Aiolopus thalassinus (FABRICIUS 1781)

Krištín, A., Kaňuch, P. & Sárossy, M., 2007, Distribution and ecology of Ruspolia nitidula (SCOPOLI 1786) and Aiolopus thalassinus (FABRICIUS 1781) (Orthoptera) in Slovakia, Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 451-461 : 453

Aiolopus thalassinus (FABRICIUS 1781)

Distribution in Slovakia

Before 1962, this species had been found in Slovakia only at 9 identified localities ( PUNGUR 1899, SCHNEEBERG 1931, GULIČKA 1954, 1967, MAŘAN 1954). Until 2000, there were no further published data on its occurrence.

In 2000-2006 suitable localities were mapped more intensively, and we found this species at 35 localities (we confirmed pre-1962 findings in three localities). Summarizing all known published and our unpublished data, the species had been found in a total of 41 localities in 29 squares of the Slovak Fauna Databank (6.7 % of all squares, Fig. 4 , Appendix 2). Like the previous species, the increase in known localities is more probably the result of intensive research being carried out at dusk, when this species is most active (cf. GULIČKA 1954) than an indication of a northward spread ( KRIŠTÍN et al. 2007).

Figures

Fig. 4: Distribution of Aiolopus thalassinus in Slovakia in mapping squares of the Slovak Fauna Databank (for explanation, see Fig. 1).