ENDANGERED TRANSSYLVANI AN WI NGLESS GROUNDHOPPER (TETRI X TRANSSYLVANICA) IS NOT EXTI NCT I N CROATI A AND REQUI RES URGENT PROTECTION; [: Ugroženi transilvanijski monaški skakavac (Tetrix transsylvanica) nije izumro u Hrvatskoj, ali treba hitnu zaštitu]. Skejo, J., Škorput, J., Pavlović, M., Tum-Brinck, J., Tumbrinck, J., Pakrac, I., Rašan, M., Ćato, S., Srpak, N., Deranja, M., Adžić, K., & Kasalo, N. Natura Croatica, 32(1):241 – 255, Croatian Natural History Museum, 2023. Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access, Green Open Access
ENDANGERED TRANSSYLVANI AN WI NGLESS GROUNDHOPPER (TETRI X TRANSSYLVANICA) IS NOT EXTI NCT I N CROATI A AND REQUI RES URGENT PROTECTION; [: Ugroženi transilvanijski monaški skakavac (Tetrix transsylvanica) nije izumro u Hrvatskoj, ali treba hitnu zaštitu] [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
The Transsylvanian wingless groundhopper, Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk et Kis, 1960) is a flightless pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) known only from a few fragmented localities and thus considered an endangered (EN) species in the IUCN Red List. The species consists of two subspecies, the nominal T. t. transsylvanica inhabiting the southern Carpathians in Romania, and T. transsylvanica hypsocorypha Skejo, 2014, until now known from a single locality in Slovenia (Mt Boč) and a single locality in Croatia where it was caught last time in the 1940s in Hrvatsko Zagorje (Gornja Pačetina, Trnovec). It is possible that the two subspecies represent separate species. The species has been considered extinct in Croatia. In this paper, we report the discovery of several subpopulations in Croatia, the largest one being at Siljevec on Ivanščica mountain. In addition, small subpopulations are reported on three other mountains (Strahinjčica, Medvednica and Zelinska gora), and two of them are suspected to be under threat of extinction: the subpopulation on the peak of Medvednica, Sljeme, and the subpopulation on Strahinjčica. The latter was discovered in a proximity of a quarry. The species is a (Pleistocene) relic and may be the only groundhopper endemic to Central Europe. Herewith, we appeal for its inclusion in the Ordinance on Strictly Protected Species of the Republic of Croatia, and for T. transsylvanica to be proposed as a candidate for the list of species protected through the Habitats Directive. © 2023, Croatian Natural History Museum. All rights reserved.
@ARTICLE{Skejo2023241,
	author = {Skejo, Josip and Škorput, Jadranka and Pavlović, Marko and Tum-Brinck, Josef and Tumbrinck, Johannes and Pakrac, Ivica and Rašan, Mišo and Ćato, Seba-Stian and Srpak, Nikola and Deranja, Maks and Adžić, Karmela and Kasalo, Niko},
	title = {ENDANGERED TRANSSYLVANI AN WI NGLESS GROUNDHOPPER (TETRI X TRANSSYLVANICA) IS NOT EXTI NCT I N CROATI A AND REQUI RES URGENT PROTECTION; [: Ugroženi transilvanijski monaški skakavac (Tetrix transsylvanica) nije izumro u Hrvatskoj, ali treba hitnu zaštitu]},
	year = {2023},
	journal = {Natura Croatica},
	volume = {32},
	number = {1},
	pages = {241 – 255},
	doi = {10.20302/NC.2023.32.17},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163700018&doi=10.20302%2fNC.2023.32.17&partnerID=40&md5=b0247016de425ff163fda685be8476fb},
	affiliations = {IUCN/SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, HR-10000, Croatia; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, HR-10000, Croatia; KBC Zagreb, Kišpatićeva ulica 12, Zagreb, HR-10000, Croatia; Prva privatna gimnazija s pravom javnosti Varaždin, Frana Supila 22, Varaždin, HR-42000, Croatia; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Berlin, Germany; Auf der Hees 1, Wassenberg, Germany; Varaždinska ul. 130, Gornji Kućan, HR-42000, Croatia; Srednja škola Prelog, Čakovečka ul. 1, Prelog, HR-40323, Croatia; Srednja strukovna škola Šibenik, Ante Šupuka 31, Šibenik, HR-22000, Croatia; Matice hrvatske 11, Livno, 80101, Bosnia and Herzegovina},
	abstract = {The Transsylvanian wingless groundhopper, Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk et Kis, 1960) is a flightless pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) known only from a few fragmented localities and thus considered an endangered (EN) species in the IUCN Red List. The species consists of two subspecies, the nominal T. t. transsylvanica inhabiting the southern Carpathians in Romania, and T. transsylvanica hypsocorypha Skejo, 2014, until now known from a single locality in Slovenia (Mt Boč) and a single locality in Croatia where it was caught last time in the 1940s in Hrvatsko Zagorje (Gornja Pačetina, Trnovec). It is possible that the two subspecies represent separate species. The species has been considered extinct in Croatia. In this paper, we report the discovery of several subpopulations in Croatia, the largest one being at Siljevec on Ivanščica mountain. In addition, small subpopulations are reported on three other mountains (Strahinjčica, Medvednica and Zelinska gora), and two of them are suspected to be under threat of extinction: the subpopulation on the peak of Medvednica, Sljeme, and the subpopulation on Strahinjčica. The latter was discovered in a proximity of a quarry. The species is a (Pleistocene) relic and may be the only groundhopper endemic to Central Europe. Herewith, we appeal for its inclusion in the Ordinance on Strictly Protected Species of the Republic of Croatia, and for T. transsylvanica to be proposed as a candidate for the list of species protected through the Habitats Directive. © 2023, Croatian Natural History Museum. All rights reserved.},
	author_keywords = {conservation; endemic; Ivanščica; Natura 2000; pygmy grasshopper; rare species; relict; Siljevec; Tetrix transsylvanica hypsocorypha; threatened species},
	keywords = {Carpathians; Croatia; Hrvatsko Zagorje; Medvednica; Romania; Slovenia; endangered species; endemic species; grasshopper; nature conservation; rare species; relict species; species conservation; subpopulation; subspecies},
	correspondence_address = {J. Skejo; IUCN/SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group, Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000, Croatia; email: skejo.josip@gmail.com; N. Kasalo; Livno, Matice hrvatske 11, 80101, Bosnia and Herzegovina; email: niko.kasalo5@gmail.com},
	publisher = {Croatian Natural History Museum},
	issn = {13300520},
	coden = {NACRE},
	language = {English},
	abbrev_source_title = {Nat. Croat.},
	type = {Article},
	publication_stage = {Final},
	source = {Scopus},
	note = {Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access, Green Open Access}
}

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