Publication details
Saranče uherská (Acrida ungarica) v České republice
| Title in English | Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper (Acrida ungarica) in the Czech Republic |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | There are only two references to the occurrence of Acrida ungarica in the area of the CR, and these concern only two specimens. Both specimens were considered by Mařan (1952) to be imported (introduced). The specimens do not exist in any collection. Details concerning the localities were not provided, and so the areas could not be re-examined. The first reference to the occurrence of Acrida ungarica in the area of the CR was in 1875. The extensive sandy areas in southern Moravia were already forested at the time, and only small-scale localities remained there. Probably in 2008 or before, at least one female of A. ungarica was intentionally introduced (by an unknown person) into a locality with suitable habitat in southeastern Moravia. Subsequently, small populations of 15 and 12 individuals were found at the same locality near Bzenec in 2010 and 2012, respectively (as noted earlier in this report). The occurrence is not considered in the Checklist because a genetic analysis (two fragments of COI) confirmed that the grasshoppers originated from southern Europe and belonged to the meridional subspecies A. ungarica mediterranea Dirsh, 1949. The population seems to be fixed at the site without evidence of spread. The site is situated in a relatively small, deforested, sandy, desert-like area isolated in a dense pine woods. |