Mecostethus parapleurus (Hagenbach, 1822)

Popova, Kristina V., Molodtsov, Vladimir V. & Sergeev, Michael G., 2020, Rare grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) of the Baraba and Kulunda steppes (South Siberia), Acta Biologica Sibirica 6, pp. 595-609 : 595

Mecostethus parapleurus (Hagenbach, 1822)

Leek grasshopper Figure 13

General distribution.

Europe (except the northern parts), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, S Siberia, S Russian Far East, NE China, Korea, Japan, NW Iran, Central Asia.

Local distribution and ecology.

In S Siberia, the Leek grasshopper was (and is) distributed very locally. Its populations are usually associated with grass meadow along rivers, but on the Anuy Ouval (near Sychevka settlement) it was found in the meadow steppe with some high grasses, forbs, and bushes (together with M. aethalinus and G. rufus ).

Figures

Figures 10 - 15. 10 - Gomphocerippus rufus. 11 - Aeropedellus variegatus. 12 - Mesasippus arenosus. 13 - Mecostethus parapleurus. 14 - Locusta migratoria. 15 - Sphingonotus coerulipes.