Distribution and ecology of the bush-cricket Pholidoptera frivaldskyi (Herman, 1871) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in European Russia

On the basis of long-term observations of orthopterans (Insecta, Orthoptera) carried out in Tambov, Penza and Kursk Regions, own collections, museum funds and literary sources new report of distribution of bush-cricket Pholidoptera frivaldskyi (Herman, 1871) on the territory of European part of Russia is presented. As well up-to-date north-eastern boundary, reach to 53º00′ N / 44º00′ E of its area is defined. All of new finds belong to the Upper Don River basin. The original data concerning species phenology, bionomics including population quantity, host plants and hibernation are cited. This species is suggested including to Red Books of Russia, Tambov and Penza Regions

The last Pleistocene glaciations phylogeography episode of Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Volga River basin based on the mtDNA Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene fragment

© 2020 University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. All rights reserved. This study is to research the phylogeography of Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) in the Volga river basin based on the mtDNA Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene fragment at the last Pleistocene glaciation episode. The studied location is the Volga river basin, a territory within the central and partially southern parts of European Russia; it includes the rivers Volga, Oka, Khoper and Don basins. We used the traditional molecular phylogeography methods: mtDNA COI gene fragment from the key locations within the studied area was sequenced and then analyzed (cladogram topology, haplotype diversity, cladogram calibration etc.). The phylogenetic tree shows the dispersion of our samples over the following regions: Lower Volga, Middle Volga, Lower Oka, Middle Oka, Upper Oka, Don basin, Khoper basin. Nine haplotypes determined from our samples; they are grouped into 7 haplogroups. Six of them are in the basins of the main rivers of the Volga region: three haplogroups - on the Oka (Upper, Middle and Lower Oka respectively), haplogroups of the Khoper and Don basins, and the haplogroup of the Middle Volga combining two subgroups - Lower and Middle Volga basins. The distribution of found haplogroups correlates with big river basins in the Volga area (Volga, Oka, Khoper, Don)