Chorthippus mollis ( Charpentier, 1825 ), 1967

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 : 54

32. Chorthippus mollis ( Charpentier, 1825) = mali livadni skakavac

First faunistic record in Croatia: Krauss 1888 [description of Stenobothrus lesinensis , currently C. m. lesinensis ] Distribution in Croatia: see below for each subspecies

Distribution in Europe: From the Pyrenees to Eastern European Russia and from Greece and Northern Italy to Estonia ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

32.1. Chorthippus mollis ignifer Ramme, 1923 = istarski (mali) livadni skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: this study [mentioned without precise locality in Fontana et al. (2002)]

Also reported as: C. mollis ( Charpentier, 1825) ( Us 1967)

Distribution in Croatia: Istria with Učka Mt. (Dinaric Alps). Further research is required to determine complete distribution.

32.2. Chorthippus mollis lesinensis ( Krauss, 1888) = glavati (mali) livadni skakavac ( Fig. 7F )

First faunistic record for Croatia: Krauss 1888

Also reported as: C. mollis ( Charpentier, 1825) ( Adamović 1964) , C. lesinensis lastovensis Mařan, 1965 , C. lesinensis svarci Mařan, 1965 ( Mařan 1965)

Distribution in Croatia: Dalmatia with Southern Adriatic islands, the Dinaric Alps from Troglav Mt. to south, and mountains of Dalmatia—from Biokovo Mt. to the southernmost Croatia (Sniježnica), and Dubrovnik region. Further research is required to determine its complete distribution.

32.3. Chorthippus mollis mollis ( Charpentier, 1825) = mali livadni skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: Szövenyi & Puskás 2012

Distribution in Croatia: Panonian region, the Dinaric Alps from Risnjak Mt. in the north to Dinara Mt. in the south, Pag Isl. Further research is required to determine complete distribution.

Taxonomic note: There are populations intermediate in morphology and bioacoustics between typical forms of these subspecies.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Diversity of Croatian Caelifera—Tridactylidae, Tetrigidae, Acrididae: Acridinae, Catantopinae, Gomphocerinae. A. Xya pfaendleri (Kloštarski peski 9.VIII.2013. J. Skejo), B. Tetrix subulata (Gorski kotar 4.VI.2015. J. Skejo), C. Acrida ungarica (Murter IX.2012. J. Skejo), D. Pezotettix giornae (Murter IX.2012. J. Skejo), E. Chorthippus apicarius (Paklenica 26.VII.2014. J. Skejo), and F. Chorthippus mollis lesinensis (Biokovo 27.VII.2016. J. Skejo).