Modicogryllus frontalis (Fieber, 1845)

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 : 20

21. Modicogryllus frontalis (Fieber, 1845) Modicogryllus frontalis: Sergeev, 1985: 49 . Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) frontalis: Storozhenko, 2004: 201 .

REMARKS. This cricket was recorded from Tuva (Uvs-Nuur Basin, Tes River , 10 km

upstream of river mouth) for the first time by Sergeev (1985).

DISTRIBUTION. Tuva: UVS. – S Europe, S Siberia, N Africa, Anatolia, the Caucasus,

Iran. Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Afghanistan, NW China, W Mongolia. It is also known from the Mongolian part of Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin (Chogsomzav, 1977).

ECOLOGY. Unknown. In the steppes of the southern part of W Siberia. the species prefers habitats occupied by halophytes. It populations are rare and abundance is low.

Subfamily Nemobiinae

Tribe Pteronemobiini