Anoplistes mongolicus (Ganglbauer, 1889)

Karpiński, Lech, Enkhnasan, Davaadorj, Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Kruszelnicki, Lech, Iderzorig, Badamnyambuu, Gantulga, Temerlen, Dorjsuren, Altanchimeg & Szczepański, Wojciech T., 2021, Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of southeastern Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Anoplistes Audinet-Serville, 1833 (Cerambycinae: Trachyderini), Zootaxa 5081 (4), pp. 451-482 : 463

Anoplistes mongolicus (Ganglbauer, 1889)

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New records. Ömnögovi: 33 km SSE of Gurvantes soum, border post of Khoit Ovoot [ca. 42.951, 101.224]. 20.06.1967, 1 ex., leg. Tsendsuren. ( MAS) .

Literature data. Ömnögovi: 100 km W from border post Ovootiin Khural [Оботын-Хурул], 22 km W from Sairiin hudag [42.901, 100.048], 1250 m a.s.l., 22– 23.06.1967, 55 exx. exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab ( Heyrovský 1970: as Asias mongolicus ); Ovootiin Khural, 36 km SW of Gurvantes [Гурван-Тэс] [ca. 42.958, 100.672], 09.08.1967, 7 exx. ( Namhaidorzh 1972).

Dornogovi: 50 km SW of Züünbayan [ДЗун-БаЯна] , 16 km E of Tal Khongoriin hudag (well), [ур. Тал- Хонхорын-Худук] [ca. 44.104, 109.610], on Brachanthemum , 30.06.1971, 2 exx., leg. Myagmarsuren D. ( Namhaidorzh 1976a) ; 10 km SSW of Sainshand [Сайн-Шанд], Mt. Tushleg-Uul [Г. Тушлэг-Ула] [ca. 44.789, 110.080], 01.07.1971, 2 exx., leg. Namhaidorzh B. (ibid) .

Remarks. Anoplistes mongolicus is a Central Asian endemic that is known from Mongolia and three northern provinces of China: Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and Shanxi ( Danilevsky 2020). It was previously divided into two subspecies, however, the second one, Anoplistes amoenus Reitter, 1898 , which is distributed in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ( China), was recently resurrected as a valid species by Karpiński (2020). In Mongolia, A. mongolicus is widely but infrequently distributed in the southern part of the country. The largest (55 exx.) and most probably the only abundant series ever collected was beaten from saxaul shrubs in Ömnögovi aimag (22 km W from Sairiin khudag) in 1967 by Zoltán Kaszab.All individuals of this series are rather homogeneous. The literature records from Khovd aimag are, however, related to other species: that of Namhaidorzh (1976a) represents A. kaszabi (presented in this paper as a new record) and that of Heyrovský (1968) belongs to another, yet undescribed species (in prep.).

Anoplistes mongolicus is most likely ecologically associated with Haloxylon ammodendron , although the immature stages are not known to date. The species occurs in desertified regions, where, typically, saxauls are accompanied by Tamarix L. ( Tamaricaceae ) shrubs ( Fig. 10B ) ( Karpiński 2020).

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FIGURE 6. Habitus of longhorned beetle taxa distributed in the region of SE Mongolia (genus Anoplistes). A, Anoplistes halodendri minutus (male, sand ecotype, Dornogovi aimag—steppe region); B, A. halodendri minutus (female, sand ecotype, ibid); C, A. halodendri minutus (male, sand ecotype, Dornogovi aimag—desert region); D, A. halodendri minutus (female, sand ecotype, ibid); E, A. halodendri minutus (male, sand ecotype, Bulgan aimag—sand dunes); F, A. halodendri minutus (female, sand ecotype, ibid); G, Anoplistes kaszabi (male, paratype); H, A. kaszabi (female, holotype); I, A. kaszabi (male, paratype, melanistic form); J, Anoplistes mongolicus (male); K, A. mongolicus (female); L, Anoplistes gobiensis (female). Scale bar: 5 mm.

FIGURE 10. Photographs of adults and larvae in situ and habitats of typical SE Mongolian cerambycid species. A, stony hills with dense shrub vegetation, including Zygophyllum, most likely habitat of Anoplistes kaszabi; B, saxaul and tamarisk shrubs in strongly desertified area in southern Mongolia, most likely typical habitat of Anoplistes mongolicus; C, male of Eodorcadion exaratum argali; D, female of E. exaratum argali under cow dung; E, melanistic female of E. exaratum argali; F, Achnatherum splendens enclave in semi-desert area, habitat of Eodorcadion gorbunovi; G, freshly digged larva of E. gorbunovi; H, male of E. gorbunovi climbing onto stems of grasses.