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Corresponding author: Ui Wook Hwang (uwhwang@knu.ac.kr)
Academic editor: Sheryl Yap
Received: 25 Oct 2022 | Accepted: 20 Jan 2023 | Published: 13 Mar 2023
© 2023 Enkhtsetseg Gankhuyag, Altanchimeg Dorjsuren, Eun Hwa Choi, Ui Wook Hwang
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Gankhuyag E, Dorjsuren A, Choi EH, Hwang UW (2023) An annotated checklist of grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) from Mongolia. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e96705. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e96705
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Grasshoppers (Acridoidea, Orthoptera) are the dominant herbivores in grassland ecosystems worldwide. They can increase rangeland productivity by stimulating plant growth and accelerating nutrient cycling. This article presents a comprehensive checklist of grasshoppers in Mongolia. Until then, the available information was very scattered, based on old studies of Mongolian grasshoppers, recorded in a few international catalogues and databases, individual records and research work on agroecosystem communities. However, the available information on the composition of the Orthopteran fauna in Mongolia was sometimes unclear or non-existent and these dubious data were excluded from the present study. In addition, the grasshopper distribution analysis used the standardised personal collection of D. Altanchimeg. We also present a list of grasshoppers, as well as their distribution and abundance, in countries adjacent to Mongolia, such as Russia, China and South Korea. The surveys covered six types of natural zones: high mountain, taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert; desert steppe and steppe zones are the most widely distributed. We hope to have contributed significantly to the study of the distribution of grasshopper species in all these natural zones.
In this study, a total of three families of Acridoidea belonging to eight subfamilies, 17 tribes, 52 genera and 128 species are reported for the various natural zones. The recorded species belong to eight subfamilies: Gomphocerinae are the most numerous with 56 species recorded, followed by Oedipodinae (51 species), Thrinchinae (nine species), Melanoplinae (six species), Calliptaminae (three species), Dericorythinae, Acridinae, Egnatiinae (one species each).
distribution, fauna, natural zone, Pamphagidae, Acrididae, Dericorythidae, Mongolia
Locust and grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) are essential herbivores in grassland ecosystems worldwide (
Of these species, Mongolia contains 128 species in 52 genera and three families (Pamphagidae, Dericorythidae and Acrididae). In the early 1960s, several foreign and Mongolian researchers started undertaking expeditions for the Mongolian insect species checklist. Some of these expeditions were undertaken collaboratively with other countries, such as Poland (1962–1964), Hungary (1963–1968), Germany (1962–1964), the Czech Republic (1965–1966) and Russia (1967–1987). This research facilitated the study of insect distribution (physical and geographical distribution) in the different provinces of Mongolia and collected several grasshopper specimens. Referring to
The present study is the first comprehensive study to update the diversity of Mongolian grasshoppers (Acridoidea), including information on species traits and distribution by natural zones. To create this annotated checklist, we reviewed all published materials related to short-horned grasshopper species that were newly discovered in Mongolia since the 1930s, followed by a taxonomic analysis using important source information from the Orthoptera Species File (
The list presented in the present paper is based on literature records of grasshopper species in Mongolia available up to May 2022. The taxa that were reported from Mongolia are listed taxonomically by subfamily and alphabetically within each subfamily, tribe and genus. Each species was examined in Mongolia and the citation of the first or most reliable reference to support this record is provided. First, the references to recorded species in Mongolia reported in the Orthoptera Species File online version 5.0/5.0 (
The current work is an annotated study of grasshoppers (Acridoidea) in Mongolia, with an emphasis on a rare and unknown grasshopper species. Except for long-horned grasshoppers and crickets, this research systematises Acridoidea. Likewise, the list is used in taxonomic sequences by superfamily, family, subfamily, tribe, genus and species. Depending on the natural zone where the grasshopper was collected, they belong to that area. Grasshopper distribution in six different natural zones, distribution of grasshopper species in neighbouring countries on the northern border with Russia and south with China and comparison with the South Korean population were performed using the Biodiversity Pro 2.0 programme. In addition, in all cases, the similarity matrix of the Bray-Curtis cluster analysis dendrogram was used (single link). The grasshopper distribution in the six different natural zones was determined using ArcGIS ArcMap 10.7.1. The grasshopper's geographical distribution was drawn, based on the Mongolian steppe figure (
(B.-Ulg.) = Bayn-Ulgii
(Zav.) = Zavkhan
(Khuvs.) = Khuvsgul
(A.-khang) = Arkhangai
(Bulg.) = Bulgan
(Orkh.) = Orkhon
(Sel.) = Selenge
(Da.) = Darkhan-Uul
(Khent.) = Khentii
(S.-baat.) = Sukhbaatar
(Dо) = Dornod
(G.-alt.) = Gobi-Altai
(B.-khong.) = Baynkhongor
(U-khang) = Uvurkhangai
(Du.-govi) = Dundgovi
(U.-govi) = Umnugovi
(Do.-govi) = Dornogovi.
(*) = Endemic species of Mongolia
(+) = Geographical distribution of the natural zones
(★) = Indicator species of the geographical natural zones
(-) = poor species
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: U.-govi., Uvs.
Global distribution: China, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Mongolia, Russia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Tuv., S.-baat., Do., Khovd.
Global distribution: China, South Korea, Mongolia (
Arcyptera flavicosta sibirica
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khuvs., Bulg., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat, B.-khong, U-khang., Du.-govi., U.-govi., Sel., Khent., A.-khang., Do.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: S Europe, W Siberia, S Krasnoyarsk Region, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, NW Mongolia, NW China (
Gryllus cothurnatus
Gryllus (Locusta) nympha
Arcyoptera stollii
Gryllus (Locusta) variegatus
Gryllus versicolor
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Sel., Tuv., Khovd, U-khang, Du.-govi., B.-khong.
Global distribution: Tuva, southern part of European Russia, S Siberia up to Sakha (Yakutia), Amur Region, mountains of S Europe, Moldova, Ukraine, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Khong
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe, and desert.
in Mongolia: Sel.
Global distribution: Tuva, N Eurasia (except the extreme North), Caucasus, a mountain of Middle Asia, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Sel.
Global distribution Tuva, N Eurasia (the southern part of the forest zone, the forest-steppe and steppe zones), Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia. Do.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv., Khent., S.-baat., Do., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: South Korea, Mongolia (
Chrysochraon kaszabi
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., Do., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia from Tuva and Krasnoyarsk Region to Dauria, S Amur Region, Mongolia, NE China (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khent.
Global distribution: Tuva, Altai-Sayan Mts, E Kazakhstan, N Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Khent.
Global distribution: Korea (HN, PN), Russia (far east), NE China, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, E Kazakhstan, NW Mongolia (
Eremippus kozlov
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE Kazakhstan, W Mongolia, NW China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khovd, G.-alt.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: E Europe, Caucasus range, Mongolia, W Siberia, N Iran (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Tuv, Khovd.
Global distribution: Caucasus, Transcaucasia, East Europe, Russia East and South, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Iran (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan and Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Altai.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-khong., G.-alt.
Oreoptygonotus mongolicus
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong, U.-govi., U-khang.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khovd.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khovd, B.-Ulg., Tuv.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Altai.
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khuvs., Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., Do., U-khang., A.-khang.
Global distribution: Tuva, Altai-Sayan Mts, Sakha (Yakutia), S Russian Far East (including Sakhalin), Mongolia N, NE China, Tibet (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Bulg., Khovd.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Sel.
Global distribution: Southern regions of Transbaikalia, Amur area, Khabarovsk region and south-east of China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, S.-baat.
Global distribution: Tuva, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, NE China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Bulg., A.-khang., Sel., Tuv, S.-baat., Khuvs.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Chorthippus dorsatus australia
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., S.-baat., Do., B.-khong., Sel., Khovd.
Global distribution: Tuva, S, SE Europe, S Siberia (up to Tuva), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alay, NW China, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., Da., G.-alt., B.-khong.
Global distribution: Tuva, Siberia (except the western part of West Siberian Plain and the extreme north), S Russian Far East, E Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, N, NE China, South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Global distribution: China, Xinjiang (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Tuv, S.-baat., Do.
Global distribution: Western Asia, Mongolia, Turkey (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., U-khang.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north), S Siberia, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, NW, N, NE China, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., U-khang.
Global distribution: France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Khuvs., Bulg., Tuv, S.-baat., Do., Khovd., B.-khong., Du.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Russia up to Tuva, N Kazakhstan, N Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain and desert steppe.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Caucasus, Transcaucasus, East Europe, Krym and China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., Do., G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE European Russia, S Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE, N, C China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north), Siberia (except the extreme north), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, N Iran (
Gomphocerus subsinuatus
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: from West Europe far into temperate Asia (
Stenobothrus (Chorthippus) longicornis
Chorthippus longicornis
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., A.-khang., Bulg., Tuv, B.-khong., Khovd.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north), Siberia (except the north, but including the central parts of Sakha (Yakutia) and the southern parts of Krasnoyarsk Region and the Republic of Khakassia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Tuv, S.-baat., U-khang.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan and Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Khuvs.
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khent., U-khang.
Global distribution: Mongolia, Type localities and Khakassia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg, Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang, Bulg., Tuv., Khent., Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang.
Global distribution: Tuva, N Caucasus, NE European Russia, Siberia, N Europe, mountains of S Europe, E Kazakhstan, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Tuv, Khent., Khovd, G.-alt., U-khang., U.-govi.,
Global distribution: Tuva, N, NE Europe, Siberia (except the extreme north), N Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, NE China (
Acrydium clavicorne
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Tuv.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Khovd, G.-alt., Sel., Tuv., Khent., A.-khang., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia (from the Altai Mts. to Dauria), Amur Region, E Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Du.-govi., Tuv.
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the north), S Siberia (up to Buryatia), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alay, NW China, Mongolia, NW Iran (
Chorthippus nakazimai
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Bulg., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, Transbaikalia, S Russian Far East, Mongolia, NE China, Korea, Japan (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Tuv, A.-khang., Bulg., Tuv., Sel., Khent., S.-baat., Khovd, U-khang.
Global distribution: China, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Kazakhstan (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khuvs., Sel., Tuv, S.-baat., Do., Khovd, Du.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE Altai, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, N China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, Altai Transaltai gobi.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Zav., Bulg., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., Khovd, U-khang., Sel., Uvs, A.-khang., Khuvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north), Siberia (except the extreme north), S Russian Far East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alay, Mongolia, N China, South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Tuv, Khent., U-khang.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Europe, S Siberia (up to S Krasnoyarsk Region), Asia Minor, Caucasus, N Kazakhstan (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Russian C, E, S, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd, G.-alt.
Global distribution: China, Xinjiang, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khuvs., Bulg., Sel., S.-baat., Do., Khovd, G.-alt., Uvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north), S Siberia, Amur Region, S Khabarovsk Region, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, N China, Mongolia, N Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Sel.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga and forest-steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Global distribution: Tuva, Altai Mts. (including S Altai), NW Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Sel., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE European Russia, S Siberia, N Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, N Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Bulg., Sel., Khovd.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Europe, S Siberia (up to Tuva), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, a mountain of Middle Asia, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Zav., Bulg., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat.,.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the northern part), S Siberia up to Sakha (Yakutia), Caucasus, N Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, Russian Far East, Dauria (ssp. flavotobialis) (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Bogdkhan Mountain, Ulaanbaatar,
Global distribution: China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Ural Mts, Altai-Sayan Mts (except SE Altai), Transbaikalia, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan (except the eastern part), NW China, W Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Global distribution: China, Xinjiang (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., B.-khong., Du.-govi., B.-khong., U-khang.
Global distribution: Siberia, China and Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia. B.-khong.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., S.-baat., Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., B.-khong., Du.-govi., U.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: U.-govi., Uvs, Khovd, B.-khong., Du.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Transbaikalia, Mongolia, NW, N China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Do.-govi.
Global distribution: China (
Bryodema occidentale
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv., Khovd, S.-baat., Do., Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., Du.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE Altai, Khakassia, S Krasnoyarsk Region, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, N, NE China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., B.-khong., U-khang., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe (except the extreme north and the southern regions of W Europe), Siberia and Far East (northwards to Magadan Region), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Korea, China, Tibet, Himalayas (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., Du.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: Kazakhstan (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Khovd, Bulg.
Global distribution: NW Mongolia, NW China, E Kazakhstan (
Angaracris acrohylina
Angaracris morulimarginis
Angaracris morulipennis
Angaracris neimongolensis
Angaracris nigrimarginis
Angaracris nigripennis
Oedipoda rhodopa
Bryodema barabensis var. rhodoptila
Bryodema barabense var. roseipennis
Angaracris ulashanicus
Oedipoda hospes
Oedipoda lugubris
Oedipoda thunbergi
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: B.-ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., A.-khang., Bulg., Tuv., Khent., S.-baat., Do., Khovd, B.-khong., U-khang.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia, Amur Region, N Kazakhstan, Mongolia, N, NE China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, A.-khang., Bulg., Khent., S.-baat., Do., B.-khong.
Global distribution S and C Europe, N-Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, C Asia, Indian subcontinent, China, SW-Siberia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, A.-khang., Bulg., Khent., S.-baat., Do., B.-khong.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Epacromia viridis
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Sel., Khovd, B.-khong., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Europe, S Siberia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alay, Afghanistan, NW Mongolia, NW China, Tibet (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Bulg., Sel., Tuv, Khent., S.-baat., Do., Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., Du.-govi., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Siberia, Kazakhstan, China, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Russia (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain.
in Mongolia:
Global distribution: N Africa, Caucasus range, W Asia, C Asia, W Pakistan, Afghanistan, N India (
Oedaleus infernalis montanus
Microgastrimargus taeguensis
Oedaleus infernalis amurensis Ikonnikov, 1911:25
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt., Uvs, Sel.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, B.-khong., U.-govi., Uvs.
Global distribution: South Korea (
Psophus stridulus var. ebneri
Nocarodes femoralis
Acrydium fuliginosum
Acrydium rubripenne
Psophus stridulus samniticus
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Du.-govi., Sel.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Bulg., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia, N Kazakhstan, Mongolia, N China (
Gryllus flavipes
Gryllus (Locusta) germanicus
Acrydium rubripes
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-Ulg., Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Tuv, A.-khang., Bulg., Sel., Khent., S.-baat., Khovd, U-khang.
Global distribution: Mongolia, Tuva and almost all temperate Eurasia (except the extreme north) (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, U.-govi.
Global distribution: China, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Do.-govi.
Global distribution: China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Tuv, G.-alt., B.-khong., U-khang., Khovd, Du.-govi., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Transbaikalia, C, E Kazakhstan, N Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, NW China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe, taiga and forest-steppe.
in Mongolia: Northwest Mongolia
Global distribution: Crimea, Lower Volga range, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, S-Siberia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Khovd, B.-khong., U.-govi., U-khang.
Global distribution: The Mongolian part of Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., Do.-govi,
Sphingonotus suschkini
Oedipoda zinini
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE Europe, Caucasus (deserts), Kazakhstan (semi-deserts and deserts), Middle Asia, NW China, NW Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga, forest-steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Tuv, B.-khong., U.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, SE Altai, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan (except the north), Tien Shanzubo, Pamiro-Alay, Iran, Pakistan, NW Mongolia, NW China (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, B.-khong., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan and Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, U.-govi.
Global distribution: The Mongolian part of Uvs-Nuur Intermountain Basin (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Hyalorrhipis maculipennis
Sphingonotus angustipennis
Sphingonotus grobbeni
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: U.-govi.
Global distribution: N Africa, Lower Volga range, Caucasus range, Iran, Afghanistan, C Asia, W China, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan and Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga and forest-steppe.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, N Eurasia (in the southern parts of Europe in mountains), Alaska, N Canada, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga and forest-steppe.
in Mongolia: Sel., Khuvs.
Global distribution: Tuva, Europe, W Siberia (forest steppes and steppes), E Siberia (up to the central parts of Yakutia), mountains of S Siberia, N Caucasus, NW and N Kazakhstan, Dzungarian Alatau, E Tien Shan, Tarbagatai Mts, N Mongolia (
Podisma sachalinensis
Podisma viridis
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Khent., Sel., Tuv.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia, the southern part of Russian Far East (except the southern part of Primorsky Region), including Sakhalin and Kunashir, N Mongolia (
Eirenephilus debilis
Podisma alpina niphona
Distribution in the natural zone: Taiga and forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Khent., Sel.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia (mainly in mountains), S Russian Far East, including Sakhalin and S Kurile Islands, E Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, N, NE China, Korea, Japan (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Khuvs.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe.
in Mongolia: Khuvs.
Global distribution: Mongolia and Siberia (
Calliptamus doii
Calliptamus abbreviatus f. holoptera
Calliptamus sibiricus
Distribution in the natural zone: High mountain, forest steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Uvs, Zav., Khuvs., Bulg., Sel., Khent., Do., Khovd, B.-khong, U-khang, Du.-govi., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Tuva, S Siberia (from the south-eastern part of W Siberian Plain to Daura), the southern part of the Russian Far East, NE, E Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, N, NE, E China, South Korea (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe, desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Khovd, G.-alt., B.-khong., U.-govi.
Global distribution: N Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, N-Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, W China, Siberia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe.
in Mongolia: Khuvs.
Global distribution: N Africa, Turkey, from the Caucasus through Iran, Afghanistan, W Pakistan, to NW Mongolia, W China and W Siberia (
Dericorys lazurescens
Derocorystes (Cyphophorus) roseipennis
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: Khovd, B.-khong., U.-govi.
Global distribution: Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-khong.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert.
in Mongolia: Altai, Transaltai gobi
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: B.-khong., U.-govi.,U-khang.
Global distribution: China, Inner Mongolia (Alashan), Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe
in Mongolia: Tuv, Du.-govi., B.-khong., U.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: Steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt., U.-govi.
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Du.-govi.
Global distribution: Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Desert steppe and desert.
in Mongolia: Do.-govi.
Global distribution: China, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia (
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and desert steppe.
in Mongolia: G.-alt.
Global distribution: Central Asia, Kazakhstan (
Sulcotropis cyanipes
Staurotylus mandshuricus
Haplotropis neimongolensis
Distribution in the natural zone: Forest steppe and steppe.
in Mongolia: Do.
Global distribution: China, Inner Mongolia (
The present study aimed to list the rare and unexplored species of grasshoppers (except long-horned grasshopper and cricket species) in Mongolia. Currently, the grasshopper fauna of Mongolia comprises 128 species, which are distributed in 52 genera and 19 tribes (Table
Similarity matrix of grasshopper in six types of natural zones in Mongolia.
Natural zone |
High Mountain (%) |
Taiga (%) |
Forest steppe (%) |
Steppe (%) |
Desert steppe (%) |
Desert (%) |
High Mountain |
* |
12.12 |
11.11 |
26.37 |
29.17 |
21.88 |
Taiga |
* |
* |
46.58 |
28.26 |
20.62 |
12.31 |
Forest steppe |
* |
* |
* |
59.54 |
36.76 |
25.00 |
Steppe |
* |
* |
* |
* |
64.52 |
40.65 |
Desert steppe |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
64.06 |
Desert |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Cluster analysed amongst six different types of natural zone shown in %.
No. |
Subfamily |
Tribe |
Genus |
Number of Species |
Registered in the European red list |
1 |
Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 |
Acridini MacLeay, 1821 |
Acrida Linnaeus, 1758 |
1 |
- |
2 |
Gomphocerinae Fieber, 1853 |
Arcypterini Bolívar, 1914 |
Arcyptera Serville, 1838 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
Andrea Mistshenko, 1989 |
1 |
- |
||
7 |
Chrysochraontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Chrysochraon Fischer, 1853 |
1 |
- |
|
8 |
Euthystira Fieber, 1852 |
1 |
1 |
||
9 |
Mongolotettix Rehn, 1928 |
3 |
- |
||
12 |
Podismopsis Zubovski, 1900 |
2 |
- |
||
14 |
Dociostaurini Mistshenko, 1974 |
Eremippus Uvarov, 1926 |
3 |
1 |
|
17 |
Notostaurus Bey-Bienko, 1933 |
1 |
1 |
||
18 |
Hypernephiini Mistshenko, 1973 |
Eclipophleps Tarbinsky, 1927 |
8 |
- |
|
26 |
Gomphocerini Fieber, 1853 |
Chorthippus Fieber, 1852 |
16 |
8 |
|
42 |
Aeropedellus Hebard, 1935 |
4 |
1 |
||
46 |
Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 |
2 |
|||
48 |
Gomphocerippus Roberts, 1941 |
1 |
1 |
||
49 |
Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815 |
1 |
1 |
||
50 |
Myrmeleotettix Bolívar, 1914 |
2 |
- |
||
52 |
Stauroderus Bolívar, 1897 |
1 |
1 |
||
53 |
Schmidtiacris Storozhenko, 2002 |
1 |
- |
||
54 |
Mesasippus Tarbinsky, 1931 |
1 |
- |
||
55 |
Dasyhippus Uvarov, 1930 |
1 |
- |
||
56 |
Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 |
2 |
1 |
||
58 |
Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 |
Stenobothrini Harz, 1975 |
Omocestus Bolívar, 1878 |
5 |
4 |
63 |
Stenobothrus Fischer, 1853 |
5 |
3 |
||
68 |
Megaulacobothrus Caudell, 1921 |
1 |
|||
69 |
Leptopternis Saussure, 1884 |
2 |
1 |
||
71 |
Bryodemini Bey-Bienko, 1930 |
Bryodema Fieber, 1853 |
6 |
- |
|
77 |
Compsorhipis Saussure, 1889 |
3 |
- |
||
80 |
Bryodema Yin, 1982 |
5 |
- |
||
85 |
Angaracris Bey-Bienko, 1930 |
1 |
- |
||
86 |
Epacromiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Aiolopus Fieber, 1853 |
1 |
- |
|
87 |
Epacromius Uvarov, 1942 |
2 |
1 |
||
89 |
Locustini Kirby, 1825 |
Oedaleus Fieber, 1853 |
3 |
- |
|
92 |
Locusta Linnaeus, 1758 |
1 |
1 |
||
93 |
Psophus Fieber, 1853 |
1 |
1 |
||
94 |
Oedipodini Walker, 1871 |
Celes Saussure, 1884 |
1 |
- |
|
95 |
Parapleurini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Stethophyma Fischer, 1853 |
1 |
- |
|
96 |
Sphingonotini Johnston, 1956 |
Sphingoderus Bey-Bienko, 1950 |
1 |
1 |
|
97 |
Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852 |
11 |
3 |
||
108 |
Helioscirtus Saussure, 1884 |
1 |
|||
109 |
Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 |
Podismini Jacobson, 1905 |
Bohemanella Ramme, 1951 |
1 |
- |
110 |
Podisma Berthold, 1827 |
1 |
- |
||
111 |
Prumna Motschulsky, 1859 |
1 |
- |
||
112 | Ognevia Ikonnikov, 1911 | 1 | - | ||
113 |
Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 |
2 |
- |
||
115 |
Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 |
Calopteni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Calliptamus Serville, 1831 |
3 |
1 |
118 |
Egnatiinae Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 |
Egnatiini Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951 |
Egnatioides Vosseler, 1902 |
1 |
|
119 |
Dericorythinae Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905 |
Derocorythini Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905 |
Dericorys Serville, 1838 |
1 |
- |
120 |
Thrinchinae Stål, 1876 |
Thrinchini Stål, 1876 |
Beybienkia Tsyplenkov, 1956 |
2 |
- |
123 |
Mongolotmethis Bey-Bienko, 1948 |
3 |
- |
||
125 |
Rhinotmethis Sjöstedt, 1933 |
2 |
- |
||
127 |
Asiotmethis Uvarov, 1943 |
1 |
- |
||
128 |
Haplotropiidini Sergeev, 1995 |
Haplotropis Saussure, 1888 |
1 |
- |
|
Total |
8 |
19 |
52 |
128 |
34 |
The grasshopper distribution of six different natural zones in Mongolia. Desert steppe - 80 species (27.30%), Steppe - 75 species (25.93%), Forest steppe - 56 species (19.11%), Desert - 48 species (16.38%), Taiga - 17 species (5.80%), High Mountain - 16 species (5.46%) distributed, respectively.
Dendrogram showing the Bray-Curtis cluster analysis (Single link) of distribution of grasshopper species in six different natural zones (a); Species distribution rank abundance plot of Mongolian grasshopper by Natural Zone (b); Bray-Curtis cluster analysis (single link) neighbouring boundary countries (Russia, China and South Korea) grasshopper distribution (c); Abundance Plot of boundary countries (Russia, China including South Korea) grasshopper distribution (d).
The rich distribution of Mongolian grasshoppers was characterised by six habitats using the remnant natural habitat and forest types (Fig.
Similarity matrix of grasshopper distribution in neighbouring countries (China, Russia and South Korea).
Name of Country |
Mongolia (%) |
South Korea (%) |
Russia (%) |
China (%) |
Mongolia |
* |
26.85 |
76.56 |
68.37 |
South Korea |
* |
* |
36.00 |
36.78 |
Russia |
* |
* |
* |
65.31 |
China |
* |
* |
* |
* |
In addition, 17 species of grasshoppers are endemic to Mongolia (13.17%), including Mongolotmethis gobiensis B.-Bien, Mongolotmethis kozlovi B.-Bien, Rhinotmethis hummeli Sjost, Podismopsis altaica Zub, Eclipophleps bogdanovi Tarb, Eclipophleps carinata Mistsh, Eclipophleps confinis Mistsh, Eclipophleps glacialis B.-Bien, Eclipophleps kerzhneri Mistsh, Eclipophleps lucida Mistsh, Eclipophleps similis Mistsh, Eclipophleps tarbinskii Oristsh, Stenobothrus newskii Zub, Bryodema gebleri (F.-W.), Bryodema (M.) orientalis B.-Bien and Compsorhipis bryodemoides B.-Bien. Also, Chorthippus (G.) mollis (Charp.), Chorthippus (G.) vagans (Ev.), Chorthippus (M.) chinensis Tarb., Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabr.), Bryodema heptapotanicum B.-Bien., Bryodema miramae B.-Bien, Bryodema (M.) semenovi Ikonn., Sphingonotus gobicus Chogs. species are new identified species from Mongolia
The grasshopper fauna of Mongolia comprises 128 species, including three families, eight subfamilies, 19 tribes and 52 genera, of which 34 species are registered on the European Red List (Table
We compared the findings of our checklist with those of
Notably, some species are widely distributed in neighbouring countries, such as Russia, China and South Korea. The taxonomic keys of the superfamily Acridoidea in Mongolia were recently updated and it was reported that the superfamily includes three families, 49 genera and 127 species (
The authors appreciate all laboratory members of the Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution at Kyungpook National University in South Korea, for helping with all their support and for helping us to draw and upgrade the figures on the manuscripts.
U.W.H conceived the study and Altanchimeg, D is the first author who analysed the data and helped to upgrade the tables on the manuscripts. All authors reviewed the manuscripts.
Captions: (*) = Endemic of Mongolia, (+) = geographical distribution natural zone, (★) = Indicator species of geographical natural zones, (-) = poor species. Abbreviation: 1-High mountain, 2-Taiga, 3-Forest steppe, 4-Steppe, 5-Desert steppe, 6-Desert natural zone.