Research Article Journal of Orthoptera Research 2017, 26(1): 29-37 Effects of different mowing regimes on orthopterans of Central-European mesic hay meadows ZOLTAN KENYERES!, ISTVAN SZENTIRMAI 1 Acrida Conservational Research L.P., Tapolca 8300, Hungary. 2 Department of Nature Conservation, Orség National Park Directorate, Oriszentpéter 9941, Hungary. Corresponding author: Z. Kenyeres (kenyeres@acridabt.hu) Academic editor: Corinna Bazelet | Received 16 February 2017 | Accepted 7 June 2017 | Published 28 June 2017 http://zoobank.org/426106DE-5D69-412F-8299-B&BA2F9I0CB79 Citation: Kenyeres Z, Szentirmai I (2017) Effects of different mowing regimes on orthopterans of Central-European mesic hay meadows. Journal of Orthoptera Research 26(1): 29-37. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.14549 Abstract Method, frequency and date of mowing influence the presence and population size of Orthoptera species, which show strong dependence on the vertical structure of grasslands. Responses of orthopteran assemblages to the effects of various mowing regimes applied to different parts of the same habitat are still not fully understood. In this study, we asked how dif- ferent mowing regimes (mowing in May; mowing in September; mowing in May and September; abandonment of mowing) influence species rich- ness, Shannon diversity and density of local orthopteran assemblages on a small spatial scale in Central European mesic hay meadows. Furthermore, the study aimed to determine the type of meadow management that is most suitable for preserving local orthopteran assemblages. The date of mowing had no significant overall effect on species richness, density or di- versity of grasshoppers. However, grasshopper species richness and Shan- non diversity were reduced immediately after mowing (in June sampling of sites mown in May), and rose later in the season. Grasshopper density was low on abandoned sites which were not mowed in the last ten years and there was a negative correlation between orthopteran density and veg- etation height. Nymphs, on the other hand, showed elevated density just after mowing which was reduced later in the season. Life forms of the or- thopteran assemblages showed dominance of pratinicol species. Silvicol species were found only in abandoned habitats, while arbusticol species were found only on abandoned patches and patches mown in September. Results showed that the long-term preservation of natural orthopteran as- semblages in mesic hay meadows would benefit from landuse practices which are diversified spatially and temporally, as practiced in traditional extensive management regimes. Key words density, vegetation height, grassland management, Hungary, biodiversity conservation Introduction Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids) are consid- ered one of the best taxa for the ecological evaluation of the habi- tat quality and management of grasslands (Kruess and Tscharntke 2002, Batary et al. 2007, Fartmann et al. 2012). Due to their utility as bioindicators, special attention is paid to the group in practi- cal nature protection (Noss 1990, Pearson 1994, Déri et al. 2007, Bazelet and Samways 2011). Mowing changes the vertical structure of vegetation, which plays a decisive role in the organization of orthopteran assemblages (Joern 1979, Guido and Chemini 2000). Cutting of the vegetation triggers a marked change in its nutri- tional value (Smith and Capinera 2005) and microclimatic condi- tions (Stebaev and Nikitina 1976), affecting the habitat potential for orthopterans. In addition, mowing significantly increases the exposure of individuals to predation (Belovsky and Slade 1993, Braschler et al. 2009). Mowing changes the conditions in a direct way for those species that lay their eggs on the vegetation (Gar- diner and Hassall 2009). Indirect effects include microclimatic conditions becoming unfavourable, particularly for those species that lay their eggs in the ground (Stoutjesdijk and Barkman 1992, Wingerden et al. 1992). It is clear therefore that the method, frequency and date of mow- ing are all basic factors influencing the presence and the current pop- ulation size of orthopteran species, as well as the development of the structure of orthopteran assemblages, both in the short and the long-term (Buri et al. 2013). Previous studies found that the mowing operation of grasslands itself has a temporary negative impact on orthopterans as a result of mortality and the loss of plant production (Gardiner and Hill 2006, Gardiner and Hassall 2009, Humbert et al. 2010, Rada et al. 2014). In the medium and the long term, however, species richness, diversity and density of assemblages is highest if regular mowing is applied (Marini et al. 2009), and lowest if the meadow is abandoned (Nagy and Kisfali 2007). Extreme and fre- quent mowing has a negative effect on both the abundance and the species richness of orthopterans (Marini et al. 2008, Buri et al. 2013). According to the results by Chambers and Samways (1998), species richness and abundance of orthopterans increases from single mowing per year towards mowing three times per year. In wet and semi-dry grasslands, mowing twice a year usually results in a richer, more structured vegetation of higher-yielding biomass than single mowing, which determines the occurrence of orthop- terans (Jutila and Grace 2002). One of the main underlying factors for this relationship lies in the fact that the repeated mowing of the vegetation provides good germination and growth conditions even for less competitive plant species (Parr and Way 1988, Bak- JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) 30 ker et al. 2002, Bissels et al. 2006). Buri et al. (2013) revealed that small changes in grassland management (e.g. delaying mowing, leaving uncut grass patches) could result in significant positive changes in density and species richness of orthopterans. Orség National Park is situated at the western border of Hunga- ry and belongs to IUCN category V of protected areas. Plant species rich mesic hay meadows of the national park developed through centuries of human impact. These grasslands were managed tradi- tionally by mowing twice a year (May-June and August-September). Since 1990, due to economic considerations, once-a-year (May- June) mowing became the typical way of management and aban- donment became widespread as well (Babai et al. 2015). Around 2000, mowing once-a-year in August-September was introduced on some valuable grasslands due to the prescriptions of the na- tional park administration to protect butterfly species, such as Ma- culinea species (K6r6si et al. 2014). To understand the effect of the above listed management regimes on the plant and animal com- munities of meadows, Orség National Park Directorate launched an experiment on four of its own meadows in 2007. Patches within the same habitat types were subjected to different mowing regimes: mowing once a year at the end of May, mowing once a year in the beginning of September; mowing twice a year both at the end of May and beginning September; abandoned without any manage- ment. Study areas were managed just in the above mentioned way: no other management practices were included (e.g. grazing). The abandoned areas were last mowed before 2007. Trees and scrubs were removed, and at the time of fieldwork, abandoned sites con- sisted of tall-grass vegetation only. Vegetation results of this ex- periment were gathered by Szépligeti et al. (2016). In 2014, seven years after establishment of the experiment, results showed that the species richness and diversity of the vegetation were the high- est at patches of double mowing each year, while the abandoned areas had the lowest values. Areas receiving once-a-year, i.e. spring or autumn mowing occupied an intermediate position in terms of the above parameters (Szépligeti et al. 2016). A keystone species of nature conservation, Phengaris teleius (Bergstrasser) butterfly and its host plant, Sanguisorba officinalis, showed the highest density on the patch mown once a year in autumn (K6rési et al. 2014). We aimed to answer the following main question in this paper: how do different mowing regimes influence species richness, diver- sity and density of orthopteran assemblages of some typical natural Central-European mesic hay meadows? We hypothesised that au- tumn mowing once a year could result in the highest species rich- ness, diversity and density in local orthopteran assemblages. Further- more, we make recommendations for mowing strategies to preserve the orthopteran assemblages in these local mesic hay meadows. Methods Study sites.— Vegetation of the four study sites were identified as mesophilic hay meadows [Alopecuro-Arrhenatheretum (Mathé and Kovacs 1960) So6 1971]. Site I and II (geographical cen- tres: Site I: N46.768, E16.329 / Site II: N46.766, E16.334) were separated by 200 m from each other, while Site III and IV (geo- graphical centres: Site III: N46.737, E16.374 / Site IV: N46.736, E16.377) were located 5 km further downstream in the valley of Szentgy6rgyvOlgyi stream and also 200 m from each other (Fig. 1). Sites were situated at 210-230 m above sea level and were charac- terized by alluvial soils. Groundwater was usually close to the sur- face. The annual mean temperature was 9.5 °C, the annual mean rainfall was around 800 mm (Dévényi 2010). Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI Within the four sampling sites (Site I-IV) adjacent quadrats of 20 m x 20 m were designated (16 quadrats in Site I and II, 12 quadrats in Site III and IV, see Fig. 1). Quadrats were assigned to four different treatments, and each treatment was applied con- sistently each year beginning in 2007: (a) mowing once a year at the end of May (M); (b) mowing once a year at the beginning of September (S); (c) mowing twice a year both at the end of May and the beginning of September (MS); (d) abandoned without management (C). Proportion of the treatments was similar on each site: in sites I and II there were four quadrats of each type of treatment (n = 16 quadrats in total per site); and in sites III and IV there were three quadrats of each treatment (n = 12 quadrats in total per site). Mowing was carried out by a tractor powered RK- 165 type drum mower. Data collection.— Data were collected three times at each study site in 2015 (June, July, August). The collection of orthopterans was carried out by sweep netting, using 300 sweeps within each quad- rat in each meadow. Every sampling of 300 sweeps covered in Site I and II four 20 m x 20 m quadrats (altogether 1,600 square me- tres) and in Site IH and IV three 20 m x 20 m quadrats (altogether 1,200 square metres). Specimens collected per treatment type in each meadow were considered as one sample. To the samples col- lected by sweep netting we added a simple count of the number of adult specimens which were detected by direct observation/ collection. Sweep netted samples were identified to species level (excluding Chorthippus nymphs). Nomenclature of orthopteran species followed the work of Cigliano et al. (2017). Categories of Uvarov (1977) and Ingrisch and Kohler (1998) were used for classification of life forms (arbo- ricol: species found in habitats ruled by tree-sized elements; arbus- ticol: species found in habitats ruled of shrub-sized items; silvicol: species found in forest habitats with a grass understory; pratinicol: species found in grasslands of tall grass; graminicol: species found in grasslands of short grass). Characterization of climatic requirements of the species as thermophilic, moderately-thermophilic, mesophilic, moderately- hygrophilic, and hygrophilic were assigned based on works of Varga (1997), Racz (1998) and Ingrisch and Kohler (1998). Covariables.— Microclimate and habitat data (average height and cover of the vegetation) were collected at 2-3 pseudo-randomlly se- lected spots in each orthopteran sampling area. Microclimate was measured by TESTO 625 equipment (air temperature and humid- ity at the surface of the soil, and at 10, 20, 30, and 120 cm height). Height of the vegetation was measured in cm with the use of a 30 cm wide and 100 cm high white card. Total cover of the vegetation was measured in a square metre quadrat occurring around the spot. Related to each orthopteran sampling, percentage cover of each plant species was estimated. Average values of the data measured in the same orthopteran sampling area were used. Data processing and analyses.— We derived the following variables from field data on orthopterans: (a) species richness; (b) total density of or- thopterans (specimens/m7); (c) total density of nymphs (specimens/ m7*); (d) Shannon diversity; (e) life-form spectra; (f) ecotype spectra. All samples from the same treatment, site and season were clumped. We determined the relative values of air temperature and hu- midity data: data measured at the soil surface/ 10/20/30 cm height minus data measured at 120 cm height. According to our previous results (Bauer and Kenyeres 2006), the impact of weather condi- JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI 31 Figure 1. Location of the four study sites in Orség National Park and the quadrats of different mowing regimes (quadrats are 20 x 20 metres; M: mowing once a year in May; MS: mowing twice a year in May and September; S: mowing once a year in September; C: abandoned). tions prevailing at the time of the survey on the analyses can be minimized by using relative microclimate values. For statistical analyses, Mann-Whitney U test was used to eval- uate statistical differences among recorded values of vegetation height, and among the derived orthopteran variables. Generalized linear models (Poisson distribution; response variables: species richness, density and Shannon diversity of orthopterans; predictor variables: vegetation height, relative temperature in the grass — at soil surface/10/20/30 cm height and mean) and PCA were per- formed by using PAST 1.95 (Hammer et al. 2001) software pack- age. Spatial information processing was performed in Quantum GIS (version 1.8). Results A total of 1,352 specimens of 24 orthopteran species were collected during the study. The largest number of specimens be- longed to species of wet and semi-dry habitats of good habitat quality such as Mecostethus parapleurus (Hagenbach), Pseudo- chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt), Roeseliana roeselii (Hagen- bach), Euthystira brachyptera (Ocskay), and Chrysochraon dispar (Germar). Sites mown in May or twice a year (M, MS) had significantly shorter vegetation in June than sites mown in September (S) or abandoned ones (C) (Mann-Whitney test: U,, =0, p=0.03; U,,. <=9, p=0.03; U,, .=1, p=0.002; U,,, .=0, p=0.03; Fig. 2). Abandoned sites had significantly taller vegetation than sites mown in Septem- ber (S) (U, .=0, p=0.03). In July and August, just abandoned sites had significantly different (taller) spatial vegetation structure than mown sites (July: U,, =0, p=0.02; U,,, .=0, p=0.03; U, .=1, p=0.04; August: U,, .=0, p=0.03; U,,, .=0, p=0.002; U, =1, p=0.02). Species richness and Shannon diversity showed just slight, non-significant, differences between treatment types in a com- parative dataset including results of all sampling periods per treatment types — just species richness of abandoned areas ap- peared lower than that of the other treatment types, but this was not significant. Significantly lower grasshopper densities were re- corded on abandoned patches (C) than on patches mown in May (M) (U,,.=29.5, p=0.015) or mown in September (S) (U, .=21.5, p=0.011) (Fig. 3). In seasonal comparison (Fig. 4), species richness in June was non-significantly higher on patches mown in May and September (MS) and on the abandoned (C) ones than on patches mown in May (M) and mown in September (S). In July and August species richness increased on patches mown in May (M) and mown in September (S) relative to June’s species richness. Species richness on patches mown in May (M) was significantly higher in July than in June (Uy, uj=t, P=0.045). However, the species richness did not change throughout the season on patches mown in May and September (MS) nor on the abandoned (C) patches. In August the species richness was significantly higher on the patches mown in May (M) than on abandoned (C) ones (U,,,, ,,=0, P=0-02). Orthoptera density in June appeared higher on patches mown in May and September (MS) and mown in September (S) than on patches mown in May (M) or abandoned (C). In July and August orthopteran density was similar on patches mown in May (M), mown in May and September (MS) and mown in September (S). On abandoned (C) patches this parameter in July was significantly lower than on patches mown in May (M) and mown in Septem- ber (S) (Uy) ,=0, p=0.03; U,, ..=1, p=0.002), and in August was significantly lower than on patches mown in May and September (MS) (U =0, p=0.027) (Fig. 4). MSAg-CAg JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) 32 Vegetation height (cm) Vegetation height (cm) Vegetation height (cm) Figure 2. Box-plots (median values with minimum, maximum and +SE) of vegetation height in four treatment types. Significant (p<0.05) differences detected by Mann-Whitney U test are indi- cated by different letters. Mowing in May Mowing in May and september Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI Density Species richness Shannon-diversity Mowing in Abandoned September Figure 3. Box-plots (median values with minimum, maximum and +SE) of species richness, density (specimen/m?’) and Shannon diversity of orthopterans in four treatment types of sites I-IV. Sig- nificant (p<0.05) differences detected by Mann-Whitney U test are 0.7 0.6 a 0.5 0.4 b 0.3 0.2 Mowingin Mowing in Mowingin Abandoned May May and September September indicated by different letters. JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI Species richness Density Shannon-diversity Mowing in Mowing in Mowing in Abandoned May May and September September Figrue 4. Box-plots (median values with minimum, maximum and +SE) of species richness, adult density (specimen/m7’) and Shannon diversity of orthopterans in four treatment types (mow- ing once a year in May; mowing twice a year in May and Septem- ber; mowing once a year in September; abandoned) in June (Jn), July (Jl) and August (Ag). Significant (p<0.05) differences detected by Mann-Whitney U test are indicated by different letters. 33 Shannon diversity in June was significantly higher on patches mown in May and September (MS) than on patches mown in May (Uynmisjn=l, p=0.03) (Fig. 4). In July Shannon diversity increased significantly on patches mown in May (M) (U,,,,. 4,=0, pP=0.026). Shannon diversity in July and August was similar on treated patch- es, but in July was significantly lower on abandoned patches than on patches mown in May (U,,, 4,=1, p=0.002). Density of nymphs (Fig. 5) in June was significantly higher on patches mown in May (M) than on patches mown in September (S) or abandoned (C) (Uy, ,,=0, P=0-04; Una cin= 1, P=0.02). Based on the results of PCA carried out on the pooled sam- ples, orthopteran assemblages of different treatment types (M, S, MS, C) could not be clearly distinguished. At community level, only individual assemblage composition of the abandoned area showed a low level of independence (Fig. 6). The latter result was also visible in the life form and ecotype data. Silvicol species were found only on abandoned (C) patches. Arbusticol species were found on abandoned (C) patches and those maintained by September mowing (S). Graminicol species were found in grass- lands mown in May (M), and abandoned ones. Pratinicol species dominated all examined patches (see Appendix). On the ecotype spectrum, a high proportion of hygrophilic species was seen in areas mown in May (M) and mown in May and September (MS), while mesophilic species reached high abundances in the patches treated by September mowing (S). Generalized linear model (with Poisson distribution, includ- ing all sites and treatment types) showed significant negative rela- tions between the vegetation height and density of orthopterans (Table 1). In addition, several significant positive correlations were found between the density of orthopterans and ambient temperature values. Significant negative correlations were found abcdef abcdef Density of Orthoptera nymphs Ag| Jn Jl Jn JI Ag] Jn JI Ag}]Jn Jl Mowingin Mowingin Mowingin Abandoned May May and September September Figure 5. Box-plots (median values with minimum, maximum and +SE) of nymphal density (specimen/m?’) of orthopterans in four treatment types (mowing once a year in May; mowing twice a year in May and September; mowing once a year in September; abandoned) in June (Jn), July (Jl) and August (Ag). Significant (p<0.05) differences detected by Mann-Whitney U test are indi- cated by different letters. JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) 34 Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI Table 1. Results of generalized linear model (Poisson distribution) of species richness, density and Shannon diversity of orthopterans in relation to vegetation height, relative temperature in the vegetation (June, July, August)(significant values in bold). Vegetation Orthopterans Vegetation height Species richness Density Shannon diversity Estimate p Estimate p Estimate p Estimate p Species richness -0.0181 0.191 Orthopterans Density -0.2178 <0.001 4.1727 <0.001 Shannon diversity 0.0005 0.904 0.0708 0.210 0.0052 O51) Ground surface -6.9572 <0.001 0.2617 0.214 4.8088 <0.001 0.0025 OZ! Relative 10 cm height -5.8852 <0.001 0.1209 0.572 4.4912 <0.001 -0.0066 0.927 temperature 20 cm height -4.6333 <0.001 0.1526 0.501 4.4454 <0.001 -0.0039 0.960 in the grass 30 cm height 0.1302 0.867 0.1317 0.556 2.0167. <0.001 0.0049 0.950 Mean -5.3531 <0.001 0.1960 0.407 4.8699 <0.001 -—0.0009 0.990 e a the short, thick sward structure may offer better conditions for the vy vulnerable, less mobile nymphs in terms of mobility, and hiding e from predators (Braschler et al. 2009). oO ts It is well known that impacts of mowing and removal of the harvest can lead to 70% mortality of orthopterans (Humbert et al. Oo a 08 2009). Our results did not provide support for this phenomenon Oo as high orthopteran densities were detected on patches mowed a just a few weeks before Orthoptera sampling. This discrepancy was 4 probably caused by the fact that mown patches were situated close 8 7 oO to uncut refuges (Humbert et al. 2012), and cutting height, in- fluencing maintenance of ground-dwelling fauna (Humbert et al. x 2009), was higher than 10 cm. = } Orthopteran assemblages are linked to vegetation units of A higher taxonomical level rather than to plant species (Kemp et nas al. 1990, Bauer et al. 2004). The scale of the different treatments -4.0 Component 1 Figure 6. PCA based on the orthopteran samples of four study sites (sites I-IV) (black circle: mowing once a year in May; black square: mowing twice a year in May and September; empty circle: mowing once a year in September; black triangle: abandoned). between the height of the vegetation and the temperature of soil surface and most of the regions of the sward. Discussion Our study showed that adult orthopterans were present with lower density in abandoned areas than in areas which had been mown, regardless of when or how often the mowing took place. However, density of nymphs was highest in areas which had re- cently been mown. Nymph densities were highest in June on sites which had been mown in May, regardless of whether the site was mowed again in September or not. The nymphs which accounted for these high densities were mostly Pseudochorthippus and Chort- hippus spp. The negative correlation between density of orthopterans (in- cluding both nymphs and adults) and vegetation height may be related to the fact that cutting of vegetation in May resulted in shorter but thicker sward structure (Jutila and Grace 2002) rich in leaves of more favourable plant species [mesophytic plants, with medium (4-6) Water balance-value, see Borhidi 1995]. Further, could have enabled small scale migration of orthopterans to and from the uncut plots (Humbert et al. 2012). This explains why areas mown using different regimes (M, S, MS) did not have dif- ferent grasshopper assemblages. Species that were found to be dominant in our study (Pseudo- chorthippus parallelus, Roeseliana roeselii) were also found most char- acteristic in humid, intensely mown meadows by other authors in nearby regions of Europe (Gardiner et al. 2002, Marini et al. 2008, Poniatowski and Fartmann 2008). Our results confirmed that abun- dances of orthopteran assemblages are highly influenced by land use (Guido and Chemini 2000, Kruess and Tscharntke 2002, Knop et al. 2006, Kenyeres and Cservenka 2014). This can be deduced clearly from the fact that the choice of habitat by orthopterans is mainly influenced by vegetation structure (O'Neill et al. 2003). Based on our results, abandonment management had a nega- tive impact on the grasshopper density but did not significantly affect species richness or Shannon diversity of orthopterans of hay meadows. This result is entirely consistent with the findings of the botanical studies of Szépligeti et al. (2016) and orthopterological investigations in other study areas (Nagy and Kisfali 2007). The uncut patches could balance the temporal negative effect of mow- ing. Therefore providing refuges during each mowing session may be an alternative to subjecting different parts of the meadow to different mowing regimes. Considering conservation of insects with low dispersal ability, a maximum of 30 m distance between two refuges would be optimal (Hossain et al. 2002). It is impor- tant to note that the margins (Marshall 2002) and refuges (Hum- bert et al. 2009) should be located in rotation in different parts of the mown fields (Buri et al. 2013) and should be mown at the next JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, 26(1) Z. KENYERES AND I. SZENTIRMAI haying event (see results of abandonment, e.g. decreasing of plant diversity, invasions of Solidago gigantea) (Szépligeti et al. 2016). Although our study did not reveal it, mortality caused by mow- ing could still be assumed (Gardiner and Hill 2006). Therefore, we recommend that grasslands should be maintained by bar mowers, which cause 50% lower mortality than rotary mowers (Humbert et al. 2009). To benefit conservation of orthopteran species that lay their eggs in or near the soil, cutting height should be higher than 10 cm (Gardiner and Hassall 2009, Humbert et al. 2012). Considering yearly differences in mean temperature and rainfall, the mowing regime timing should depend on weather conditions of the given year (Gardiner and Hassall 2009, Buri et al. 2013) in order to provide vegetation structure and microclimate required by orthopterans of mesic hay meadows. Acknowledgements The authors would like express their gratitude to Orség National Park Directorate for the actuation of the experimental mowing pro- ject and for the support of the researches. We thank all reviewers of an earlier version of the manuscript for their valuable comments, suggestions and literature supports. Our great thanks go to Corinna S. Bazelet, managing editor of JOR, for suggestions and her willing- ness to help in repairing stylistic issues of the manuscript. 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Taxon Caelifera Acridoidea Acridomorpha Acrididae Gomphocerinae Chrysochraon dispar (Germar, 1834) Euchorthippus declivus (Brisout de Barneville, 1848) Euthystira brachyptera (Ocskay, 1826) Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg, 1815) Chorthippus dorsatus (Zetterstedt, 1821) Chorthippus oschei Helversen, 1986 Chorthippus sp. (nymphs) Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) Omocestus haemorrhoidalis (Charpentier, 1825) Omocestus viridulus Linnaeus, 1758 Stenobothrus lineatus (Panzer, 1796) Melanoplinae Odontopodisma schmidtii (Fieber, 1853) Oedipodinae Mecostethus parapleurus (Hagenbach, 1822) Stethophyma grossum (Linnaeus, 1758) Pezotettiginae Pezotettix giornae (Rossi, 1794) Tetrigoidea Tetrigidae Tetriginae Tetrix bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Ensifera Tettigonioidea Tettigoniidae Conocephalinae Conocephalus discolor Thunberg, 1815 Ruspolia nitidula (Scopoli, 1786) Tettigoniinae Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus, 1785) Roeseliana roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822) Tettigonia viridissima Linnaeus, 1758 Phaneropteridae Phaneropterinae Leptophyes albovittata (Kollar, 1833) Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH 2017, LF pra gra pra pra pra pra pra sil pra pra pra pra pra pra pra gra sil pra pra pra pra arbu arbu arbu EF m-ther 26(1) M oe lS 17 MS 111 a) 79 43 14 15 34 abe