Sphingonotus caerulans (Linnaeus, 1767)

Skejo, Josip, Rebrina, Fran, Szövényi, Gergely, Puskás, Gellért & Tvrtković, Nikola, 2018, The first annotated checklist of Croatian crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Caelifera), Zootaxa 4533 (1), pp. 1-95 : 67

79. Sphingonotus caerulans (Linnaeus, 1767) = plavokrili pješčarski skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: Krauss 1879

Distribution in Croatia: Not common, present in the Pannonian region (Bjelovar, Kloštarski and Đurđevački peski), the Dinaric Alps (Velika Kapela Mt. and Velebit Mt.), Kvarner (Grobnik near Rijeka) and northern Adriatic islands (Rab, Pag).

Distribution in Europe: From the Southern Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece to Southern Finland and Estern Russia. Recent molecular studies show there are more lineages that could represent distinct species (especially Iberian population) ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).