Euchorthippus declivus (Brisout de Barneville, 1848)

Ivković, Slobodan, Online, Published & Version, Final, 2017, First results of a faunistic survey on the Orthoptera of Jadovnik Mountain, southwestern Serbia, with data on the calling songs of some bush cricket species, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (6), pp. 1083-1095 : 1094

68. Euchorthippus declivus (Brisout de Barneville, 1848) : 2♂♂, Sopotnica Waterfalls (4), 17.07.2016; 1♂, Čelina (roadside) (8), 18.07.2016; 2♂♂, 1♀, Vodice (9), 18.07.2016; 1♂, V. Rastovac (12), 19.07.2016 .

ECOLOGY: Pratinicole; graminicole.

Altogether, 68 species belonging to 15 subfamilies (6 families) have been recorded. This number represents 38% of the total species number of Serbia. The dominant family is Acrididae MacLeay, 1821 with 26 species, followed by Tettigoniidae with 18 species, Phaneropteridae with 15 species, Tetrigidae with 3 species, Gryllidae with 2 species, and Rhaphidophoridae with 1 species. The most common species were Poecilimon pseudornatus , Euthystira brachyptera , and Paracaloptenus caloptenoides . One species, Gryllotalpa sp. , is not listed, as it was reported as prey of Lanius collurio , but recently Iorgu et al. (2016) recorded 2 closely related species of this genus in Serbia; thus, without checking the male genitalia, it is impossible to determine it to a species level.

Habitat distribution for each species is presented in the list of species and follows Ingrisch and Köhler (1998) and Ingrisch and Pavićević (2012). The investigated area is full of different types of pastures and meadows, and so most species are regarded as pratinicole (67%). Graminicole species are in the second position with 22%; next are pratinicole to silvicole with 14% of the species, terricole with 13%, herbicole with 12%, terricole to graminicole