Tetrix bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 46-47

4. Tetrix bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) = dvopjegi / kratkoticalni monaški skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: Graber 1870

Also reported as: T. kraussi Saulcy, 1888 ( Us 1967)

Distribution in Croatia: Frequent in Pannonian Croatia and Dinaric Alps north of Velebit Mt., recorded also in several localities in Istria and Kvarner.

Distribution in Europe: From Northern Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Central Italy (southern border of the distribution) to Scandinavia (northern border) and Eastern European Russia (eastern border) ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Taxonomic note. Some authors regard Tetrix kraussi Saulcy, 1888 a species distinct from T. bipunctata (e.g. Lehmann 2004, Defaut 2012b), but morphological and molecular data (Skejo & Hochkirch unpublished data) suggest it is only a wing morph of T. bipunctata and no synapomorphy (morphological nor genetic) confirms the specific status of T. kraussi , thus we regard it synonymous with T. bipunctata .