Insect fauna of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Rare true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Research during 2020–2024 identified three species of Heteroptera rare in the fauna of Uzbekistan, members of the Reduviidae family: Stenolemus bogdanovii Oshanin, 1871, Holotrichius mesoleucus (Kiritshenko, 1914) and Reduvius fedtschenkianus (Oshanin, 1871). Other rare species found are as follows: two species from the family Coreidae (Cercinthus lehmanni Kolenati, 1891, and Centrocoris volxemi (Puton, 1878)), five species from the family Scutelleridae (Irochrotus turanicus Kerzhner, 1976; Promecocoris testaceus (Reuter, 1900); Psacasta examthematica conspersa Germar, 1839; Leprosoma tuberculatum Jakovlev, 1874; Phyllomorpha lacerata Herrich-Schäffer, 1835, Dictyla platyoma (Fieber, 1861)), one species from the Tingidae family (Prostemma sanguineum (Rossi, 1790)) and Nabidae family (Nabis (Aspilaspis) pallidus). Information on the current state of distribution of a total of 13 true bugs is presented. Currently, only three species of these rare true bugs were found in natural and anthropogenic areas; eight species are in the collection of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan; and five species are not present in nature or in the collection today; they are known only from the literature. There are also proposals to change the status of Reduvius fedtschchenkianus Oshanin, 1871, Stenolemus bogdanovi Oshanin, 1896, Cercinthus lehmanni Kolenati, 1891, which are included in the Red Book of Uzbekistan, based on their current level of occurrence.