Polysarcus denticauda ( Charpentier, 1825 )

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 : 26

34. Polysarcus denticauda ( Charpentier, 1825) = mesnati bodljorepi konjic ( Fig. 4D )

First faunistic record for Croatia: Graber 1870

Distribution in Croatia: Continental belt of the Dinaric Alps in the northern and central Croatia, high density of certain populations observed (Velebit Mt. (Šegotine krčevine): Rebrina & Tvrtković 18.VII.2013, Velika Kapela Mt. (Podbitoraj): Mt. (Podbitoraj): Tvrtković 12. VI.2015): Also on isolated Dalmatian mountains (e.g. Biokovo Mt.).

Distribution in Europe: Widely distributed in the Balkan Peninsula, inhabits also Northern and Central Italy, and Southern France to the Pyrenees, in the north reaching Central Germany and Southern Poland ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Diversity of Croatian Ensifera—Tettigoniinae: Phaneropterinae, Saginae. A. Leptophyes albovittata (Malo Polje 4.VIII.2014. F. Rebrina), B. Leptophyes intermedia (Paklenica 28.VII.2014. J. Skejo), C. Poecilimon cf. elegans (Grabovača 6.VIII.2014. F. Rebrina), D. Polysarcus denticauda (Snježnik 25.VIII.2014. F. Rebrina), E. Phaneroptera nana (Proložac 26.VII.2015. J. Skejo), F. Saga pedo (Učka Mt. 24.VII.2014. J. Skejo).