Euthystira Fieber, 1852

Sergeev, M. G., Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Benediktov, A. A., 2019, An annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Tuva and adjacent regions. Part 2. Suboder Caelifera. Tridactylidae, Tetrigidae, Acrididae: Melanoplinae, Calliptaminae, and Gomphocerinae (except Gomphocerini), Far Eastern Entomologist 389, pp. 7-44 : 16

Genus Euthystira Fieber, 1852

16(38). Euthystira brachyptera (Ocskay, 1826)

Chrysochraon brachypterus: Miram, 1907: 3 .

Euthystira brachyptera: Berezhkov, 1951: 17 ; Benediktov, 1997: 117; Vedenina & Bukhvalova,

2001: 94.

MATERIAL. Tuva: E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River ,

51°52ʹN, 95°26ʹE, 1230 m, terrace, meadow, 10.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ (MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev

Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°50ʹN, 95°25ʹE, 1132–1135 m, terrace and flood-plains,

meadows, 11.VIII 2018, 2 ♂ (MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu

(Khapto) River, 51°44ʹ N, 95°26ʹ E, 958 m, upper terrace, steppe, 11.VIII 2018, 8 ♂, 7 ♀ (MS); E Tuva,

Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°37ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 788–843 m, southern slope and upper terraces, steppes, 11.VIII 2018, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev

Range , southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°37ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 781–784 m, lower terrace and floodplain, meadow, 11.VIII 2018, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ (MS) ; 15 km N Boyarovka settlement, 15.VII 2013, 1 ♀ (M.

Prostshalykin, V. Loktionov ); 14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River , 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 583 m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 17–18.VI 2017, 24 ♂, 16 ♀, 1 larva (MS); 14 km SW Shagonar City ,

Shagonar River, 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 580 m, upper flood-plain, pebbles and sand, 20.VI 2017, 2 ♂ (MS); 14

km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River, 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 580–582 m, dry meadow, 23–26.VI 2017, 3 ♂,

2 ♀ (MS); 32 km SW Kyzyl City, Elegest River , 51°29ʹN, 94°10ʹE, steppe, 22.VII 2014 , 2 ♂, 4 ♀ (SS);

Kaa (Malyj Yenissei) River, right side, near Boyarovka settlement, 51°32ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 703 m, plain, dry steppe, 12.VIII 2018, 1 ♀ (MS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN,

94°32ʹE, plain, mixed steppe, 20.VII 2014, 4 ♂, 1 ♀ (SS); the same locality, bottom of balka with wet meadow, 21.VII 2014, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (SS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Uzun-Kharagan River , near

Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°16ʹE, 940 m, piedmont plain, balka, meadow between larches, 8.VII

1978, 9 ♂, 3 ♀ (MS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Uzun-Kharagan River , near Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°15ʹE, 886 m, lower terrace, meadow, 8.VII 1978 , 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (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.VII 1978, 15 ♂, 7 ♀, 1 larva (MS); E Tannu-Ola

Mts., Shuurmak River, 5 km N Shuurmak settlement, 50°42ʹN, 95°20ʹE, 1086 m, upper flood-plain, wet meadow, 11.VII 1978, 3 ♂, 3 ♀ (MS); Shuurmak River near Shuurmak settlement, 50°38ʹN, 95°19ʹE,

mixed meadow (cutted), 19.VII 2014, 3 ♂, 3 ♀ (SS); Shuurmak River near Shuurmak settlement, 1170

m, 12.VII 2013, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (M. Prostshalykin, V. Loktionov ); E Tannu-Ola Mts., Shuurmak Pass ,

50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1492 m, short meadow, 5.VII 2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , 13 km NEE

Samagaltaj settlement, Kaldak-Khamar (Shuurmak) Pass, 50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1550 m, open larch forest,

19.VII 2014 m, 3 ♂, 4 ♀ (SS). Krasnoyarsk Region: southern part, W Sayan Mts. , Us Intermountain

Basin, near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°20′N, 93°20′E, 700–750 m, low terrace, meadow, 22.VII

1995, 3 ♂, 4 ♀ (MS). the same locality, 52°16′N, 93°07′E, 680–700 m, terraces and southern slope, steppes, 22–23.VII 1995 , 3 ♂ (MS).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: ET, KHE, UKH, KKH, ETO. – N Eurasia (the southern part of the forest zone, the forest-steppe and steppe zones).

ECOLOGY. Usually in the grass steppes and dry meadows.