. First record from Altai Republic of one of the most common species in the Palaearctic Region.

Lygus wagneri Remane, 1955 Material. Kurai Mts: Kuraika River, 50°19′21′′ N, 87°58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 2–4.08.2019, 1 ♀; Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07–02.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Euro-Siberian. In West Siberia known from Kuznetsk Alatau (Zolotarev 2003). First record from Altai Republic.

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Polymerus unifasciatus (Fabricius, 1794) Material. Kurai Mts: Kuraika River: 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♀; Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07–02.08.2019, 2 ♂, 2 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b).

Salignus distinguendus (Reuter, 1875) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Siberia, Mongolia, China. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kerzhner 1979).

Euryopicoris nitidus (Meyer-Dur, 1843) Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Distribution. Euro-Siberian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Labops burmeisteri Reuter, 1904 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 02.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Globiceps fulvicollis Jakovlev, 1877 Material. Kurai Steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. From Europe to mountains of Middle Asia and Mongolia. First record from Altai Republic.

Hyoidea kerzhneri Hoberlandt, 1963 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 02.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Steppe and semidesert zones of Palaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Hoberlandt 1963; Vinokurov & Golub 2007; Knyshov & Konstantinov 2013).

Excentricoris pictipes (Reuter, 1878) Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Dauro-Mongolian steppe. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2007).

Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff, 1804) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′21′′ N, 87°58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 2–4.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov & Golub 2009).

Psallus betuleti (Fallén, 1807) Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 02.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. First record from Altai Republic.

Family Tingidae

Galeatus affinis (Herrrich-Schaeffer, 1835) Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 02.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Petrova 1978).

Family Berytidae

Neides propinquus Horváth, 1901 Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Dauro-Mongolian steppe. First record from Altai Republic.

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Family Lygaeidae

Nithecus jacobaeae (Schilling, 1829) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River: 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♀; 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Vinokurov 2007).

Ortholomus punctipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. First record from Altai Republic.

Kleidocerys resedae resedae (Panzer, 1797) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. First record from Altai Republic.

Cymus glandicolor Hahn, 1832 Material. Kurai steppe, 50°13′46′′ N, 87°55′27′′ E, H = 1486 m, 28.08.2019, 2 ♀. Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. First record from Altai Republic.

Trapezonotus arenarius arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov 2007).

Ligyrocoris sylvestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 1 ♀; Kurai Mts, Kuraika River: 50°19′19′′ N, 87°58′23′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 26–27.07.2019, 2 ♂; 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750– 1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Vinokurov 2007).

Rhyparochromus pini (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 2 ♀. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Vinokurov 2007).

Xanthochilus quadratus (Fabricius, 1798) Fig. 3 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. West-Central Palaearctic. First record from Altai Republic.

Family Coreidae

Coreus marginatus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1916; Kovrigin 1965).

Family Rhopalidae

Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius, 1794) Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Cosmopolitan. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kanyukova & Vinokurov 2009).

Stictopleurus crassicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♀; 15 km NNE Kosh-Agach Settlm, H = 2600–2800 m, 50°17′ N, 88°02′ E, 2–7.08.2019, 1 ♀.

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Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1916; Kovrigin 1965).

Myrmus calcaratus Reuter, 1891 Material. Kurai steppe, 50°15′ N, 87°54′ E, H = 1600–1650 m, 8.08.2019, 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 2 ♂. Distribution. Euroasian steppe. In Siberia known from Tyumen Region, south of Krasnoyarsk Province and Tuva (Vinokurov et al. 2010). First record from Altai Republic.

Myrmus miriformis miriformis (Fallen, 1807) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°19′21′′ N, 87°58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 2–04.8.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b).

Figures 3–5. Adult specimens of Heteroptera. 3. Xanthochilus quadratus H.-S., 4. Mimula scutellaris Kir., 5. Bagrada stolida H.-S. (Photo by N.N. Vinokurov).

Family Cydnidae

Canthophorus impressus (Horvath, 1880) Material. North-Chuyskiy Mts, 50°08′32′′ N, 87°48′34′′ E, H = 1782 m, 23.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Euro-Baikalian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b).

Family Scutelleridae

Irochrotus caucasicus Jakovlev, 1875 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 12 ♂, 6 ♀. Distribution. Caucasus, mountains of South Siberia, Tien-Shan, Mongolian Altai, China. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko & Kerzhner 1972; Petrova 1975; Kerzhner 1976).

Family Pentatomidae

Antheminia varicornis (Jakovlev, 1874) Material. Kurai steppe, 50°13′46′′ N, 87°55′27′′ E, H = 1486 m, 28.08.2019, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. Distribution. Trans-Euroasian. Recorded from Altai Republic (Petrova 1966, 1975).

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Carpocoris purpureipennis (De Geer, 1773) Material. Kurai Mts, Kuraika River, 50°16′44′′ N, 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 4–7.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Transpalaearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Kiritshenko 1910b; Kovrigin 1958, 1965; Petrova 1966; Kerzhner 1976; Derzhankiy 1990).

Mimula scutellaris Kiritshenko, 1931 Figs 4, 6 Mimula scutellaris Kiritshenko, 1931: 98. V.G. Putshkov, 1965: 233; Belousova, 1996: 853; Esenbekova, 2013: 248. Material. Altai Republic, Kosh-Agach District, Kurai Mts, Kuraika River valley, 50º19′21′′ N, 87º58′28′′ E, H = 2150–2200 m, 02–04.08.2019 (A. Naydenov, K.Naidenova ,V.Rudoi), 1 ♀. Distribution. Central Asian montane. This is rare species from an endemic genus of the highlands of Central Asia which includes 12 species is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Russia. It known in East Kazakhstan where was described from Koitas mountains (in the Saur Mountains System) near Lake Zaisan, and the Bayan-Ulegey aimak of Western Mongolia (Kiritshenko 1931; Belousova 1996; Rider 2006). Species of the genus Mimula inhabit in the highlands from 1700 to 4000 m, mainly in alpine meadows and somewhat less frequently in steppe mountain landscapes (Belousova 1996). The only female was collected on a forb lawn in a sparse larch forest in the valley of the Kuraika River.

Figure 6. Habitat of Mimula scutellaris in the Kuraika River valley (Photo by A.E. Naydenov).

Sciocoris abbreviatus (Reuter, 1879) Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♂. Distribution. Kazakhstan-Mongolian steppe. This species recorded from Altai (Kulik 1965). However, V.P. Petrova (1975) not included for the list of shield bugs of Western Siberia. First record from Altai Republic.

Sciocoris distinctus Fieber, 1851 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♂.

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Distribution. West-Central Palearctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Petrova 1966, 1975).

Sciocoris microphthalmus Flor, 1860 Material. Kurai Mts, Teranjik and Right Kubadru Rivers, 50°21′ N, 87°55′ E, H = 2200–2600 m, 29.07– 2.08.2019, 1 ♀. Distribution. Holarctic. Recorded from Altai Republic (Petrova 1966, 1975).

Bagrada stolida (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839) Fig. 5 Eurydema stolidum Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839: 101. Bagrada (Nitilia) stolata Horváth, 1936: 44 (syn. Péricart, 2004: 372). Bagrada stolata V.G. Putshkov, 1961: 306; 1965: 299. Material. Russia, Altai Republic, Kosh-Agach District, Kurai Mts, Kuraika River Valley, 50°16′44′′ N 87°57′12′′ E, H = 1750–1800 m, 24–26.07.2019 (A. Naydenov, K. Naydenova, V. Rudoi), 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Disribution. Mediterranean (south Italia, Balkans Greek, Turkey), sick-Black Sea and Kazakhstan steppe, Iran, Turkmenistan, North-West China (Putshkov 1961, 1965; Rieder 2006; Esenbekova 2013). The species is recorded for the first time for Siberia. According to V.G. Putshkov (1961) in Ukraine bugs occur in areas of virgin steppe on Alyssum, less often on other crucifers, in places they are found in large numbers. Two or three generations per year.

Conclusion

Investigation conducted by entomologists of the Altai State University in South-Eastern Altai showed insufficient knowledge of the fauna of the Heteroptera in the Altai Republic. In the paper provides data on 45 species of bugs from 10 families collected in the Kurai steppe. Of these, one species – the high-mountainous Central Asian Mimula scutellaris Kir. appeared to be new for the fauna of Russia, and the Eurasian steppe Bagrada stolida H.-S. — new for the fauna of Siberia. Also, for the first time for the Altai Republic we recorded 15 species. They are: Nabis punctatus mimoferus Hsiao (Nabidae); Deraeocoris ventralis ventralis Reut., Apolygus nigronasutus Stål, Lygidea illota Stål, Lygus rugulipennisus Popp., Lygus wagneri Remane, Jak., Psallus betuleti Fallю (Miridae); Neides propinquus Horv. (Berytidae); Ortholomus punctipennis H.-S., Kleidocerys resedae resedae Pz., Cymus glandicolor Hahn, Xanthochilus quadratus F. (Lygaeidae); Myrmus calcaratus Reut. (Rhopalidae); Sciocoris abbreviatus Reut. (Pentatomidae).

Acknowledgements The authors give their thanks to the scientific head of this study, Professor R.V. Yakovlev, Altai State University, and the students A.E. Naydenov, K.E. Naydenova, A.M. Serebryakov, V.V. Latun, A.E. Bolgov. 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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