On the border of Western and Eastern Palaearctic – new records of water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) from eastern Kazakhstan

Abstrakt: Two species of Gyrinidae, two species of Noteridae and 35 species of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) are recorded from the eastern, Asian part of Kazakhstan, namely Almaty Province and East Kazakhstan province. One Noteridae: Noterus crassicornis (O. F. Müller, 1776) and eight Dytiscidae: Bidessus unistriatus (Goeze, 1777), Colymbetes dolabratus (Paykull, 1798), Herophydrus musicus (Klug, 1834), Hydroporus incognitus Sharp, 1869, H. lapponum (Gyllenhal, 1808), H. melanarius Sturm, 1835, H. umbrosus (Gyllenhal, 1808) and Rhantus notaticollis (Aubé, 1837) are recorded from Kazakhstan for the first time, increasing the number of known dytiscid species from Kazakhstan to 93. Rhantus bistriatus (Bergsträsser, 1778) is recorded for the first time from the Asian part of Kazakhstan.

Klíčová slova: Faunistics, new records, Coleoptera, Gyrinidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Kazakhstan, Palaearctic region