Omocestus I. Bolivar, 1878

Sergeev, M. G., Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Benediktov, A. A., 2019, An annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Tuva and adjacent regions. Part 2. Suboder Caelifera. Tridactylidae, Tetrigidae, Acrididae: Melanoplinae, Calliptaminae, and Gomphocerinae (except Gomphocerini), Far Eastern Entomologist 389, pp. 7-44 : 26-27

Genus Omocestus I. Bolivar, 1878

32(54). Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stenobothrus viridulus: Miram, 1907: 4 .

Omocestus viridulus: Berezhkov, 1951: 18 ; Berezhkov, 1956: 94; Ivanova, 1967: 131; Sergeev,

1986: 204; Benediktov, 1997: 117; Pavlov, 2004: 65; Tishechkin & Bukhvalova, 2009: 27.

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Sayan Mts., Kurtushibinskij Range, 52°16ʹ N, 93°41ʹ E, 1429 m, alpine meadows, 13.VIII 2018, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MS); Todzha Lake, Ij River , opening of pine forest, 13.VII 2004, 1 ♂

(M. Zasypkina); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°57ʹN,

95°33ʹE, 1945 m, alpine meadow, 10.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range,

southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°56ʹN, 95°30ʹE, 1737–1869 m, southern slope, terraces, floodplains, meadows, 9–10.VIII 2018, 2 ♂ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope,

Koptu (Khapto) River , 51°55ʹ N, 95°2ʹ E, 1432 m, terraces and flood-plain, meadows, 10.VIII 2018, 1 ♂

( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°52ʹN, 95°26ʹE,

1230 m, terrace, meadow, 10.VIII 2018, 4 ♂ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River , 51°50ʹN, 95°25ʹE , 1132–1135 m, terrace and flood-plains, meadows,

11.VIII 2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto)

River, 51°44ʹ N, 95°26ʹ E, 958 m, upper terrace, steppe, 11.VIII 2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); 14 km SW

Shagonar City, Shagonar River, 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 583 m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 17–

18.VI 2017, 12 ♂, 6 ♀ ( MS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE,

bottom of balka with wet meadow, 21.VII 2014, 1 ♂ ( SS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, UzunKharagan River , near Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°15ʹE, 886 m, upper flood-plain and lower terrace ,

meadow, 8.VII 1978, 12 ♂, 1 ♀, 6 larvae ( MS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Shuurmak River ,

left side, 15 km S Balgazyn settlement, 50°53ʹN, 95°12ʹE, 900–950 m, piedmont plain of E Tannu-Ola

Mts., meadow, 9.VII 1978, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); Shuurmak River near Shuurmak settlement, 50°38ʹN, 95°19ʹE ,

mixed meadow (cutted), 19.VII 2014, 4 ♂, 13 ♀ ( SS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Khol-Oozhu River, near KaraKol, 50°59ʹN, 94°21ʹE, 2100–2200 m, alpine steppe, 6.VIII 1978, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 larva ( MS); E Tannu-Ola

Mts., Shivelig River , 50°45ʹN, 94°34ʹE, 1330–1340 m, flood-plain and terraces, steppe and short meadow between shrubs and Larix trees, 28.VI 1978, 1 larva ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts., Shuurmak River, 5 km N

Shuurmak settlement, 50°42ʹN, 95°20ʹE, 1086 m, upper flood-plain and lower terrace, wet meadow,

11.VII 1978, 2 ♂, 4 larvae ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shuurmak River, near Shuurmak settlement, 1170 m ,

12.VII 2013, 1♂, 1 ♀ (M. Prostshalykin, V. Loktionov ); E Tannu-Ola Mts., Shuurmak Pass, 50°37ʹN ,

95°11ʹE, 1495 m, flood-plain, meadow with Salix bushes, 12.VII 1978, 1 ♂ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts .,

Shuurmak Pass, 50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1492 m, short meadow, 5.VII 2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts .,

13 km NEE Samagaltaj settlement, Kaldak-Khamar (Shuurmak) Pass, 50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1550 m, open larch forest, 19.VII 2014 m, 3 ♂, 3 ♀ ( SS); the same locality, 1500 m, 11.VII 2013, 1 ♂ (M. Prostshalykin,

V. Loktionov); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, 7 km S Erzin settlement, Tes River, 50°11ʹN, 95°12ʹE,

1097 m, flood-plains, meadows, 21.VII 1978, 1 ♀, 1 larvae ( MS); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, 7 km S

Erzin settlement, Tes River, 50°11ʹN, 95°12ʹE, 1097 m, lower terrace, meadows, 23.VII 1978, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ,

1 larva ( MS). Krasnoyarsk Region: southern part, W Sayan Mts. , Us Intermountain Basin, near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°21′N, 93°13′E, 780–800 m, southern slope, dry mountain meadow and steppe, 22.VII 1995 , 1 larva ( MS); the same locality, 52°20′N, 93°20′E, 700–750 m, low terrace ,

meadow, 22.VII 1995, 5 ♂, 7 ♀ ( MS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSE, ET, KHE, UKH, KKH, ETO, UVS, SAN. – Europe

(except the extreme North), S Siberia, Amur Region, S Khabarovsk Region; Asia Minor,

Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, N China, Mongolia, N Korea.

ECOLOGY. Usually inhabits the wet meadows.