Myrmeleotettix antennatus (Fieber, 1853)

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

Myrmeleotettix antennatus (Fieber, 1853)

Long-horned club grasshopper Figure 8

General distribution.

Europe (except the northern parts), N Caucasus, Kazakhstan (except the south-western and southernmost parts), S West Siberia.

Local distribution and ecology.

The rare populations of this species occured (and occur) only in the dry sandy steppe habitats (often together with Mesasippus arenosus (Bey-Bienko, 1930)). In 2004-2006 the average population density varied between 0.64 and 1.28/m2 (near Rakity settlement, Kulunda steppe). In the southern part of the Kulunda steppe, in 1972 the similar density (about 0.5/m2) was registered near Jamyshevo settlement on the right side of the Irtysh River, however, the same parameter was relatively low (about 0.05/m2) near Beskaragaj (Bolshaja Vladimirovka) settlement.

Figures

Figures 2 - 9. 2 - Asiotmethis muricatus. 3 - Asiotmethis jubatus. 4 - Arcyptera fusca. 5 - Notostaurus albicornis. 6 - Eremippus simplex. 7 - Stenobothrus carbonarius. 8 - Myrmeleotettix antennatus. 9 - Megaulacobothrus aethalinus.