Deracantha onos (Pallas, 1772)

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 : 16-17

16. Deracantha onos (Pallas, 1772)

Deracantha onos: Segeev & Bugrov, 1988: 47–48 .

REMARKS. The first data concerning distribution of this species in Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin were published by Sergeev & Bugrov (1988). Unfortunately, the labels of these two specimens (1 ♂, 1 ♀) include only some general geographic information (UvsNuur Intermountain Basin). We may suppose that they were mislabeled. The westernmost exact localities are in the Selenga River Basin in the central part of Mongolia (Chogsomzhav,

1972).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: UVS (?). – Transbaikalia (Dauria), Amur Region, C and E Mongolia, NE China.

ECOLOGY. In the main part of its range, the species occurs in different habitats – from forest edges and opening up to grain fields. Males and females are usually on the soil surface.

As a rule, the level of its abundance is low. Chogsomzhav (1989) mentioned some association of this species with the dry steppes. This means there are some opportunities for presence of populations of Deracantha onos in Tuva.