Conocephalus (Amurocephalus) chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)

Myagmar, G. & Gantigmaa, Ch., 2023, Review of the genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Mongolia, Far Eastern Entomologist 479, pp. 7-12 : 8

Conocephalus (Amurocephalus) chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)

Figs 1, 2 Conocephalus chinensis : Benediktov, 1997: 118; Benediktov, 2006: 28.

Conocephalus (Amurocephalus) chinensis : Zhou et al., 2010: 58 ; Storozhenko, 2004: 73; Storozhenko et al., 2015: 45; Sergeev et al., 2018: 15 ; Gantigmaa & Myagmar, 2022: 324.

MATERIAL. Mongolia: Dornod Province, western shore of Buir Lake , 47°38' N, 117°34' E, 583 m, 31.VII 2015, 4 ♂, 4 ♀, 2 nymphs (Myagmar); Khar ymaat Nature Reserve, near the Ymaat spring, 47°38′N, 112°05′E, 1136 m, 27.VII 2017, 5 nymphs (Myagmar) .

REMARKS. Data about distribution of this species in Mongolia were recorded for the first time by Benediktov (1997) in southern coast of Uvs Lake based on oscillograms of acoustic signals produced by male. The southern coast of Uvs Lake is western limit of the current distribution for this species. The species typically found in wet meadows with dense vegetation.

DISTRIBUTION. Mongolia ( Fig. 9 ), Russia (the southern parts of Transbaikalia and the Far East , including Sakhalin and S Kurile Islands) , China (Hunan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Jiangxi) , Korea, Japan.

Figures

Figs 1–7. Conocephalus spp. 1, 2 – C. chinensis: 1 – ovipositor, lateral view, 2 - head, dorsal view; 3 – C. fuscus, apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; 4–6 – C. dorsalis: 4 – head, dorsal view, 5 – ovipositor, lateral view, 6 – apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; 7 – C. beybienkoi, apex of male abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 9. Distribution map of Conocephalus spp. in Mongolia.