Montana montana (Kollar, 1833)

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 : 9-10

7. Montana montana (Kollar, 1833)

Platycleis montana: Ivanova, 1967: 130 ; Benediktov, 1997: 118.

Montana montana: Sergeev, 1986: 180 ; Sergeev et al., 1995: 96–98.

Montana montana montana: Storozhenko, 2004: 142 .

MATERIAL. Tuva: 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN ,

94°32ʹE, plain, mixed steppe, 20.VII 2014, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ ( SS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain

Basin, Uzun-Kharagan River, near Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°16ʹE, 940 m, southeastern slope and upper terrace, balka, dry meadows with Cotoneaster , Larix and Caragana pigmaea , 8.VII 1978, 1 ♀, 1 larvae ( MS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Shuurmak

River, 25 km S Balgazyn settlement, near Kuran settlement, 50°47ʹN, 95°17ʹE, 1030–1050

m, upper terrace, dry steppe, 9.VII 1978, 3 ♂, 4 ♀ ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 9 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°52ʹN, 92°04ʹE, 2060 m, alpine steppe, 19.VIII 1978, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 3 larvae

( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., 9 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°51ʹN, 94°04ʹE, 1700–1900 m,

mountain steppes, 19.VIII 1978, 7 ♂, 14♀, 3 larvae ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shuurmak

Pass, 50°37ʹN, 95°11ʹE, 1495 m, mountain steppe, 12.VII 1978, 1 ♀, 1 larvae ( MS); E TannuOla Mts. , 13 km NEE Samagaltaj settlement, Kaldak-Khamar (Shuurmak) Pass, 50°38ʹN ,

95°11ʹE, 1500 m, mountain pasture, 3 ♂, 6 ♀ ( SS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shivelig River, 50°43ʹN ,

94°33–94°34ʹE, 1200–1350 m, mountain slopes, terraces, dry meadows and steppes, often with bushes and stones, 24.VI–12.VIII 1978,> 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 larvae ( MS, Myagkaya, Lee); 31 km

NEE Erzin settlement, Erzin River, 50°21ʹN, 95°34ʹE, 1300 m, northern slope, balka with

Caragana , 18.VII 2014, 6 ♂ ( SS). Krasnoyarsk Region: 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); the same locality, 52°16′N, 93°07′E , 650–

700 m, upper terrace, stony steppe, 23.VII 1995, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( MS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: KKH, WTO, ETO, SAN. – Europe (except the North), South

Siberia, Sakha (Yakutia), Kazakhstan, N China, Mongolia. Distribution in adjacent regions:

SE Altay (Sergeev et al., 1995); Republic of Khakassia, southeastern part (Ivanova, 1967);

Krasnoyarsk Region: Us Intermountain Basin (Ivanova, 1967; our data); NW Mongolia, including the Togtohyn-Shil Mts. (Chogsomzhav, 1974).

ECOLOGY. The species prefers different types of short meadows and mountain steppes,

sometimes its abundance may be relatively high (especially for katydids), up to 32–42 per hour.