Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855

Skejo, Josip, Rebrina, Fran, Szövényi, Gergely, Puskás, Gellért & Tvrtković, Nikola, 2018, The first annotated checklist of Croatian crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Caelifera), Zootaxa 4533 (1), pp. 1-95 : 37

77. Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855 = ljuskavi šturak grmušar ( Fig. 6B )

First faunistic record for Croatia: Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882

Also reported as: A. dalmatinus Saussure, 1877 ( Saussure 1877)

Distribution in Croatia: Recorded in the coastal area (including southern slopes of the Dinaric Alps) and on numerous Adriatic islands. Most likely common but overlooked.

Distribution in Europe: Southern part of the continent, from Southern France, northern Italy and Slovenia in the north, to Portugal and Mediterranean islands (Lampedusa, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus) in the south, and Southeastern Ukraine in the east ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

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FIGURE 6. Diversity of Croatian Ensifera—Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae, Mogoplistidae, Gryllidae, Rhaphidophoridae. A. Psorodonotus illyricus (Zavižan 30.VIII.2015. F. Rebrina), B. Arachnocephalus vestitus (Lokrum 29.VIII.2017. J. Skejo), C. Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Lokrum 29.VIII.2017. J. Skejo), D. Oecanthus pellucens (Đurđevački peski 19.VII.2014. F. Rebrina), and E. Troglophilus neglectus (Romualdova špilja / cave 19-20.V.2018. M. Malenica).