Rudoi V.V.1, Dzhelali P.A.2, Bolbotov G.A.3 2025. First record of Aradus depressus (Fabricius, 1794) (Heteroptera: Aradidae: Aradinae) from Kazakhstan // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.24. No.4: 205–208 [in English].
1 Altai State University, Lenina Prosp. 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. E-mail: Heteroptera.truebugs@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000000318237260; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave. 71, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan.
2 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo Shosse 3, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg 196608 Russia; Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034 Russia. E-mail: P.dzhelali@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0741-3655
3 Katon-Karagay State National Natural Park, Zhampeisova Str. 16A, Katon-Karagay 070908 Kazakhstan. E-mail: G.bolbotov@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1458-1161
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.24.04.06
ABSTRACT. Aradus depressus (Fabricius, 1794) (Aradidae) is recorded in Kazakhstan for the first time, specifically within the Altai Mountain range. Previously, this species was noted from the Russian part of Altai Mountain range. The new finding expands its known distribution range by more than 100 km to the southeast. Habitus, male genitalia, collection localities are illustrated, and a distribution map of the species in the Asian part of the Palaearctic is also provided.
KEY WORDS: Biodiversity, new record, Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains, Heteroptera, Aradidae.