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Genus Epacromius Uvarov, 1942

17(81). Epacromius pulverulentus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1846)

Aiolopus coerulipes: Berezhkov, 1951: 20 .

Epacromius coerulipes: Berezhkov, 1956: 154–155 .

Epacromius pulverulentus: Sergeev, 1986: 210 ; Benediktov, 2018: 22.

MATERIAL. Tuva: Chaa-Khol River , 51°34′N, 92°23′E, 570 m, flood-plain, meadow, 17.VII

1962, 1 larva ( IS); Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin , 25 km SW Kyzyl City, Ulug River, 51°36ʹN, 94°09ʹE ,

600–605 m, lower terrace and upper flood-plain, meadows, 20.VII 1995, 1 ♂, 124 larvae ( MS); Kaa (Malyj

Yenissei) River, right side, near Boyarovka settlement, 51°32ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 703 m, plain, dry steppe, 12.VIII

2018, 1 ♂ ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , NW Khandagajty settlement, near Solchur settlement, 50°46ʹN ,

92°01ʹE, 1150–1200 m, irrigated field, 21.VIII 1978, 1 ♀ ( MS); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, Tes

River Valley , near Oo-Shynaa settlement, 50°39ʹN, 93°40ʹE, 807 m, flood-plains, meadows with halophytes, 31.VII 1978, 2 larvae ( MS); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, 7 km S Erzin settlement, Tes River ,

50°11ʹN, 95°12ʹE, 1097 m, lower terrace and upper flood-plains, dry meadows and steppes, 22.VII 1978,

1 larva ( MS); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin , near Shara Lake, 50°14ʹN, 94°31ʹE, 894 m, flood-plains of lake and small stream, short meadows with halophytes, 6.VII 2017 , 5 larvae ( MS); the same locality ,

50°13ʹN, 94°32ʹE, 902–904 m, plain and upper terrace, sands, semi-desert and grassland with

Achnatherum , 6.VII 2017, 8 larvae ( MS) .

REMARKS. The synonymy of Epacromia coerulipes Ivanov, 1887 and Oedipoda pulve-

rulenta Fischer de Waldheim, 1846 was shown by Mistshenko (1968: 494).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: UKH, KKH, WTO, UVS. – S Europe, S Siberia, S Russian Far

East; Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Kashmir, Mongolia, China.

ECOLOGY. Usually associated with halophytic vegetation.