Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)

Sergeev, M. G., Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Benediktov, A. A., 2018, An annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Tuva and adjacent regions. Part 1. Suborder Ensifera, Far Eastern Entomologist 372, pp. 1-24 : 13-14

12. Metrioptera brachyptera (Linnaeus, 1761)

Metrioptera brachyptera: Sergeev et al., 1995: 96–98 ; Benediktov, 1997: 118; Storozhenko, 2004:

149.

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Sayan Mts., Alash Plateau, Ak-Sug River , 51°37ʹN, 90°05ʹE ,

1450 m, southern slope, meadow with bushes, 14.VIII 2016, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MS); E Tuva ,

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

1230 m, terrace, meadow, 10.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ (MS); 14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar

River, 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 583 m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 18.VI 2017, 1 ♂

(larva) (MS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE, plain,

mixed steppe, 20.VII 2014, 1 ♀ (SS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Uzun-Kharagan

River, near Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°15ʹE, 886 m, lower terrace and upper floodplain, wet meadow, 8.VII 1978, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (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, 9–9.VII 1978, 2 ♂ (larvae) (MS); W

Tannu-Ola Mts., 5 km N Khandagajty settlement, Mugur River, 50°46ʹN, 92°03ʹE, 1170 m,

marsh, wet meadow with bushes, 17.VIII 1985, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 9 km N

Khandagajty settlement, 50°51ʹN, 94°04ʹE, 1900 m, mountain steppes, 19.VIII 1978, a specimen observed (MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., 4 km E Khandagajty settlement, Mugur River,

50°44ʹN, 92°08ʹE, 1100–1150 m, lower terrace, meadow 24.VIII 1978, 1 ♂ (MS); W TannuOla Mts., 5 km W Torgalyg settlement, Khandybai Mt., near timber-line, meadows, 23.VI

1962, 3 larvae (IS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shivelig River, 50°45ʹN, 94°34ʹE, 1300–1350 m ,

upper terrace, steppe, 12.VIII 1978, 1 ♂ (MS); 13 km NEE Samagaltaj settlement, KaldakKhamar (Shuurmak) Pass, 50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1550 m, open larch forest, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (SS) ;

Dyttyg-Khem River , 12 km SW Samagaltai settlement, 50°38′N, 95°19′E, 17.VII 2014, 1 ♂

(larva) (SS). Krasnoyarsk Region: southern part, West Sayan Mts. , Us Intermountain Basin ,

near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°20′N, 93°20′E, 700–800 m, terraces, meadows, 22.VII

1995, 1 ♀ (MS).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSW, ET, UKH, KKH, WTO, ETO, UVS. – Europe (except the South and extreme North), Siberia (except the North) and the Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE China, Korea. This species was also recorded from Us Intermountain

Basin in Krasnoyarsk Region (Ivanova, 1967, 1968; our data).

ECOLOGY. In South Siberia, the species is more or less common on mountain meadows and openings in the forest altitudinal belts. Sometimes its abundance can be relatively high,

up to 12–20 per hour.