Hedychrum chalybaeum Dahlbom, 1854

Hedychrum chalybaeum Dahlbom, 1854: 64. Syntypes ♂♂; Europe: 'Europa media et meridionali’, Russia, Prussia, Silesia (MfN, ZMUL) (examined). Móczár 1967: 188 (cat., Mongolia: 1 ♀, Sukhbaatar aimag: 44 km SSW of Baruun urt, 1050 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1965, nr. 349, 2.-3.VIII.1965; 1 ♀, Chadatin-bulan, 60 km N of Somon Bajanterem, 950 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1965, nr. 340, 31.VII.1965).

Material examined.

Mongolia: Bayankhongor, 1 ♂, 2 km S of Bayankhongor, 46°12'N, 100°43'E, 1800 m, 10.VII.2004, leg. JH (PRC); 20 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 56 km NW of Bayankhongor, 46°33'N, 100°12'E, 2200 m, 12.VII.2004, leg. JH (PRC); Dornod, 16 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂, 100 km W of Choilbalsan, 820 m, 23.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); 16 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂, 20 km W of Choilbalsan, 800 m, 48°01'N, 114°14'E 24.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); 1 ♂, 15 km W of Choibalsan, Kerulen River, 770 m, 24.VII.2007, leg. MK (PRC); 1 ♂, 50 km SW of Choibalsan, 960 m, 25.VII.2007, leg. JH (MHC); 1 ♀, 50 km SW of Choibalsan, 960 m, 25.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Govi-Altai, 2 ♂♂, 70 km E of Altay city, Guulin, 14.VII.2005, leg. JH (MHC); Selenge, 1 ♂, 90 km N of Ulaanbaatar, Segnez River, 1450 m, 6-8.VII.2003, leg. JH (PRC); Sukhbaatar, 6 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 100 km SSW of Baruun-Urt, 1100 m, 30.VII.2007, leg. MH (MHC); Tuv, 1 ♂, 50 km E of Ulaanbaatar, Tuul River, 22.VI.2003, leg. JH (MHC); Ulaanbaatar, 1 ♂, Ulaanbaatar, Tuul River valley, 12.VII.2003, leg. JH (PRC); 1 ♀, 7 km E of Ulaanbaatar, Gachuurt, 47°55'N, 107°06'E, 31.VII.2002, 1310 m, leg. JS (PRC).

Distribution.

Mongolia (Bayankhongor, *Dornod, *Govi-Altai, *Selenge, Sukhbaatar, Tuv, *Ulaanbaatar); widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region (Linsenmaier 1959; Kurzenko and Lelej 2007), China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu) (Rosa et al. 2014).