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 Mecostethus parapleurus (Hagenbach, 1822) Leek grasshopper Figure 13 General distribution. Europe (except the northern parts), Asia Minor, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, S Siberia, S Russian Far East, NE China, Korea, Japan, NW Iran, Central Asia. Local distribution and ecology. In S Siberia, the Leek grasshopper was (and is) distributed very locally. Its populations are usually associated with grass meadow along rivers, but on the Anuy Ouval (near Sychevka settlement) it was found in the meadow steppe with some high grasses, forbs, and bushes (together with M. aethalinus and G. rufus ).