Matalin A.V. 2013. New records of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from different Asian regions // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.22. No.2: 119–125 [in English].

Moscow State Pedagogical University, Department of Zoology & Ecology, Kibalchicha str. 6, build. 5, Moscow 129164, Russia. E-mail: a_matalin@tochka.ru

KEY WORDS: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, tiger beetles, Asia, new records, regional fauna.

ABSTRACT: Based on recent data from field and museum collections I report on previously unknown localities of several species of tiger-beetles from different regions of Asia. The following species and subspecies are recorded for the first time in regional faunas: Cylindera (Ifasina) somnuki Naviaux, 1991 from Vietnam; Cylindera (Eugrapha) erudita (Wiedemann, 1823) from Afghanistan; Cylindera (Eugrapha) inscripta (Zoubkoff, 1833) from Mongolia; Calomera aulica aulica (Dejean, 1831), Hypaetha copulata copulata (Schmidt-Gцbel, 1846) and Salpingophora maindroni (W.Horn, 1897) from India, Therates fulvicollis Thomson, 1860 from Western New Guinea.

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