Rare grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) of the Baraba and Kulunda steppes (South Siberia) Author Popova, Kristina V. Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia Author Molodtsov, Vladimir V. Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia Author Sergeev, Michael G. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2179-0921 Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia & Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Frunze St, Novosibirsk, 630091 Russia mgs@fen.nsu.ru text Acta Biologica Sibirica 2020 2020-12-09 6 595 609 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59519 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59519 2412-1908-6-595 027D694B833F4190B1ADB53DDC473559 EF622C42102D54A7ACE2191216BA6113 Eremippus simplex (Eversmann, 1859) Kazakhstan grasshopper Figure 6 General distribution. SE European Russia, Kazakhstan (except the northern part), SE West Siberia, NW China, W Mongolia, S Tuva, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, NE Iran, NW Afghanistan. Local distribution and ecology. This species was (and is) distributed over the dry steppes in the south-western part of the region. Its rare populations are associated with the very dry steppe habitats. Its populations may be abundant in the semi-deserts and north deserts of Kazakhstan.