Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941

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 : 14-15

Genus Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941

14*. Roeseliana fedtschenkoi (Saussure, 1874) Metrioptera fedtschenkoi: Ivanova, 1967: 130 . Bicolorana (Roeseliana) fedtschenkoi: Sergeev, 1986: 182 ; Storozhenko, 2004: 160.

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

(Khapto) River, 51°44ʹN, 95°26ʹE, 960 m, upper terrace, steppe, 11.VIII 2018, 1 ♀ ( MS) ;

Chaa-Khol River , 51°34′N, 92°23′E, 570–600 m, flood-plain, 17.VII 1962, 2 ♀ (larvae) ( IS) ;

14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River , 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 583 m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 18.VI 2017, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 2 ♂ (larvae), 2 ♀ (larvae) ( MS); the same locality ,

581 m, upper terrace, dry meadow, 24.VI 2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♂ (larva) ( MS); 6 km SE Baj-Haak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE, bottom of balka with wet meadow ,

21.VII 2014, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ( SS); Shuurmak River near Shuurmak settlement, 50°38ʹ N, 95°19ʹ E ,

mixed meadow (cutted), 19.VII 2014, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ ( SS) ;

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: ET, UKH, KKH. – S Siberia, Sakha (Yakutia), the Caucasus,

Kazakhstan, mountains of Middle Asia, Mongolia. This species was recorded also from Us

Intermountain Basin in Krasnoyarsk Region (Ivanova, 1967) and mongolian part of UvsNuur Basin (Chogsomzhav, 1977).

ECOLOGY. The preferable habitats of the species are the different meadows and meadow steppes, relatively wet, usually with dense vegetation. In the optimal environment in

Tuva, abundance of this species may be very high (relative to katydids) – up to 120 per hour.