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 Aeropedellus variegatus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1846) Alpine thick-necked grasshopper Figure 11 General distribution. N Europe, mountains of S Europe, N Caucasus, Siberia, Far East (the northern parts), Kazakhstan (except the southern parts), Mongolia. Local distribution and ecology. A few specimens were observed in the forest-steppes on the left side of the Ob River. The species is common in the different mountain steppes of the Altay-Sayan Mts., from the alpine ones to the dry steppes on piedmont plains of intermountain basins and to the semi-deserts. Remarks. Actually almost all specimens from the Kulunda steppe represent Aeropedellus baliolus Mistshenko, 1951.