Popova Kristina V, Baturina Natalya S, Molodtsov Vladimir V, Yefremova Oxana V, Zharkov Vasily D, Sergeev Michael G
Department of General Biology and Ecology, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Street, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
Laboratory of Invertebrate Ecology, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Frunze Street, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia.
Insects. 2022 Jan 1;13(1):49. doi: 10.3390/insects13010049.
is a widely distributed acridid over the Eurasian semi-arid territories, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. In many semi-arid territories, was and is the most important pest, but in the south-eastern part of West Siberian Plain, it was not considered a pest until the 1960s. We compared two sets of data on the acridid distribution in the region: before 1960 and from 1961 until 2021. Until the 1960s, the species occurred mainly in the southern steppes. Since the 1960s, its distribution changed significantly. Nowadays, it occupies almost all local steppes and the southern part of the forest-steppes and can be also found on the eastern side of the Ob River. These shifts may be explained by both climatic changes and changes in human activities. During upsurges the densities of were often more than one to two adults per square meter. It is often abundant in the same habitats and in the same periods as the Italian locust ()-one of the most important acridid pests. This means during joint outbreaks these two species can simultaneously damage almost all spectrum of plants.
是一种广泛分布于欧亚大陆半干旱地区的蝗虫,从大西洋海岸到太平洋海岸。在许多半干旱地区,它过去是、现在也是最重要的害虫,但在西西伯利亚平原的东南部,直到20世纪60年代它才被视为害虫。我们比较了该地区蝗虫分布的两组数据:1960年以前和1961年至2021年。直到20世纪60年代,该物种主要出现在南部草原。自20世纪60年代以来,其分布发生了显著变化。如今,它几乎占据了所有当地草原以及森林草原的南部,在鄂毕河东侧也能发现它。这些变化可能是由气候变化和人类活动的变化共同导致的。在蝗虫爆发期间,其密度通常每平方米超过一到两只成虫。它在与意大利蝗虫(一种最重要的蝗虫害虫)相同的栖息地和时期常常数量众多。这意味着在共同爆发期间,这两个物种几乎可以同时损害所有种类的植物。