The rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella was found on Mt Snježnik (W Croatia) in 2015 and constitutes the first national record. Two populations were recorded inside an old and hardly accessible spruce forest on steep boulders (Lonicero caerulae-Piceetum) along the Frankopanski Put hiking path. The markedly cool and humid microclimate ensured by small karst dolines within the forest shapes the specific bryophyte species composition with the elements of snowbed and timberline pine krummholz vegetation and the domination of boreal and arctic taxa. Due to its pronounced isolation from other European populations, the species is certainly of relict origin in Croatian Dinaric Alps.
{"title":"First record of the rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella (Brid.) Z. Iwats. in the Western Balkans","authors":"V. Šegota, S. Dragićević, A. Rimac, A. Alegro","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.19","url":null,"abstract":"The rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella was found on Mt Snježnik (W Croatia) in 2015 and constitutes the first national record. Two populations were recorded inside an old and hardly accessible spruce forest on steep boulders (Lonicero caerulae-Piceetum) along the Frankopanski Put hiking path. The markedly cool and humid microclimate ensured by small karst dolines within the forest shapes the specific bryophyte species composition with the elements of snowbed and timberline pine krummholz vegetation and the domination of boreal and arctic taxa. Due to its pronounced isolation from other European populations, the species is certainly of relict origin in Croatian Dinaric Alps.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47865806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article presents the results of a floristic survey conducted between 2011 and 2021 on Mt. Kaznik, western Kosovo. In all, 361 plant taxa belonging to 75 families and 147 genera of vascular flora were recorded. These areas are dominated by serpentine soils, which are known for the increased occurrence of endemic plant taxa. Detailed analysis of chorological and biological data in conjunction with general vegetation data has highlighted the distinctive nature of Mt. Kaznik, making it a floristically important area. Of the taxa identified, 15 were classified as threatened plant taxa at the national level, while a total of 17 taxa are endemic plants. For each plant taxon, data on floristic element, habitat characteristics, life form, and general vegetation data are provided. A syntaxonomic analysis of the recorded taxa showed that they belong to nine vegetation classes, with the pubescent oak and mixed deciduous forest class Quercetea pubescentis being dominant. In addition, a floristic comparison was made between the serpentines of Kaznik and those in central and northern Kosovo. Considering the floristic importance and the high degree of diversity exhibited by the serpentines, the data presented are of particular importance to a better understanding of the floristic composition of Kosovo.
{"title":"Contribution to the knowledge of serpentine flora in western Kosovo, with comparisons of the western, central and northern serpentine massifs","authors":"E. Krasniqi, Naim Berisha","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.20","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the results of a floristic survey conducted between 2011 and 2021 on Mt. Kaznik, western Kosovo. In all, 361 plant taxa belonging to 75 families and 147 genera of vascular flora were recorded. These areas are dominated by serpentine soils, which are known for the increased occurrence of endemic plant taxa. Detailed analysis of chorological and biological data in conjunction with general vegetation data has highlighted the distinctive nature of Mt. Kaznik, making it a floristically important area. Of the taxa identified, 15 were classified as threatened plant taxa at the national level, while a total of 17 taxa are endemic plants. For each plant taxon, data on floristic element, habitat characteristics, life form, and general vegetation data are provided. A syntaxonomic analysis of the recorded taxa showed that they belong to nine vegetation classes, with the pubescent oak and mixed deciduous forest class Quercetea pubescentis being dominant. In addition, a floristic comparison was made between the serpentines of Kaznik and those in central and northern Kosovo. Considering the floristic importance and the high degree of diversity exhibited by the serpentines, the data presented are of particular importance to a better understanding of the floristic composition of Kosovo.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46103973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper comprises a study of the plant lists of Salvia, as genus of plants from 11 subgenera in the mint family (Lamiaceae) grown in Zagreb Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science since 1895 until 2022. Synonymy, nomenclature and origin of plant material have been sorted. Lists of species grown in the last 127 years have been constructed to show that during that period at least 126 taxa from the genus Salvia (2 from subgen. Audiberia, 40 from subgen. Calosphace, 6 from subgen. Glutinaria, 8 from subgen. "Heterosphace” (informal designation for this group), 2 from subgen. Perovskia, 2 from subgen. Rosmarinus, 18 from subgen. Salvia and 48 from subgen. Sclarea) inhabited the Garden’s collections. Today, the genus is represented by 61 taxa from 8 subgenera in Botanical Garden: 1 from subgen. Audiberia, 12 from subgen. Calosphace, 4 from subgen. Glutinaria, 4 from subgen. “Heterosphace”, 1 from subgen. Perovskia, 1 from subgen. Rosmarinus, 13 from subgen. Salvia and 25 from subgen. Sclarea.
{"title":"Plethora of plants – collections of the Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (8): genus Salvia L. (Lamiaceae)","authors":"Dubravka Sandev","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.18","url":null,"abstract":"This paper comprises a study of the plant lists of Salvia, as genus of plants from 11 subgenera in the mint family (Lamiaceae) grown in Zagreb Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science since 1895 until 2022. Synonymy, nomenclature and origin of plant material have been sorted. Lists of species grown in the last 127 years have been constructed to show that during that period at least 126 taxa from the genus Salvia (2 from subgen. Audiberia, 40 from subgen. Calosphace, 6 from subgen. Glutinaria, 8 from subgen. \"Heterosphace” (informal designation for this group), 2 from subgen. Perovskia, 2 from subgen. Rosmarinus, 18 from subgen. Salvia and 48 from subgen. Sclarea) inhabited the Garden’s collections. Today, the genus is represented by 61 taxa from 8 subgenera in Botanical Garden: 1 from subgen. Audiberia, 12 from subgen. Calosphace, 4 from subgen. Glutinaria, 4 from subgen. “Heterosphace”, 1 from subgen. Perovskia, 1 from subgen. Rosmarinus, 13 from subgen. Salvia and 25 from subgen. Sclarea.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44539037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lamia Boutabia, Mohcen Menaa, Kamel Eddine Mederbal, Belkacem Aimene Boulaouad, Khaled Ayyach, Bachir Harzallah, M. Missoum, Salah Telailia
The Algerian coastline, known for its diverse array of fauna primarily dependent on marine ecosystems, has recently experienced notable changes in its community, perhaps due to the severe weather conditions in the North Atlantic. To explore this phenomenon, we conducted an extensive survey of the entire Algerian coast, specifically focusing on fishing ports and beaches, during November and December of 2022. Our objective was to investigate the remarkable and recent irruption of the razorbill Alca torda, which typically spends the winter in the open sea. Throughout our study, we documented a total of 32 sightings of razorbill individuals, including both live specimens observed within harbors (as depicted in Fig. 2 & 3) and deceased individuals washed up on the beaches.
{"title":"Recent and exceptional irruption of the Razorbill Alca torda (Linnaeus, 1758) on the Algerian coastline","authors":"Lamia Boutabia, Mohcen Menaa, Kamel Eddine Mederbal, Belkacem Aimene Boulaouad, Khaled Ayyach, Bachir Harzallah, M. Missoum, Salah Telailia","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.16","url":null,"abstract":"The Algerian coastline, known for its diverse array of fauna primarily dependent on marine ecosystems, has recently experienced notable changes in its community, perhaps due to the severe weather conditions in the North Atlantic. To explore this phenomenon, we conducted an extensive survey of the entire Algerian coast, specifically focusing on fishing ports and beaches, during November and December of 2022. Our objective was to investigate the remarkable and recent irruption of the razorbill Alca torda, which typically spends the winter in the open sea. Throughout our study, we documented a total of 32 sightings of razorbill individuals, including both live specimens observed within harbors (as depicted in Fig. 2 & 3) and deceased individuals washed up on the beaches.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42562083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Svilaja is a 30 km-long mountain range in the Outer Dinarides in the hinterland of northern Dalmatia, between the rivers Cetina and Čikola. It has never been the target of systematic butterfly surveys and its fauna remained completely unknown. During our surveys from 2019 to 2022, we recorded 112 butterfly species at 37 sites. The butterfly richness of the Svilaja Mountain is higher than that of the Mosor and Kozjak Mountains nearer to the coast, but similar to that of the Biokovo Mountains and lower than that of the nearby, much larger Dinara Mountains. However, the biogeographical composition of the mountains compared is similar, with dominant Euro-Siberian and Euro-Oriental faunal elements, but an obvious decrease in the number of montane species in all other mountains compared to the Dinara Mountains. New records are discussed for some species for which there is little information for Croatia or Dalmatia, such as Carcharodus orientalis, Pyrgus carthami, Tarucus balkanicus, Aricia artaxerxes, Polyommatus ripartii, Melitaea ornata, Melitaea athalia, Coenonympha rhodopensis and Hyponephele lupina. Although most of Svilaja Mountain is part of the Natura 2000 network, many of the sites with high conservation value are located outside the area. Overall, the abandonment and overgrowth of grasslands present the most imminent threat to butterfly diversity in the region.
{"title":"Butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Svilaja Mountain, Dalmatia","authors":"R. Verovnik, G. Glavan, I. Burić, T. Koren","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.8","url":null,"abstract":"Svilaja is a 30 km-long mountain range in the Outer Dinarides in the hinterland of northern Dalmatia, between the rivers Cetina and Čikola. It has never been the target of systematic butterfly surveys and its fauna remained completely unknown. During our surveys from 2019 to 2022, we recorded 112 butterfly species at 37 sites. The butterfly richness of the Svilaja Mountain is higher than that of the Mosor and Kozjak Mountains nearer to the coast, but similar to that of the Biokovo Mountains and lower than that of the nearby, much larger Dinara Mountains. However, the biogeographical composition of the mountains compared is similar, with dominant Euro-Siberian and Euro-Oriental faunal elements, but an obvious decrease in the number of montane species in all other mountains compared to the Dinara Mountains. New records are discussed for some species for which there is little information for Croatia or Dalmatia, such as Carcharodus orientalis, Pyrgus carthami, Tarucus balkanicus, Aricia artaxerxes, Polyommatus ripartii, Melitaea ornata, Melitaea athalia, Coenonympha rhodopensis and Hyponephele lupina. Although most of Svilaja Mountain is part of the Natura 2000 network, many of the sites with high conservation value are located outside the area. Overall, the abandonment and overgrowth of grasslands present the most imminent threat to butterfly diversity in the region.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42740587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The first checklist of hawk-moths (Sphingidae) of Croatia is presented. The checklist is based on the examination of museum collections and published records. So far, 22 species have been recorded in Croatia, of which two, Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades (Hübner, 1819) have not been confirmed during recent studies, and their current occurrence in the country needs confirmation. For each species, a distribution map is provided comprising all the available published records as well as records from museum collections in Croatia. For all confirmed and two potential hawk moth species, suggested Croatian common names are provided.
{"title":"An annotated checklist of hawk-moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Croatia with their distribution and common names","authors":"T. Koren, Martina Šašić","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.4","url":null,"abstract":"The first checklist of hawk-moths (Sphingidae) of Croatia is presented. The checklist is based on the examination of museum collections and published records. So far, 22 species have been recorded in Croatia, of which two, Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades (Hübner, 1819) have not been confirmed during recent studies, and their current occurrence in the country needs confirmation. For each species, a distribution map is provided comprising all the available published records as well as records from museum collections in Croatia. For all confirmed and two potential hawk moth species, suggested Croatian common names are provided.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46116921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Bučar, V. Šegota, A. Rimac, David Dianežević, A. Alegro
Prior to this research little was known about the historical Herbarium Croaticum (ZA) bryophyte collection. In 2021 and 2022 the historical bryophyte collection from ZA herbarium was systemised, nomenclaturally revised and geocoded within Flora Croatica Database, revealing as many as 1982 specimens of 335 species gathered across Croatia prior to 2000. Among them, Hylocomiastrum umbratum and Timmiella barbuloides were found to be the new, so-far forgotten species in Croatian bryoflora. From a herbarium voucher, Heterocladium dimorphum was finally confirmed for Croatia. Additionally, noteworthy specimens of rare and underrecorded species, the oldest records and new, previously unknown localities, were presented. Ultimately, the discovered herbarium vouchers provide a revision and verification of historical records previously known only from literature.
{"title":"New species and noteworthy records from Herbarium Croaticum (ZA) bryophyte collection","authors":"M. Bučar, V. Šegota, A. Rimac, David Dianežević, A. Alegro","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.13","url":null,"abstract":"Prior to this research little was known about the historical Herbarium Croaticum (ZA) bryophyte collection. In 2021 and 2022 the historical bryophyte collection from ZA herbarium was systemised, nomenclaturally revised and geocoded within Flora Croatica Database, revealing as many as 1982 specimens of 335 species gathered across Croatia prior to 2000. Among them, Hylocomiastrum umbratum and Timmiella barbuloides were found to be the new, so-far forgotten species in Croatian bryoflora. From a herbarium voucher, Heterocladium dimorphum was finally confirmed for Croatia. Additionally, noteworthy specimens of rare and underrecorded species, the oldest records and new, previously unknown localities, were presented. Ultimately, the discovered herbarium vouchers provide a revision and verification of historical records previously known only from literature.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44671947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aquatic dance flies (Empididae) were collected during the “Neretva Science Week” in July 2022 along the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina using sweep nets and an aspirator at 10 sampling sites. Of the19 species recorded in this study, five species are new to the fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Clinocerella sorex (Engel), Wiedemannia angelieri Vaillant, Wiedemannia aquilex (Loew), Wiedemannia ariadne Wagner and Wiedemannia mikiana (Bezzi). In total, 45 species from Bosnia and Herzegovina have now been recorded, belonging to 10 genera. This study represents an important contribution to the knowledge of the aquatic dance fly fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a significant addition to information about the species distribution in the Balkans.
{"title":"Aquatic Empididae (Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae) of the upper course of the Neretva River with updated checklist for Bosnia and Herzegovina","authors":"M. Ivković","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.10","url":null,"abstract":"Aquatic dance flies (Empididae) were collected during the “Neretva Science Week” in July 2022 along the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina using sweep nets and an aspirator at 10 sampling sites. Of the19 species recorded in this study, five species are new to the fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Clinocerella sorex (Engel), Wiedemannia angelieri Vaillant, Wiedemannia aquilex (Loew), Wiedemannia ariadne Wagner and Wiedemannia mikiana (Bezzi). In total, 45 species from Bosnia and Herzegovina have now been recorded, belonging to 10 genera. This study represents an important contribution to the knowledge of the aquatic dance fly fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a significant addition to information about the species distribution in the Balkans.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47524765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We investigated the floristic richness of ruderal sites along the newly built access roads to Pelješac Bridge after several years of construction and three months of traffic on the roads (in autumn 2022). A clear dominance of steno-Mediterranean plants was observed, with a considerable proportion of cosmopolitans, accompanied by a high proportion of therophytes. Taxa from the vegetation classes Artemisietea vulgaris and Chenopodietea predominated. This study analyzes preliminary data and can be used as a basis for a further examination of how plant colonization processes are influenced by human activities. This report can also support comprehensive phytosociological studies of ruderal communities in this area, as well as in other regions with a Mediterranean climate.
{"title":"Floristic composition of the ruderal habitats along the newly built access roads to the Pelješac Bridge: Preliminary results","authors":"N. Jasprica, M. Pandža, M. Milović","doi":"10.20302/nc.2023.32.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20302/nc.2023.32.15","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the floristic richness of ruderal sites along the newly built access roads to Pelješac Bridge after several years of construction and three months of traffic on the roads (in autumn 2022). A clear dominance of steno-Mediterranean plants was observed, with a considerable proportion of cosmopolitans, accompanied by a high proportion of therophytes. Taxa from the vegetation classes Artemisietea vulgaris and Chenopodietea predominated. This study analyzes preliminary data and can be used as a basis for a further examination of how plant colonization processes are influenced by human activities. This report can also support comprehensive phytosociological studies of ruderal communities in this area, as well as in other regions with a Mediterranean climate.","PeriodicalId":36013,"journal":{"name":"Natura Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45259135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josip Skejo, Jadranka Škorput, M. Pavlović, J. Tumbrinck, Johannes Tumbrinck, Ivica Pakrac, M.A.M. Rasan, Sebastian Ćato, Nikola Srpak, Maks Deranja, Karmela Adžić, Niko Kasalo
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.
Transsylvanian无翼地蚱蜢，Tetrix transsylvanica（Bazyluk et Kis，1960）是一种不会飞的侏儒蚱蜢（直翅目：蚱蜢科），仅在少数零星地区已知，因此在国际自然保护联盟红色名录中被视为濒危物种。该物种由两个亚种组成，一个是居住在罗马尼亚喀尔巴阡山脉南部的名义T.T.transsilvanica，另一个是T.transsilvanica-hypsocorypha-Skejo，2014年，直到现在，斯洛文尼亚的一个地区（Mt Boč）和克罗地亚的一个地方才知道它，上一次是在20世纪40年代在Hrvatsko-Zagorje（Gornja Pačetina，Trnovec）捕获的。这两个亚种可能代表不同的物种。该物种在克罗地亚被认为已经灭绝。在这篇论文中，我们报告了在克罗地亚发现的几个亚群，其中最大的一个是在伊凡什奇卡山上的Siljevec。此外，据报道，在其他三座山（Strahinjčica、Medvednica和Zelinska-gora）上也有小的亚群，其中两座被怀疑面临灭绝威胁：Medvednic、Sljeme峰上的亚群和Strahinjćica峰上的亚群。后者是在一个采石场附近发现的。该物种是（更新世）的遗迹，可能是中欧唯一特有的地鼠。在此，我们呼吁将其列入《克罗地亚共和国严格保护物种条例》，并建议将特西瓦尼卡作为《栖息地指令》保护物种名单的候选物种。
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