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03A16C15FFC3FFAC3FC894DFFCB1FC22.text	03A16C15FFC3FFAC3FC894DFFCB1FC22.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij 1932	<div><p>Genus Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932</p><p>Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932: 258; Mistshenko 1952: 348; Storozhenko 1986: 478; Sergeev 1986: 195; Sergeev et al. 2019: 11; Li et al. 2015: 111.</p><p>Zubowskya [sic!] Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932: 255.</p><p>Zubovskia [invalid emendation] Mistshenko, 1951: 214.</p><p>Eozubovskya Li &amp; Yin, 2009: 1141 .</p><p>Bienkoa: Li et al. 2015: 111 (partim).</p><p>Kingdonella: Li et al. 2015: 111 (partim).</p><p>Type species. Podisma parvula Ikonnikov, 1911, by original designation.</p><p>Remarks. The genus Zubovskya was erected by Dovnar-Zapolskij (1932) as a result of the revision of the Palaearctic Podismini ( Melanoplinae). He included three species in this genus, namely Podisma parvula Ikonnikov, 1911 (as the type species), P. koeppeni Zubovsky, 1900, and P. morii Bey-Bienko, 1931 . Later, Mistshenko (1952) described Zubovskya koreana from the Korean Peninsula and Kis (1965) characterized Z. banatica from a very remote and unexpected mountain region in Europe, namely the Southern Carpathians. In the 1980s, several new taxa were described by Storozhenko ( Z. mistshenkoi from the southern part of the Russian Far East (Storozhenko 1980) and Z. mongolica from North Mongolia (Storozhenko 1986)), by Zhang &amp; Jin (1985) ( Z. planicaudata from NE China, Inner Mongolia), and by Huang (1987) ( Z. brachycercata, Z. dolichocercata, and Z. striata —all from NE China, Heilongjiang and Jilin). In addition, Storozhenko (1986) showed that Zubovskya parvula should be considered as the subspecies of Z. koeppeni . In 1995, Zheng et al. (1995) described Z. weishanensis from NE China as well. Later, Kim et al. (2017) redescribed Z. morii and synonymized Z. longifurcula (originally described as Eozubovskya longifurcula (Jin et al., 2011)) and Z. koreana .</p><p>According the Orthoptera Species File (Cigliano et al. 2025), the genus includes 12 species, namely Zubovskya banatica, Z. brachycercata, Z. dolichocercata, Z. eyouqiensis, Z. koeppeni, Z. koreana, Z. mistshenkoi, Z. mongolica, Z. morii, Z. planicaudata, Z. weishanensis, and Z. xiai . However, Storozhenko(1998) proved synonymy of Zubovskya koeppeni parvula and Z. brachycercata, Z. mistshenkoi and Z. striata, and showed that Z. dolichocercata should be considered as the subspecies of Z. koeppeni . Morphological variability of both species described by Li et al. (2015), namely Z. eyouqiensis and Z. xiai, from NE China corresponds to that of known subspecies of Z. koeppeni (cf. Storozhenko 1986; Storozhenko et al. 2015). This is why we suggest to synonymize them: Zubovskya koeppeni koeppeni (Zubovsky, 1900) = Zubovskya eyouqiensis Li Li, &amp; Yin, 2015, syn. nov. and Zubovskya koeppeni parvula (Ikonnikov, 1911) = Zubovska xiai Li, Li &amp; Yin, 2015, syn. nov.</p><p>Several teams of orthopterists tried either to erect a new genus (e.g. Eozubovskya Li &amp; Yin, 2009) for Z. koreana or to move some species to other genera ( Z. morii to Bienkoa Mistshenko, 1950 and Z. mongolica to Kingdonella Uvarov, 1933 (Li et al. 2015)). The genera Eozubovskya and Zubovskya were synonymized by Storozhenko et al. (2015). The Z. morii ’s generic assignment to Zubovskya was confirmed by Kim et al. (2017) and the same for Z. mongolica —by Sergeev et al. (2019). Besides, some authors suggested to include the genus Zubovskya in the subfamily Conophymatinae Mistshenko, 1952 based mainly on the complete absence of wings in many representatives of both Conophymatinae sensu Mistshenko and Melanoplinae . However, a century ago, Uvarov (1928) noted that winglessness of some genera is certainly secondary phenomena which can be observed on quite different tribes and subfamilies, especially in mountain endemics. In addition, the trait that is often used in keys to distinguish acridid subfamilies and tribes, namely an outer apical spine of hind tibia (its presence or absence), is commonly useful but, unfortunately, not universal and required and cannot be used as the only one (cf. Latchininsky et al. 2002; Kim et al. 2017). Moreover, in some species, its intraspecific variation can be revealed, e.g. the type series of Conophyma turkestanicum Sergeev, 1984 ( Conophymatinae) includes some specimens without the outer apical spine of hind tibia and one specimen without both spines (outer and inner) (Sergeev 1984). In addition, the molecular markers studied confirm the position of Zubovskya in the clade together with other taxa of the subfamily Melanoplinae and the quite different and separate clade for members of the subfamily Conophymatinae (Sukhikh et al. 2019) .</p><p>Composition. Now only 8 species can be included in the genus Zubovskya:</p><p>Z. banatica Kis, 1965 (Europe: Southern Carpathians)</p><p>Z. koeppeni (Zubovsky, 1900) (from the Altai-Sayan Mts. up to the south Arctic and the Russian Far East, NE China, Korean Peninsula, and Japan: Hokkaido)</p><p>Z. koreana Mistshenko, 1952 (Korean Peninsula)</p><p>Z. mistshenkoi Storozhenko, 1980 (the southern part of the Russian Far East, NE China)</p><p>Z. mongolica Storozhenko, 1986 (Altai-Sayan Mts. in S Siberia and N Mongolia)</p><p>Z. morii (Bey-Bienko, 1931) (Korean Peninsula; probably, some adjacent parts of NE China as well)</p><p>Z. planicaudata Zhang &amp; Jin, 1985 (NE China)</p><p>Z. weishanensis Zheng, Zhang &amp; Ren, 1995 (NE China).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A16C15FFC3FFAC3FC894DFFCB1FC22	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sergeev, Michael G.;Molodtsov, Vladimir V.	Sergeev, Michael G., Molodtsov, Vladimir V. (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of the apterous genus Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Taxonomic composition, notes on Zubovskya koeppeni (Zubovsky, 1900), and entomogeographic studies on Z. mongolica Storozhenko, 1986. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 419-426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.35, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.35
03A16C15FFC0FFAD3FC895BFFE58F865.text	03A16C15FFC0FFAD3FC895BFFE58F865.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zubovskya mongolica Storozhenko 1986	<div><p>Zubovskya mongolica Storozhenko, 1986</p><p>Zubovskya mongolica Storozhenko, 1986: 53; Sergeev 1991: 121; Storozhenko 2004: 24; Sergeev et al. 2019: 12. Kingdonella mongolica: Li et al. 2015: 111.</p><p>Remarks. The type locality of this species is in vicinities of Khövsgöl Lake in N Mongolia (Storozhenko 1986). Unfortunately, the exact points of occurrences remain unknown. Later, the species was mentioned for the Altai-Sayan Mts. in Russia (NE Altai Mts., Tuva, the southern parts of Krasnoyarsk Region and the Republic of Khakassia (Sergeev 1991; Storozhenko 2004; Sergeev et al. 2019)). However, all specimens from Oyskyi Range (West Sayan Mts.) were mistakenly identified (Sergeev et al. 2019). In addition, the female with the label “Chadan Experimental Station” in the collections of Siberian Zoological Museum (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals) is obviously mislabeled, because this locality is near the bottom part of the Khemchik Intermountain Basin (W Tuva) with elevations less than 1000 m and where the steppes and dry meadows are usual (Sergeev et al. 2019).</p><p>Distribution and ecology. Altai-Sayan Mts., from NE Altai to East Sayan Mts. (Fig. 1). All know localities of Zubovskya mongolica are inside the range of widely distributed Z. koeppeni . However, our field observations show that their altitudinal ecological niches overlap very weakly (Table 1).</p><p>Zubovskya koeppeni is mainly distributed across the belt of coniferous forests from relatively low altitudes up to the timber-line and rarely above it (Table 1). Its populations can be usually found on wet meadows of openings and clearings. The species is commonly associated with quite different broad leaf plants, e.g. Veratrum L., Aconitum L., Potentilla L., Phlomoides tuberosa (L.) Moench, Geranium L. The populations of Zubovskya mongolica were found between 1700 and 2100 m. The species colonizes openings with wet meadows near the local timber-lines (Fig. 2), alpine meadows and some meadow plots in the mountain tundra. It is clearly associated with the same groups of plants. Its abundance is commonly low or moderate and, according to our data, in August of 2018, varied between 4 and 45 adults per hour.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A16C15FFC0FFAD3FC895BFFE58F865	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sergeev, Michael G.;Molodtsov, Vladimir V.	Sergeev, Michael G., Molodtsov, Vladimir V. (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of the apterous genus Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Taxonomic composition, notes on Zubovskya koeppeni (Zubovsky, 1900), and entomogeographic studies on Z. mongolica Storozhenko, 1986. Zootaxa 5715 (1): 419-426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.35, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.35
