Deracanthina deracanthoides (Bey-Bienko, 1933)

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 : 17

18. Deracanthina deracanthoides (Bey-Bienko, 1933)

Zichya deracantoides: Cherepanov, 1951: 206 .

Deracanthina deracantoides: Sergeev, 1985: 48 ; Sergeev & Bugrov, 1988: 49; Zhantiev et al.,

1995: 59; Benediktov, 1997: 117.

Deracanthina deracantoides deracantoides: Storozhenko, 2004: 178 .

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 5 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°48ʹN ,

92°05ʹE, 1300–1350 m, piedmont plain, stony steppes with Caragana , 16.VIII 1985, some specimens observed ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., 4 km E Khandagajty settlement, 50°45ʹN,

92°09ʹE, 1150–1200 m, southern slope, stony semi-desert, 24.VIII 1978, some specimens observed ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., W Khandagajty settlement, 50°42ʹN, 92°03ʹE, 1200–

1250 m, northern slope, semi-desert with Caragana , 24.VIII 1978, 1 ♀ ( MS); N Uvs-Nuur

Intermountain Basin, Iribitej River , 50°44′N, 93°08′E, 938–973 m, 24.VI 1978, piedmont plain, stony semi-deserts with Nanophyton grubovii , 1 ♂ (larva), 3 ♀ (larvae) ( IS, MS); the same locality, 984 m, 29.VII 1978, upper terrace, semi-desert, 1 ♀ ( MS); N Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, 50 km E Amdaygyn-Khol, dry steppe with Nanophyton grubovii , 26.VII

1962, 1 ♀ ( IS); NE Uvs-Nuur Basin, Shivelig River , 50°39′N, 94°28′E, 997 m, lower terrace ,

dry steppe with Cargana, 18.VII 1978, 1♂ ( MS) .

REMARKS. The species was also found on the Kargy River near Mugur-Aksy (MT)

(Sergeev, 1985) on the altitudes about 1700–1900 m.

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

NW Mongolia (Chogsomzhav, 1974, 1977).

ECOLOGY. The species prefers the stony semi-deserts with Caragana or Nanophyton grubovii on the piedmont plains of Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin. The katydids sing commonly on stones (especially on pebbles). Species abundance may be very relatively high, up to 700 per ha (Sergeev & Bugrov, 1988).