Locusta Linnaeus, 1758

Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Benediktov, A. A., 2020, AN ANNOTATED CHECK-LIST OF ORTHOPTERA OF TUVA AND ADJACENT REGIONS. PART 3. SUBRODER CAELIFERA (ACRIDIDAE: GOMPHOCERINAE: GOMPHOCERINI; LOCUSTINAE), Far Eastern Entomologist 402, pp. 1-36 : 17

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scientific name	Locusta Linnaeus, 1758
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Genus Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

19(83). Locusta migratoria Linnaeus, 1758

Locusta migratoria: Sergeev, 1986: 211 View in CoL ; Sergeev, 2017: 413.

MATERIAL. Tuva: Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin, near Shara Lake , 50°14ʹN, 94°31ʹE, 894 m ,

flood-plains of lake and small stream, short meadows with halophytes, 6.VII 2017, 2 larvae ( MS, Ch.

Kuzhuget); the same locality, 50°13ʹN, 94°32ʹE, 902–904 m, plain and upper terrace, sands, semi-desert and grassland with Achnatherum , 6.VII 2017, 14 ♂, 11 ♀, 2 larvae ( MS) .

REMARKS.The species was mentioned from S Tuva for the first time by Sergeev (2017).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: UVS. – The most widely distributed acridid species. Its ranges include almost all Eurasia (except the North), Africa, Australia and many islands. The nominotypical subspecies is chiefly distributed in the extra-tropical regions. Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire) occurs mainly in the tropical part of the species range

(Ma et al., 2012; Cigliano et al., 2019).

ECOLOGY. The Migratory locust is one of the most important pest in a number of countries. In Tuva, its population is mainly associated with Achnatherum grasslands.