Sergeev M.G., Molodtsov V.V.

New data on distribution of Miramiola pusilla (Miram, 1927) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Number: 496, Pages: 16 - 24

The rare bush-cricket Miramiola pusilla (Miram, 1925) is distributed over the dry steppe and semi-desert territories of Eurasia from the southern parts of East European Plain up to the southern parts of West Siberian Plain and the Tarbagatai Mts. (E Kazakhstan). The species is strongly associated with short grass vegetation. Its abundance is usually low. The ecologo-geographic models of the species distribution over the eastern parts of its range are generated by the Maxent algorithm for the first time. The species conservation status is discussed.

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