Pachytrachis frater (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 )

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 : 30

50. Pachytrachis frater (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) = južni skroviti konjic

First faunistic record for Croatia: Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882

Distribution in Croatia: Only in the Dalmatian mountains from Mosor Mt. (25.VII.2016. leg. Puskás & Szövényi, 14.VIII.2017. leg. J. Skejo & S. Stermšek) to Dubrovnik area ( Adamović 1964) and on Central and Southern Adriatic islands (e.g. Hvar, Brač Isl., Korčula Isl.). Presence in Istria ( Harz 1969) unlikely.

Distribution in Europe: Endemic to the Balkans—from Southern Croatia to Montenegro and Western Serbia. Records from Slovenia and Northern Croatian coast are doubtful ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

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