Psorodonotus illyricus Ebner, 1923

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 : 33

64. Psorodonotus illyricus Ebner, 1923 = ilirski oklopljeni konjic ( Fig. 6A )

First faunistic record for Croatia: Pungur 1899

Also reported as: Psorodonotus fieberi (Frivaldszky, in Fieber 1853) ( Pungur 1899)

Distribution in Croatia: Along the Dinaric Alps from Ćićarija to Dinara Mt. Records for Istria ( Kirby 1906, Ebner 1908) relate to Učka or Ćićarija Mt.

Distribution in Europe: Endemic to the Western Balkans—along the Dinaric Alps from Southern Slovenia and Northwestern Croatia to the central regions of Montenegro. Contact zone with P. macedonicus is suspected along the Drina—Tara River Valleys (Chobanov et al. 2016, Kaya et al. 2015).

IUCN Red List status: Near Threatened (Europe and EU28) ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Diversity of Croatian Ensifera—Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae, Mogoplistidae, Gryllidae, Rhaphidophoridae. A. Psorodonotus illyricus (Zavižan 30.VIII.2015. F. Rebrina), B. Arachnocephalus vestitus (Lokrum 29.VIII.2017. J. Skejo), C. Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Lokrum 29.VIII.2017. J. Skejo), D. Oecanthus pellucens (Đurđevački peski 19.VII.2014. F. Rebrina), and E. Troglophilus neglectus (Romualdova špilja / cave 19-20.V.2018. M. Malenica).