New records of Orthoptera in the Bieszczady Mountains (Southeast Poland) with special regard to the genus Isophya

Abstract

Human use of slope and subalpine meadows in the Bieszczady Mountains (Southeast Poland) has greatly decreased in the last 60 years. We investigated whether the change in land use has affected the species composition of the Orthopteran fauna. From 1996-2002, we found 35 species of Orthoptera. We recorded four Isophya species, of which I. kraussii and I. pienenis were not previously reported for the Bieszczady. Other new species for the Bieszczady were Chorthippus pullus and Omocestus rufipes. We assume that three Orthoptera species have disappeared from the Bieszczady due to decreased grazing but that the Carpathian species have been little affected.

Do Orthoptera Need Human Land use in Central Europe? The Role of Habitat Patch Size and Linear Corridors in the Białowieża Forest, Poland

“…We think that these species probably disappear in Central Europe where human land use is discontinued and not taken over by intensive ungulate grazing. In the Bieszczady National Park (Southeast Poland), Psophus stridulus and Aiolopus thalassinus probably disappeared after human land use (cattle grazing) was discontinued 60 years ago (Theuerkauf et al 2005).…”

The bush-cricket <i>Isophya kraussii</i> (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae): bioacoustics, distribution and description of a new subspecies from Romania

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“…In Hungary, Isophya kraussii kraussii prefers meso-xerophytic grasslands and forest clearings, ecotone, forest steppe and rocky shrublands with mainly low-shrub species (Rácz 1998, Rácz 2001, Bauer & Kenyeres 2006). In the Bieszczady Mountains from Poland, it was reported from valley, subalpine meadows and clearings (Theuerkauf et al 2005). Mesophytic ecotone and meadow vegetation with Centaurea, Urtica, Rubus, Rumex, Senecio, Galium, Stachys, Lamium etc.…”

“…A rich Orthoptera fauna occurs in these types of biotope: Phaneroptera falcata (Poda), Leptophyes albovittata (Kollar), Tettigonia viridissima (Linnaeus), Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus), Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach), Metrioptera bicolor (Philippi), Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer), Gryllus campestris (Linnaeus), Euthystira brachyptera (Ocskay), Chrysochraon dispar (Germar), Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt), Stenobothrus lineatus (Panzer), Chorthippus apricarius (Linnaeus), Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus), Chorthippus dorsatus (Zetterstedt), Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt) etc. The syntopic occurrence of Isophya species remains an interesting subject, I. kraussii kraussii and I. pienensis (Mařan) being found together in Bieszczady Mountains, Poland (Theuerkauf et al 2005). The occurrence of Isophya kraussii moldavica ssp.…”

Habitat preferences of the grasshopperPsophus stridulus, a charismatic species of submontane pastures

“…At present, it is extinct in Belgium and the Netherlands (Olmo-Vidal, 2006). Severe population trends have also been reported from France (Luquet, 1982), Finland (V€ ais€ anen et al, 1991), Sweden (Kindvall et al, 1993), Spain (Olmo-Vidal, 2006, Lithuania (Budrys & Pakalni skis, 2007), Poland (Głowaci nski & Nowacki, 2004;Theuerkauf et al, 2005) and the Czech Republic (Pecina, 1982;Holu sa, 2000;Spitzer, 2007). Severe population trends have also been reported from France (Luquet, 1982), Finland (V€ ais€ anen et al, 1991), Sweden (Kindvall et al, 1993), Spain (Olmo-Vidal, 2006, Lithuania (Budrys & Pakalni skis, 2007), Poland (Głowaci nski & Nowacki, 2004;Theuerkauf et al, 2005) and the Czech Republic (Pecina, 1982;Holu sa, 2000;Spitzer, 2007).…”