First records of Poecilimon affinis and Isophya modesta (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) from Vrancea Mountains, Eastern Carpathians.

By

Iorgu, Ionut Stefan
Oloeriu, Carmenica-Rahela
Popa, Laura Mariana
Moscaliuc, Liviu Aurel
Iorgu, Elena Iulia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-12-31

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

68

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

283--293

Subjects

Biogeography , bush-crickets , Distribution , Eastern Carpathians , Faunistics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e180721

 

Abstract

<br> We herein report the first record of two bush-cricket species,<br> Poecilimon affinis<br> and<br> Isophya modesta<br> , from Vrancea Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians, documented during our regular fieldwork conducted in the period 2013&amp;ndash;2014. For<br> P. affinis<br> , Vrancea Mountains represent the new easternmost location in its Carpathian distribution range, extending approximately 60 km northeast from the previously known eastern limit, in Ciuca&amp;#537; Mountains. The discovery of<br> I. modesta<br> in montane habitats near Soveja is particularly significant, as this area is geographically isolated from other known populations and may represent an important biogeographical link between the Transylvanian and the Wallachian and Dobrogean populations.<br>