Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784)

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 : 18

2. Ephippiger ephippiger (Fiebig, 1784) = crnoglava sedlarka ( Fig. 3B )

First faunistic record for Croatia: Graber 1870

Also reported as: Ephippigera vitium Serville, 1831 ( Frauenfeld 1861)

Distribution in Croatia: Recorded in numerous localities along the northern part of the Dinaric Alps, as well as in the Pannonian region. Its presence in some other regions, e.g. Kvarner, although probable, is yet unconfirmed.

Distribution in Europe: Balkan Peninsula from Southern Czech Republic and Northern Slovakia in the north, to Northern Greece and European Turkey in the south, and Eastern Ukraine in the east ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Diversity of Croatian Ensifera—Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae, Conocephalinae, Meconematinae, Phaneropterinae. A. Ephippiger discoidalis (Lič 9.IX.2014. F. Rebrina), B. Ephippiger ephippiger (Lička Plješivica—Krbavsko polje 2.VIII.2017. N. Tvrtković), C. Ruspolia nitidula (Hrvatsko 30.VIII.2014. F. Rebrina), D. Meconema thalassinum (Kruščica 7.VIII.2014. F. Rebrina), and E. Barbitistes kaltenbachi (Vis Isl. 21.VII.2011. R. Felix).