Bienkoxenus beybienkoi (Stebaev, 1964)

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 : 6-7

4. Bienkoxenus beybienkoi (Stebaev, 1964)

Eulithoxenus beybienkoi: Stebaev, 1964: 617 .

Bienkoxenus beybienkoi: Sergeev, 1986: 178 ; Sergeev et al., 1995: 97; Benediktov, 1997: 117;

Storozhenko, 2004: 124.

MATERIAL. Tuva: West Tannu-Ola Mts., near Torgalyg settlement, 50°52′N, 92°36′E ,

1200 m, 21–24.VI 1962, 2 ♀ ( IS); N Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, Iribitej River , 50°44′N ,

93°08′E, 750 m, piedmont plain, 27–28.VII 1962, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ ( IS); N Uvs-Nuur Intermountain

Basin , Iribitej River, 50°44′N, 93°08′E, 938–973 m, 24.VI 1978, piedmont plain, stony semideserts with Nanophyton grubovii , 1 ♀, 2 larvae ( IS, MS); the same locality, upper terrace ,

stony semi-desert with Nanophyton grubovii and Stipa glareosa , 30.VII 1978, 3 ♀ ( MS); the same locality, plain, semi-desert with Nanophyton grubovii , 30.VII 1978, 1 ♀ ( MS); NE

Uvs-Nuur Basin , Shivelig River, 50°38′N, 94°28′E, 26.VII 1962, 1♀ ( IS) .

REMARKS. This species was described by Stebaev (1964) from the southern part of

Tuva.

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WTO, UVS. – Mongolia, including Uvs-Nuur Basin in NW

Mongolia (Chogsomzhav, 1972, 1977).

ECOLOGY. Relatively rare in the stony semi-deserts on piedmont plains and upper terraces. Its abundance commonly varies between 1 and 8 insects per hour.

Tribe Gampsocleidini