taxonID	type	description	language	source
1B5FC70DFFBD885C63F6F997FD0D85A2.taxon	description	Fig. 1.	en	Temreshev, Izbasar I. (2025): First record of the genus Colobicus Latreille, 1807 (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) for Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 191-198, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.19
1B5FC70DFFBD885C63F6F997FD0D85A2.taxon	materials_examined	Material. 1 ex. – 30.07.2015, South-East Kazakhstan, Almaty Oblast, State Natural National Park « Ile-Alatau », Ile-Alatau ridge, Butakovka gorge, mixed aspen-birch forest, 43 ° 10 ' 38.12 " N 77 ° 5 ' 42.06 " E, under bark of aspen Populus tremula L., I. I. Temreshev; 2 ex. – 10.08.2022, North Kazakhstan, Kostanai Oblast, Fyodorov d., nei. Koskol lake, 53 ° 55 ' 0.58 " N 62 ° 46 ' 26.21 " E, birch grove, under the bark of the dead European white birch Betula pendula Roth., I. I. Temreshev; 3 ex. – 12.08.2024, North Kazakhstan, Akmola oblast, Burabay district, neighborhoods of Shchuchinsk village, mixed pine-birch forest, 52 ° 58 ' 10.02 " N 70 ° 15 ' 28.69 " E, under bark of dead B. pendula, infected by the Violet-Toothed Polypore Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden, 1972, I. I. Temreshev (Figure 2).	en	Temreshev, Izbasar I. (2025): First record of the genus Colobicus Latreille, 1807 (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) for Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 191-198, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.19
1B5FC70DFFBD885C63F6F997FD0D85A2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. C. hirtus is distributed in Europe (Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica Island, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine), North Africa (Algeria), Asia (Afghanistan, China, Russian Far East, Iran, Japan, Korea, Turkey, West Siberia) (Grosso-Silva & Serrano 2000; Ślipinśki & Schuh 2008; Lee, Kim and Lim 2017; Samin et al. 2018; Otero & Ghahari 2020; Schuh 2020; Sürgüt 2022; Bacal 2023; Sürgüt & Varli 2023) (Fig. 3). The records of C. hirtus were absent for Kazakhstan (Ślipinśki & Schuh 2008; Schuh 2020). Note. The species was found along with pleasing fungus beetles (Erotylidae) – Dacne bipustulata (Thunberg, 1781), Triplax aenea (Schaller, 1783), T. rufipes (Fabricius, 1787), T. scutellaris Charpentier, 1825 and Combocerus glaber (Schaller, 1783), hairy fungus beetles (Mycetophagidae) – Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761), M. piceus (Fabricius, 1777), cerylonid beetles Cerylon impressum Erichson, 1845 (Cerylonidae) and dry fungus beetles (Sphindidae) Aspidiphorus orbiculatus (Gyllenhal, 1808) for which is also a new distribution records in Kazakhstan (Temreshev 2019, 2022, 2024 a, 2024 b, 2025 a, b, c).	en	Temreshev, Izbasar I. (2025): First record of the genus Colobicus Latreille, 1807 (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) for Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina 83: 191-198, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.83.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.19
