Childebaev M.K. 2017. [Orthopteroid insects (Orthopteroidea) of Ketmen Ridge, South-East Kazakhstan] // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.16. No.1: 84–87 [in Russian, with English summary].
Institute of Zoology MES RK, Al-Farabi Prosp. 93, Almaty 050060 Kazakhstan.
E-mail: childebaev@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.16.1.16
ABSTRACT. A list of Orthopteroid insects of Ketmen Ridge in South-East Kazakhstan includes 41 species (10 Tettigoniidae, 1 Gryllidae, 2 Tetrigidae, 26 Acrididae, 1 Forficulidae, 1 Ectobiidae) is presented. Nine species, Tettigonia viridissima Linnaeus, 1758, Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771), Tetrix tartara subacuta Bey-Bienko, 1951, Tetrix subulata (Linnaeus, 1761), Chorthippus dichrous (Eversmann, 1859), Bryodemella semenovi (Ikonnikov, 1911), Sphingonotus salinus (Pallas, 1773), Oreasyobia fedtschenkoi Semenov, 1936 and Ignabolivaria bilobata Chopard, 1929 are recorded for Ketmen Ridge for the first time.
KEY WORDS: Ketmen ridge, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Blattodea, species composition, distribution.