It is obvious that in recent decades the anthropogenic impact on nature is cause of changes in the conditions of existence of many species of living organisms, including insects. Due to poor knowledge of some insect groups in Baikal Siberia, it is sometimes difficult to determine the degree of danger for certain species. In this paper, it is proposed to introduce 6 species of true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Red Books of the Irkutsk Region and the Republic of Buryatia. The article is based on materials collected by the author in two districts of the Irkutsk region and in four districts of the Republic of Buryatia in 2007-2016. These species inhabit a more or less narrow range of natural conditions. Thus, even a small habitat disturbance can threaten the existence of these species. One of the species under consideration is a representative of the family Miridae – Dichrooscytus altaicus Jos. Several specimens of this species are collected only in one point of the Irkutsk Region – in the floodplain of the Alleley River, on the territory of the Baykalo-Lenskiy State Nature Reserve in an undisturbed habitat. Nevertheless this species is very rare in the Irkutsk region and it is a narrow oligophage. Such species as Europiella albipennis F. and Plagiognathus collaris Mats. (both from the family of Miridae) are rare in Baikal Siberia and its inhabit in territories with a high recreational load. All specimens of P. collaris were collected at several points from the northern slope of the Khamar-Daban Ridge on the territory of Buryatia, there are still no others found in Baikal Siberia. The habitats of E. albipennis in the Irkutsk Region are located on the territory of a developed tourist infrastructure, where, in addition, livestock farming is conducted. The representative of the family Tingidae Physatocheila distinguenda Jak. was collected in a single copy in the south of Buryatia, where agriculture is actively conducted. Apparently, the species very rare in Siberia, in addition it is an oligophage and have a point distribution. Habitats of species such as Parapiesma kerzhneri Heiss et Per. (Piesmatidae) and Jakowleffia setulosa Jak. (Lygaeidae) are confined to the shores of mineralized lakes, which are also under pressure from farming. Both species of stenobionts and oligophages, moreover, in Baikal Siberia, they inhabit the periphery of their ranges.

Sofronova Elena Valeryevna, Candidate of Science (Biology), Research Scientist, V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, 1, Ulan-Batorskaya st., Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation, e-mail: aronia@yandex.ru

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