Podismopsis Zubovsky, 1900

Sergeev, M. G., Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Benediktov, A. A., 2019, An annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Tuva and adjacent regions. Part 2. Suboder Caelifera. Tridactylidae, Tetrigidae, Acrididae: Melanoplinae, Calliptaminae, and Gomphocerinae (except Gomphocerini), Far Eastern Entomologist 389, pp. 7-44 : 18-19

Genus Podismopsis Zubovsky, 1900

18(40). Podismopsis altaica Zubovsky, 1900

Podismopsis altaicus: Berezhkov, 1951: 17–18 .

Podismopsis altaica: Berezhkov, 1956: 87 ; Sergeev et al., 1995: 96, 98; Benediktov, 1997: 117;

Kazakova & Sergeev, 1997: 317; Benediktov, 2017: 3.

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Tannu-Ola Mts., between Sagly and Mugur-Aksy, 1885 m, small larch forests, 6.VII 2006 1 larva (A. Bondarenko); Tannu-Ola Mts. , 9 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°53ʹN ,

92°04ʹE, 2250 m, mountain tundra, 19.VIII 1985, 17 ♂, 5 ♀, 12 larvae ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 9 km N

Khandagajty settlement, 50°52ʹN, 92°04ʹE, 2060 m, alpine steppe and meadow, 19.VIII 1985, 5 ♂, 12 ♀

( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 9 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°51ʹN, 92°04ʹE, 1700–1900 m, mountain steppes, 19.VIII 1985, 6 ♂, 3 ♀ ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., 5 km N Khandagajty settlement, 50°48ʹN ,

92°04ʹE, 1336 m, foothills on piedmont plain, stony steppe, 21.VIII 1985, 1 ♂ ( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts .,

5 km W Torgalyg settlement, Khandybai Mt. , near timber-line, meadows, 23.VI 1962, 12 ♂, 8 ♀ , 15

larvae ( IS); W Tannu-Ola Mts., 5 km W Torgalyg settlement, Khandybai Mt., mountain steppe, 23.VI

1962, 2 ♀ ( IS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Khol-Oozhu River, near Kara-Kol, 50°59ʹN, 94°21ʹE, 2100–2200 m ,

mountain tundra and alpine steppe, 6.VIII 1978, 14 ♂, 8 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shivelig River ,

50°45ʹN, 94°34ʹE, 1330–1340 m, flood-plain and terraces, steppe and short meadow between shrubs and

Larix trees, 28.VI 1978, 1 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , Shivelig River , 50°45ʹN, 94°34ʹE, 1360 m, upper terrace, short meadow, 15.VII 1978, 1 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts., Shuurmak River, 5 km N Shuurmak settlement, 50°41ʹN, 95°19ʹE, 1173 m, local southern slope and piedmont plain, steppe, 10.VII 1978 , 1

♂, 2 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts. , 7 km W Shuurmak settlement, 50°37ʹN, 95°14ʹE, 1400 m, local southern slope, stony steppe, 12.VII 1978 , 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); 31 km NEE Erzin settlement, Erzin River ,

50°21ʹN, 95°34ʹE, 1400 m, mountain ridge, meadow, 18.VII 2014, 2 ♂ ( SS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: MT, WTO, ETO, SAN. – Altay-Sayan Mts., E Kazakhstan, N

Mongolia.

ECOLOGY. More or less common in the mountain tundra, dry mountain meadows and mountain steppes in the souther part of Tuva.

Chrysochraon poppiusi: Miram, 1907: 3–4 .

Podismopsis poppiusi: Bukhvalova & Vedenina, 1998: 111 ; Tishechkin, 2008: 260; Benediktov,

2017: 3.

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Sayan Mts., Alash Plateau, Ak-Sug River, 51°37ʹN, 90°05ʹE, 1450 m,

southern slope, meadow with bushes, 14.VIII 2016, 1 ♂ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range,

southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River , 51°56ʹN, 95°30ʹE, 1737–1869 m, southern slope, terraces, floodplains, meadows, 9–10.VIII 2018, 1 ♀ ( MS); E Tannu-Ola Mts., Shuurmak Pass, 50°38ʹN, 95°11ʹE ,

1492 m, taiga opening with forbs, 16.VIII 1978, 1 ♂ observed ( MS) .

REMARKS. One of the type locality is Abakansky-Zavod (Abaza) in the southern part of

Khakassia (Miram, 1907).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSW, ET, ETO. – NE Europe, W Siberia (except the southern part), E Siberia, Altay-Sayan Mts.

ECOLOGY. Rare, usually associated with relatively wet mountain meadows with broadleaf forbs.