Decticus Audinet Serville, 1831

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 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.372.1
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scientific name	Decticus Audinet Serville, 1831
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Genus Decticus Audinet Serville, 1831 View in CoL

6. Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) Decticus verrucivorus: Sergeev, 1986: 180 ; Benediktov, 1997: 117.

Decticus verrucivorus verrucivorus: Storozhenko, 2004: 134 View in CoL .

MATERIAL. Tuva: E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu

(Khapto) River, 51°44ʹ N, 95°26ʹ E, 958 m, upper terrace, steppe, 11.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ ( MS) GoogleMaps ;

14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River, 51°28ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 580–600 m, piedmont plains,

abandoned field, 26.VI 2017, some specimens observed ( MS); Ulug-Khem Intermountain

Basin, road Shagonar–Chadan, Torgalyg River, near bridge, 13.VIII 1995, 1 ♂ (Benediktov);

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, a specimens recorded ( 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, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (larva), 1 ♀ (larva) ( MS). Krasnoyarsk Region : 10

km NW Minusinsk City, Bystraya settlement (near the mouth of Minusinsk outlet), 9.VII

2014, steppe, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( SS); Oya River , near Ermakovskoje settlement, 53°17′N, 92°28′E GoogleMaps , 291

m, pine forest, ouval with meadow, 17.VII 1995, a specimen observed ( MS); southern part,

West Sayan Mts., Us Intermountain Basin, near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°21′N,

93°13′E, 750–800 m, southern slopes, steppe, 22.VII 1995, 1 ♂ ( MS) .

DISTRIBUTION (nominotypical subspecies). Tuva: ET, UKH, KKH. – Europe, Siberia and Russian Far East (except the North), SW Asia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, N

China, Mongolia, Japan (Hokkaido). This species was recorded from Krasnoyarsk Region

(Miram, 1907) and southern part Republic of Khakassia, including Us Intermountain Basin

(Ivanova, 1967; our data).

ECOLOGY. In the region, the species is commonly associated with meadows of its central and northern parts. Rare, however, in optimal habitats, its abundance may be up to 24 per hour.

Tribe Platycleidini