15. Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836) = stepski krupnozadi skakavac

First faunistic record for Croatia: Rebrina et al. 2015

Also reported as: C. italicus (Linnaeus, 1758) [possibly partim, old records need to be revised]

Distribution in Croatia: Nominal subspecies only. Rare, found in Palagruža Isl. and a few localities in the Dinaric Alps (Dinara Mt., Dalmatinska zagora around Drniš: Sedramić gornji, Skejo 16.VIII.2016). Further research required.

Distribution in Europe: From the Canary Islands (Spain) to Cyprus and from France to Southern Russia (Hochkirch et al. 2016).