Gankhuyag Enkhtsetseg, Dorjsuren Altanchimeg, Choi Eun Hwa, Hwang Ui Wook
Department of Biology, Teachers College, and Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea Department of Biology, Teachers College, and Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University Daegu 41566 South Korea.
Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 133330, Mongolia Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences Ulaanbaatar 133330 Mongolia.
Biodivers Data J. 2023 Mar 13;11:e96705. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96705. eCollection 2023.
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).
蝗虫（直翅目，蝗总科）是全球草原生态系统中的主要食草动物。它们可以通过刺激植物生长和加速养分循环来提高牧场生产力。本文提供了一份蒙古蝗虫的综合名录。在此之前，可用信息非常分散，基于对蒙古蝗虫的旧有研究，记录在一些国际名录和数据库、个别记录以及农业生态系统群落的研究工作中。然而，关于蒙古直翅目动物区系组成的可用信息有时不明确或不存在，这些可疑数据被排除在本研究之外。此外，蝗虫分布分析使用了D. Altanchimeg的标准化个人采集数据。我们还列出了蒙古周边国家（如俄罗斯、中国和韩国）的蝗虫名录及其分布和丰度。调查覆盖了六种自然区域类型：高山、泰加林、森林草原、草原、荒漠草原和沙漠；荒漠草原和草原区域分布最广。我们希望对所有这些自然区域蝗虫物种的分布研究做出重大贡献。
在本研究中，报告了蝗总科的三个科，属于八个亚科、17个族、52个属和128个物种，分布于不同的自然区域。记录的物种属于八个亚科：斑翅蝗亚科数量最多，记录有56种，其次是斑腿蝗亚科（51种）、异爪蝗亚科（9种）、黑蝗亚科（6种）、痂蝗亚科（3种）、皱腹蝗亚科、蝗亚科、埃蝗亚科（各1种）。
