Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830)

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 : 14

13. Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830) Bicolorana bicolor: Sergeev, 1986: 182 Metrioptera bicolor: Benediktov, 1997: 118 . Bicolorana bicolor bicolor: Storozhenko, 2004: 156 .

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

(Khapto) River, 51°44ʹ N, 95°26ʹ E, 960–1006 m, southern slope and upper terrace, steppe,

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

(Khapto) River, 51°37ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 788 m, terraces, steppe and dry meadow, 11.VIII 2018, 2

♂, 4 ♀ ( MS); 14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River , 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 586 m, lower terrace, steppe with Stipa capillata , 17.VI 2017 , 1 ♀ ( MS); the same locality, 583 m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 18.VI 2017 , 1 ♂ (larva) ( MS); 32 km SW Kyzyl City ,

Elegest River, 51°29ʹN, 94°10ʹE, steppe, 22.VII.2014, 1 ♂ ( SS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement ,

Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE, plain, mixed steppe, 20–21.VII 2014, 6 ♂, 6 ♀ ( SS) ;

the same locality, bottom of balka with wet meadow, 21.VII 2014, 2 ♂ ( SS); Sangilen Mts .,

10 km S Naryn settlement, 2 km E Tagydty Pass, 2000 m, 26.VIII 1994, 1 ♂ (Benediktov).

Krasnoyarsk Region: Southern part, West Sayan Mts., Us Intermountain Basin , near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°21′N, 93°13′E, 780–800 m , southern slope, dry mountain meadow and steppe, 22.VII 1995, 1 ♀, 2 ♀ (larva) ( MS); the same locality, 52°16′N ,

93°07′E, 680–700 m, piedmont plain, steppe, 23.VII 1995, 3 ♂, 1 ♂ (larva), 1 ♀ (larva)

( MS).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: ET, UKH, KKH, SAN. – Europe (except the extreme North and the Mediterranean regions), Siberia and the Russian Far East (except their northern parts),

Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE China. This species is known from adjacent regions: Republic of

Khakassia, southeastern part (Miram, 1907), Krasnoyarsk Region: Us Intermountain Basin

(Ivanova, 1967, 1968; our data) and NW Mongolia, including the Togtohyn-Shil Mts. (Chogsomzhav, 1974).

ECOLOGY. This species prefers the meadows and meadows steppes, it also occurs in the typical steppes with grass dominance. Bicolorana bicolor is widely distributed, but their abundance is relatively low even in preferable habitats.