Calliptamus Audinet Serville, 1831

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 : 14-15

Genus Calliptamus Audinet Serville, 1831

14(36). Calliptamus abbreviatus Ikonnikov, 1913

Calliptamus ictericus: Berezhkov, 1951: 22 .

Calliptamus abbreviatus: Sergeev et al., 1995: 96 ; Benediktov, 1997: 117.

MATERIAL. Tuva: W Sayan Mts., Alash Plateau, Ak-Sug River, 51°23ʹN, 90°28ʹE, 1208 m,

southern slope, stony steppe, 13.VIII 2016, 1 larva ( MS); W Sayan Mts. , Alash Plateau, Ak-Sug River ,

51°24ʹN, 90°27ʹE, 1079–1085 m, southern slope, stony semi-desert, 13.VIII 2016, 32 ♂, 16 ♀, 6 larvae

( MS); W Sayan Mts. , Alash Plateau, Ak-Sug River, 51°25ʹN, 91°04ʹE, 800–810 m, southern slope and upper terrace, semi-deserts, 13.VII 2016, 10 ♂, 15 ♀, 1 larva ( MS); Turan-Uyuk Intermountain Basin ,

Begreda River, 51°59ʹN, 94°18ʹE, 830–845 m, southern slope and piedmont plain, semi-deserts, 12.VIII

2018, 78 ♂, 43 ♀, 3 larvae ( MS); the same locality, 51°59ʹN, 94°18ʹE, 829 m, terrace, meadow, 12.VIII

2018, 19 ♂, 18 ♀ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician Obruchev Range, southern slope, Koptu (Khapto) River ,

51°44ʹN, 95°26ʹE, 1006 m, southern slope, stony steppe, 11.VIII 2018, 3 ♀ ( MS); E Tuva, Academician

Obruchev Range, Koptu (Khapto) River, 51°37ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 788–843 m, southern slope and upper terraces,

steppes, 11.VIII 2018, 11 ♂, 5 ♀, 2 larvae ( MS); Chaa-Khol River , 51°34′N, 92°23′E, 570–600 m, dry steppes, 14–18.VII 1962, 14 larvae ( IS); 14 km SW Shagonar City, Shagonar River, 51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 583

m, lower terrace, meadow between bushes, 17–18.VI 2017, 42 larvae ( MS); the same locality, upper terrace, dry meadow, 17.VI 2017, 9 larvae ( MS); the same locality, 51°28ʹN, 92°44ʹE, 615–629 m ,

slopes and piedmont plain, semi-deserts, 21, 23.VI 2017, 4 ♂, 362 larvae ( MS); the same locality ,

51°28ʹN, 92°44ʹE, 610 m, steppe with Stipa , 23.VI 2017, 3 ♂, 1 ♀, 64 larvae ( MS); the same locality ,

51°27ʹN, 92°45ʹE, 580–582 m, dry meadow, 23–26.VI 2017, 15 larvae ( MS); the same locality, 51°28ʹN ,

92°45ʹE, 585–600 m, semi-desert and dry steppe, 25–26.VI 2017, 21 ♂, 3 ♀, 275 larvae ( MS); 32 km SW

Kyzyl City , Elegest River, 51°29ʹN, 94°10ʹE, steppe, 22.VII 2014, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ ( SS); Ulug-Khem

Intermountain Basin, 25 km SW Kyzyl City, Ulug River, 51°35ʹN, 94°09ʹE, 630–830 m, mountain slopes and piedmont plain, semi-deserts Nanophyton grubovi , 19.VII 1995, a specimen observed ( MS);

the same locality, 51°34ʹN, 94°10ʹE, 800–900 m, southern slope and piedmont plain, semi-deserts Nanophyton grubovi , 22.VII 2003, 2 ♀, 1 larva ( MS); Kaa (Malyj Yenissei) River , right side, near Boyarovka settlement, 51°32ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 703 m, plain, dry steppe, 12.VIII 2018, 33 ♂, 14 ♀ ( MS); 6 km SE BajHaak settlement, Sosnovka settlement, 51°08ʹN, 94°32ʹE, slope of balka, dry mixed steppe, 21.VII 2014 , 2

♂, 3 ♀ ( SS); Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin , 8 km N Cheder Lake, 51°32ʹN, 95°21ʹE, 750–760 m ,

steppes, 12.VIII 1962, 3 ♀, 3 larvae ( IS); SE Ulug-Khem Intermountain Basin, Uzun-Kharagan River ,

near Balgazyn settlement, 50°57ʹN, 95°16ʹE, 940 m, southeastern slope, stony steppe, 8.VII 1978, 3 larvae

( MS); W Tannu-Ola Mts. , 4 km E Khandagajty settlement, 50°45ʹN, 92°09ʹE, 1150–1200 m, southern slope and piedmont plain, stony semi-desert with Nanophyton grubovii , 24.VIII 1985, 1 ♀ ( MS) ; N UvsNuur Intermountain Basin, Iribitej River , 50°45′N, 93°09′E, 1030–1040 m, flood plains and terraces, dry meadows and steppes, 29.VII 1978,1 ♂ ( MS) ; N Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin , 50 km E AmdaygynKhol, semi-desert with Nanophyton grubovii , 26.VII 1962, several specimens ( IS) ; NE Uvs-Nuur

Intermountain Basin , Shivelig River, 50°39ʹN, 94°28ʹE, 990–995 m, flood-plain and terraces, dry steppes with Caragana , 28.VI 1978, 7 larvae ( MS); the same locality and habitats, 18.VII 1978, 7 ♂, 9 ♀ , 74

larvae ( MS); the same locality and habitats, 10.VIII 1978, 28 ♂, 30 ♀, 8 larvae ( MS); Uvs-Nuur

Intermountain Basin, Shivelig River, 50°43ʹN, 94°33ʹE, 1215 m, lower terrace, dry steppe, 15.VII 1978, 6

larvae ( MS); the same locality and habitats, 11.VIII 1978, 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 larva ( MS); NE Uvs-Nuur

Intermountain Basin , Shivelig River, 50°43ʹN, 94°33ʹE, 1200–1300 m , southern slopes and piedmont plain, steppes with Caragana , 24.VII 2003, 6 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MS); the same locality, 50°43ʹN, 94°33ʹE, 1259 m ,

piedmont plain, dry steppe with Caragana , 8.VII 2017, 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 11 larvae ( MS); NE Uvs-Nuur

Intermountain Basin, Shivelig River, 50°43ʹN – 50°45ʹN, 94°33ʹE – 94°34ʹE, 1200–1650 m, mountain slopes, piedmont plains, terraces, dry meadows and steppes, often with bushes and stones, 24.VI–12.VIII

1978,> 40 specimens, including larvae ( MS, Myagkaya, Lee); Dyttyg-Khem River , 12 km SW Samagaltai settlement, 50°38ʹ N, 95°19ʹ E, 17.VII 2014 , 1 ♂ ( SS); 25 km SW Erzin settlement, Tes River , 50°05ʹN ,

95°21ʹE, 14–15.VII 2014, 2 ♂, 4 ♀ ( SS); Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, E Shara-Nuur, Yamalyg farwell rocks, 50°14ʹN, 94°45ʹE, 1150 m, piedmont plain, dry steppe, 6.VII 2017, numerous specimens observed ( MS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: WSW, WSE, ET, KHE, UKH, KKH, WTO, ETO, UVS. – S Siberia (from the south-eastern part of W Siberian Plain to Dauria), southern part of the Russian

Far East; NE, E Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, N, NE, E China, Korea.

ECOLOGY. One of the most common species in the dry mountain steppes.

Subfamily Gomphocerinae

Tribe Chrysochraontini