Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus (Thunberg, 1815)

Giuliano, Davide, 2022, Orthopteran diversity and distribution in the Monviso Natural Park (Western Italian Alps) (Orthoptera), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 45-64 : 56

6.24 Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) brunneus (Thunberg, 1815)

Ch: SIE; ERL: LC; P*-V*; %C: 4.32; ER: 1010-2815 m; Ph: VII-X

C. brunneus has been mainly observed at low elevations in the study area (i.e. up to 1595 m), occurring in various warm and dry open habitats. A single specimen has been exceptionally recorded at 2815 m ( Passo della Losetta-Passo Vallanta path, Pontechianale; 27/08/2020; DG), representing, according to the available data, a new altitudinal record for this species in Italy and in the whole W-Alpine region.