Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

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

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scientific name	Poecilimon Fischer, 1853
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Genus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853 View in CoL

15*. Poecilimon intermedius (Fieber, 1853)

Poecilimon intermedius: Sergeev, 1986: 177 View in CoL ; Storozhenko, 2004: 67–68.

MATERIAL. Tuva: Turan-Uyuk Intermountain Basin, Begreda River , 51°59ʹN, 94°18ʹE ,

829 m, terrace, meadow, 12.VIII 2018, 6 ♀ ( MS). Krasnoyarsk Region: southern part, West

Sayan Mts. , Us Intermountain Basin, near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°21′N, 93°13′E GoogleMaps ,

780–800 m, southern slope, dry mountain meadow and steppe, 22.VII 1995, 6 ♀ ( MS); the same locality, 52°20′N, 93°20′E GoogleMaps , 710 m, upper terrace, meadow with bushes, 22.VII 1995, 1 ♀

(larva) ( MS); the same locality, 52°16′N, 93°07′E, 680–700 m, piedmont plain, steppe GoogleMaps ,

23.VII 1995, 16 ♀ (larva) ( MS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSE. – European Russia (except the North), the Ukraine, S

Siberia, Kazakhstan, N Tien Shan, Mongolia. This species was recorded from the Us Intermountain Basin in Krasnoyarsk Region (Ivanova, 1967, 1968; our data).

ECOLOGY. The species prefers the dry meadows, meadow and typical steppes with presence of mesophilous forbs. In the optimal habitats it may be very abundant. All populations of this species from Tuva and Krasnoyarsk Region are characterized by absence of males.

Subfamily Zichyinae

Tribe Zichyini