Chorthippus brunneus

27. Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg, 1815) = dugokrili livadni skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: Pongrácz 1944 [we consider this, the first Pannonian record of the species, the first exact record, because records prior to 1944 referred to the coastal area, where C. bornhalmi generally replaces C. brunneus]

Also reported as: Gryllus bicolor Charpentier, 1825 (Pungur 1899) (see Taxonomic note)

Distribution in Croatia: Widespread and common in the Pannonian region and Northern Dinaric Alps. In the Mediterranean area locally common, but generally replaced by C. bornhalmi, with which it hybridizes in numerous localities from Istria to Dinara Mt. (central part of the Dinaric Alps) (Skejo & Ivković 2015). All records from the coastal area before the description of C. bornhalmi are regarded doubtful (especially from the Southern Adriatic Islands and Dubrovnik area).

Distribution in Europe: Widespread, from the Northern Iberian Peninsula to the Balkans and from Ireland to Northern Finland (Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Taxonomic note: Gryllus bicolor Charpentier, 1825 is a junior subjective synonym of C. brunneus. However, the name has been used in the past for numerous Chorthippus spp. (e.g. C. biguttulus, C. mollis …), thus one should be careful when referring to historical records under this name.