7. Ruspolia nitidula (Scopoli, 1786) = veliki (konjic) čunjoglavac (Fig. 3C)

First faunistic record for Croatia: Graber 1870

Also recorded as: Locusta mandibularis Charpentier, 1825 (Kollar 1846, Krauss 1879), Locusta tuberculata Rossius, 1790 (Cubich 1875)

Distribution in Croatia: Widely distributed and common in all regions.

Distribution in Europe: From Sicily and Crete in the south to Northern France in the north, and from the Azores in the west to Southern European Russia in the east (Hochkirch et al. 2016).