About Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771)
Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771), a species of cricket, is commonly called the lesser field cricket or the desert cricket. This cricket is native to Europe, with a recorded distribution spanning eastern Austria, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, eastern Cyprus, southern European Russia, southern France including Corsica, Georgia, mainland Greece including the East Aegean Islands, Hungary, Italy excluding Sicily and Sardinia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, northeastern China’s Xinjiang region, North Macedonia, southern Portugal, Romania, Serbia, southern Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain excluding the Balearic Islands, Ukraine, eastern Uzbekistan, and western Turkey.
