Montana eversmanni (Kittary, 1849)

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 : 10

8. Montana eversmanni (Kittary, 1849)

Platycleis eversmanni: Ivanova, 1967: 130 .

Montana eversmanni: Sergeev, 1985: 48 ; 1986: 181.

Montana eversmanni eversmanni: Storozhenko, 2004: 144 .

MATERIAL. Tuva: Turan-Uyuk Intermountain Basin, Begreda River, 51°59ʹN, 94°18ʹE,

830 m, piedmont plain, semi-desert, 12.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ (MS); Chaa-Khol River , 51°34′N ,

92°23′E, 570–600 m, dry steppe, 14.VII 1962, 2 ♂ (IS); 14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar

River, 51°28ʹN, 92°44ʹE, 580–629 m, northern slope and piedmont plain, dry steppe and abandoned field, 23 and 26.VI 2017, 3 ♀ (MS); 25 km SW Kyzyl City, Ulug River, 51°35ʹN,

94°09ʹE, 630–650 m, piedmont plain, semi-desert, 19.VII.1995, a specimen observed (MS);

Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Elegest River, middle part, 51°22ʹN, 94°04ʹE, 695 m, upper terrace, dry steppe, 16.VI 2017, a specimen observed (MS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement,

Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE, balka, mixed steppe, 21.VII 2014, 1 ♀ (SS); E TannuOla Mts., Shivelig River, 50°45ʹN, 94°34ʹE, 1300–1350 m, upper terrace, dry meadow,

12.VIII 1978, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MS). Krasnoyarsk Region. Southern part, West Sayan Mts., Us

Intermountain Basin, near abandoned Idzhim settlement, 52°16′N, 93°07′E, 650–700 m,

piedmont plain, stony steppe, 23.VII 1995, 3 ♀ (MS).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSE, UKH, KKH, ETO. – From the steppes of European Russia to the steppes of South Siberia, Central Sakha (Yakutia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia.This species was recorded from SE Altay (Sergeev et al., 1995), the southeastern part of the Republic of

Khakassia, (Ivanova, 1967) and the southern part of Krasnoyarsk Region.

ECOLOGY. Usually in the mountain steppes and on the dry meadows. Its abundance is commonly low. Very rare together with Montana montana .