Aulacobaris Desbrochers des Loges, 1892

Genus Aulacobaris Desbrochers des Loges, 1892 View in CoL

Aulacobaris janthina (Boheman, 1836) ( Fig. 1a View Figure 1 )

Material: 2 ex., Russia, Novosibirsk, Botanical garden, on Armoracia sisymbrioides DC. , 10. VI.1963 , F. Opanassenko; 1 ex., Novosibirsk Oblast, Novosibirsky Distr., Berdsk , 7.VII.1988 , F. Opanassenko; 4 ex., Karasuksky Distr., Shilovo-Kurya ( Vpered k kommunizmu), 12.VII.1959 ; 1 ex., env. Khoroshee , steppe, 24. VI.1995, A. Legalov leg. ; 4 ex., Altaiskii Krai, Mikhailovsky Distr., NE outskirts of Malinovoe Ozero vill., meadow on the shore of Iodnoe Lake , 51.6859°N, 79.7982°E, 16. VI.2022, S. Reshetnikov leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ex., Rubtsovsky Distr., 11 km N of Dal’nii, Kizikha River , 51.5786°N, 81.6599°E, 4. VI.2022, S. Reshetnikov leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ex., Kazakhstan, Abai Region, Makanshi Distr. , 20 km NW of Karabulak, 25. V.2002, I.I. Lyubechanskii leg.

Host plants. Brassicaceae : Alliaria petiolate M.Bieb. , Armoracia rusticana Gaertn., Mey. et Scherb. , Diplotaxis viminea L., Erucastrum armoracioides Czeru. ex Turcz. , Lepidium draba L., Raphanus raphanistrum L., Sisymbrium loeselii L., S. volgensis M. Bieb. ex E. Fourn. , Thlaspi arvense L. ( Isaev 2007).

Remarks. It is the first record of this species for Kazakhstan.

Aulacobaris caerulescens (Scopoli, 1763) ( Fig. 1b View Figure 1 )

Material: 1 ex., Kazakhstan, Abai Region , Udzharsky Distr., 3 km W of Altynshoky, 2-4.V.2002, I.I. Lyubechanskii leg.

Host plants. Brassicaceae : Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. , Brassica campestris L., B. napus L., B. oleracea L., Diplotaxis tenuifolia Juslen , Sinapis arvensis L. ( Smreczyński 1974).

Aulacobaris lepidii (Germar, 1823)

Material: 1 ex., Russia, Kurgan Oblast, Zverinogolovsky Distr., Iskra , 6-10. VI .2002, V. Sorokina leg.; 1 ex., Novosibirsk Oblast, Chany Distr., Karachi Lake , 25-26. VI .1971, V. G. Mordkovich leg.; 1 ex., Altaiskii Krai, Tetyakovsky Distr. , 2-4 km SE of Novokamyshinka, 50°54.55’N, 82°08.5-09.0’E, 310- 400 m, 14-16. VI .2017, R. Dudko & A. Gurina leg.; 1 ex., Kazakhstan, Akmola Region, Arshaly Distr., Shortandy , 21-25.VIII.1976, V. G. Mordkovich leg. ; 2 ex., idem, 9. VI .-9.VII.1978, V. G. Mordkovich leg.; 1 ex., Akmola Region, Korgalzhyn Distr., Arykty , 14-16. V .1978, V. G. Mordkovich leg.

Host plants. Brassicaceae : Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton , Lepidium latifolium L., Rorippa palustris L., R. sylvestris L. ( Smreczyński 1974).

Remarks. This are the first records of this species for North Kazakhstan and Kurgan Oblast. This species was known from the late Pleistocene of Southern Ural and Western Siberia ( Zinovyev et al. 2016; Dudko et al. 2022; Gurina et al. 2023).

Aulacobaris violaceomicans (F. Solari, 1904) ( Fig. 1c View Figure 1 )

Material: 1 ex., Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast, Ordynsky Distr., Novyi Sharap , 21.VIII.1957, F. Opanassenko leg.

Host plants. Brassicaceae : Berteroa incana L., Diplotaxis viminea L., Hesperis sibirica L., Syrenia cana Piller et Mitterp. ( Isaev 2007) .

Remarks. This species was known from the late Pleistocene of Western Siberia ( Gurina et al. 2018).