Assemblages of Orthoptera and Mantodea in isolated salt marshes and non-sandy habitats in an agricultural landscape (Danube lowland, south Slovakia)

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by  A. Kristin

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xerothermophilen Aden wurden z.B. Platycleis vittata, Melanogryllus deserlus,
Pezotettix giornae, Dociostaurus brevicollis, Euchorthippus declivus, Omocestus
petraeus, Stenobothrus nigromaculatus, Stenobothrus crassipes gefunden; Salz-
boden bevorzugle Aiolopus thalassinus. Diese Arten (mit der Ausnahme von Pe-
zotettix giornae) wurden in den letzten 50 Jahren regelmABig mit geringer Hdu-
figkeit in entsprechenden Biotopen der Slowakei angetroffen und gelten bis heute
als Indikatoren von xerothermen Habitaten und Salzboden in der Donau-
niederung, Zu den seltenen hygrophilen Arten zAhlen z.B. Ruspolia nitidula und
Mecostethus parapleurus. Zu den hiiufigsten Ofthopterenarten geh6rten die xe-
rothermophile Leptophyes albovittata, Metrioptera roeselii, Tettigonia viridissima,
Gryllus campestris, Oecanthus pellucens, Euchorthippus pulvinatus, Chorthipus
apricailus, Ch. biguttulus und Ch. brunneus (100% Stetigkeit wie auch die Got-
tesanbeterin Mantis religiosa). Die Ergebnisse Uber die Verbreitung, Abundanz
und Biologie von sechs seltenen Arten werden diskutiert.
Abstract
Altogether 44 Orthoptera species (36,4o/. of the species recorded in Slovakia)
and one species of Mantodea were lound in 11 studied, mostly saline, localities
in the Danube lowland (South Slovakia) in 2002-2003. From the xerothermo-
philous species were found i.e. Ptatycleis vittata, Melanogrylus desertus, Pezo-
tettix giornae, Dociostaurus brevicollis, Euchorthippus declivus, Omocestus pet-
raeus, Stenobothrus nigromaculatus, Stenobothrus crassipes, from the species
preferring salt marshes-Aiotopus thalassinus was found. These rare species were
tound in these habitats in Slovakia already 50 years ago (except Pezotettix gior-
nae), and they can be considered to be indicators of preserved salt marshes and
xerothermic habitats in the Danube lowland. More rare were the hygrophilous
species Ruspotia nitidula and Mecostethus parapleurus. The most frequently en-
countered Orthoptera species were the xerothermophilous Lepfophyes albovit-
Iata, Metrioptera roeselii, Tettigonia viridissima, Grytlus campestris, Oecanthus
petlucens.
Euchorlhippus pulvinatus, Chorthippus apricarius, Ch. biguttulus and
wn
brunneus (100% of the localities, alwavs simultaneouslv with the mantid
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Mantis religiosa). comments on the distribution, abundance and biology of six Material and methods
rare species are also given.
This study covers 11 localities in the Danube lowland, South Slovakia (47"46' -
Introduction 4g"07'N, 18'03'- 1844'E, Fig. 1). These localities represent the most characte-
ristic and most preserved salt marshes in the Danube lowland and selected xero-
salt marshes and xerothermic steppes of the Danube lowland belonged and be- thermic and waterlogged meadows on non-sandy substrates. A survey of both
tloenrga, stopgeectiheesr owfi thfo srmanedry Chzaebcithaotss,l otvoa tkhiae m(MosntR vnaulu a.|b9l5e 2l,o c1a9li5ti4es, Gfour LttheeK Aor t1h9o9D2-, tohnec eq uina lait ym aonndth q furoamnt itMy aoyf ttoh eO csttoubdeierd 2 0a0s2se-2m0b0l3a gaensd w sausp ppleemrfoernmteedd wreitghu ilrarerlgyu --
srRruovA & VRucHovre 2002). Many of these localities have been lost because larly collected ecological and phenological data beginning in 1991 (1994, 1996,
of intensive agriculture; on the other hand, many of them are at an advanced 1999,2000,2001). The material was primarily collected using the method ol
succession stage thanks to the extreme opposite - they have been abandoned - sweeping of herbal and partially also shrub vegetation (min. 1000 sweeps per
excluded from both use and protective management. similar was the destiny of a check). This method was completed with acoustical identification, beating from
major part of such habitats in eastern Slovakia. Their territory under the Vihorlat trees and shrubs and manual individual collection. The time used for the active
Mts. has been lost beyond recall - inundated with the Zemplinska Sirava water collection was at least 2 hours per plot and control. In total, 19.000 Orthoptera
dam. Before the inundation, in 1961-1 962 the orthoptera fauna of this territory individuals were identified.
wtriaess , stuhbej eimctpeodr ttaon cae d oeft axielerodt hseturmdyic bayn Gd usLarleinKeA lo(1c9al6it7ie)s. Ifno rt hoeth souprtreoruan dwinags hcioguhnly- The relative abundance of the individual species on the studied plots was ex-
acknowledged in Hungary in the National Park Hortobdgy and NR Bdtorliget pressed using the following classification scale: I - very rare (less than 3 adults),
2(N0A0G1,Y B 1r9n8c3 &, 'Z19u9ru1n),- Kannndr xivn 1th99e7 )P.annonian part of Austria (BrrnrrucER & BERG 2m-orraer ead (u3lt-s1,0 T aadbulelt s1),) .3 R -e alabtiuvned asenmt (i.-,q|1u-a1n0t0it aatdivue ltvsa)l,u4e-sv eorfy a abbuunnddaanncet (1li0s1te da nidn
the results represent the highest recorded values of the adults corresponding to
The aim of this paper is to recognize the structure of orthoptera and Mantodea one locality and one control event (Table 1).
assemblages in the most preserved saline localities, several selected xerother-
The material was identified directly in the field; controversial individuals were fi-
mic localities and wet meadows in the Danube lowland; and thus to contribute to
the knowledge on the distribution and biology of several rare species having their xed using T5"hbenzinealcohol and identified in the laboratory, using identification
keys (Hnnz 1969, 1975). The system and the nomenclature follow the work by
tnhoer tohecrcnu rdreisntcrieb ubteiognin lnimingit inw iSthl otvhaek i1a9 5a0nsd. to perform an analysis of the changes in KoCAREK et al. (1999), the geographical data about the origin and distribution
lNGRrscH & KoHLER (1998) and HARZ(1969, 1975).
Short description of the study plots
1:
Fig. Location of the 1 1 study sites in the Danube lowland with localisation within This study covers 1.'| relatively preserved plots (partially in protected areas) situ-
Slovakia (Localities No. 1-1 1). ated at altitudes between 107 and 220 m a.s.l.:
1) Kameninske slanisko salt marsh (KS - in the table), - National Nature Re-
serve - wet and periodically waterlogged, parlly xerothermic saline meadow
communities (e.g. Limonium gmelini, Artemisia santonicum, Bolboschoenus
maritimus, Camphorosma annua, Galateila punctata, Plantago maritima),
surrounded with an enclave consisting of a willow-poplar stand and a black
locust stand adjacent to maize fields, cadastral territory (c.t.) Kamenfn, (stu-
died plot area 2ha, 113m a.s.l), No. of the Slovakian Fauna Databank
square (DFS) 8177.
1) eistiny near Kameninske slanisko (Ke) - Nature Reserve - waterlogged
saline meadow communiti es (Artemisia santonicum, Camphorosma annua,
Festuca pseudovina, F. rupicola, Limonium gmelinil bordered with an en-
clave of a willow-poplar floodplain stand, c.t. Kamennf Most, (1 ha, 113 m
a.s.t.), DFS 8177.
3) Brldske slanisko 1eUC1 trtature Reserve, - territory of the reserve, wet
meadows on saline soils and a pasture (Atriplex littoralis, Carex praecox,
Elytrigia repens, Festuca pseudovina, F. rupicola, Potentilla ansenna), sed-
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ge stands along the water channel c.t. Btic, (2ha, 110-112 m a.s.l.), DFS Results and discussion
8276.
4) wpostefsli atmeShnuu iidsarsaoi aknvvo yaian, l uaneca,t.i otbrC.yn leSai c,rus euroIxaomu ncm,tay t,lrTel y(lra(3 iPphn hooeigals)ih,u t a-l1myc 2 h sp1pyar emaalts,n emanCr.oavsane.rrls.eidc)hx,,u DhmnvioFug,ml ahpp7liiynnlga aa7dn)te4i tv4ad.e gkrfsomoif ri me SadWa prv irfetorigmoteemacta ,tte thiFdoe en as rotr(ueAwcarna,- S6|ii,unhtttrrCfiiuc1nhc ogrt pau rtetrr*neetaui cs owh sfs e pttarhueesdces iyierpe srmwn imooebrca ltachirdugeielryerrnn isnt sigfdoie imsidntr eiSibn luxo ettviooraotnka-i tla hli)4me 4raim tn Oidonr pt ohShnoilleopo vtumeasrka aina at snid(pMd e( ncThniaeynbsgr. ur o( 131p)69.h ,5Ci4lo4h%u)a. s roaF cfrs otpeamerllic s ttithehicese
species we mention here Platycleis vittata, Melanogrylus de-
xerothermophilous
5) Tvrdo5ovce - playground (Tl) (near the railway-station) - salt marsh rem- -sOenrolucse,s Ptuesz otettix giornae, Dociostaurus brevicollis, Euchorthippus declivus,
nant (Potentilla anserina, Lotus tenuis, Carex praecox, Melilotus sp.) and petraeus, Stenobothrus nigromaculatus, Stenobothrus crassipes,
saline lake remnant (Bidens triparrita, Heleochloa schoenoides, Juncus fiom the species preferring salt marshes Aiolopus thalassinus. These species
compresus), used parlially as a football playground, partially as a garoage (excepi for one population oI Pezotettix giornae, which is remarkable from a zoo-
dump for the village c.t. Tvrdo5ovce, (0.5 ha, 120 m a.s.l.) DFS 7974. oeoqraphical point of view) were already known in these habitats in Slovakia 50
6) Tvrdo5ovce - Pansk6 luky (TpL) - salt marsh with preserved halophyte J"uis aqo (MARAN 1954). These species can be considered indicators of preser-
pverageectaotxio, nF emsitnu.c a3 phsae u(Adrolveimnais, iaP soatenntotinllaic uamns, ecrainmap, hTorirpooslimuma apnannnuoan, iccuamre),x uweeOre s tahlei mhyagrsrohpehsi loaunsd sxpeeroctiheesr mRuics phoalibai tantisti diunl at h(ein Dthaen uNbaet iolonwall aRnde.d MLiosrte E rNar e-
proposed for a protected area, adjacent to orchards and an enclave consist- endangered, KntSriru 2001) and Mecostethus parapleurus (DD - data deficient).
7) iKnag mofe an ipcoap nlaar dfo Hrersotn, oc.mt. T(KvrAd)o 5-o vac dei,k (e3 nheaa, r1 tjh2e-1 H1r5o nm Rai.vse.lr.,) ,w DitFhS x e7r8o7t4h.er- ApDrneeocfetthircreiunrs gi n vmteeorrreuusncttiiavnoignr udmsis ec(aKodvaoemwryes nawfnnasdsk petha sasttlua ronefis sa ku opp o stpoau l1tla 6mt0io0an rsm oh f,a 'tsTh.1ae.b. plere 1d)a,t oinry Sslpoevacikeias
dmisicp evresgeedt astoiolinta, riyn tweril-leomwsb,a n5k0m0 emn ts aEr efaro mof tthhee vriivllearg ea n(d A wrrehet nmaethaedrouwms weliitah- The mosi frequent Orthoptera species in the studied localities were the xero-
tus, Festuca rupicola, Gypsophila muralis, pastinaca sativa, picris hiera- thermophilous Leptophyes albovittata, Metrioptera roeselii, Tettigonia viridissima,
cioides), c.t. Kamenica nad Hronom, (1 ha, 110-112 m a.s.l.) DFS 817g. Grylius campestris, oecanthus pellucens, Euchorthippus pulvinatus, chorthippus
8) Vf5ok - Hegyfiirok (HF) - Nature Reserve, south oriented xero{hermo- taapnreicoaursiulys , wCithh. tbhigeu mttualunsti da nMda Cnthis. brreulingnioesuas). (1T0h0e% m oofs tth fere lqouceanlitti essp, eaclwieasy sw isthim tuhle-
philous forest-steppes and meadows with preserved herbal vegetation abundance fluctuating in dependence on year, season and locality were on the
(Botriochloa ischaeum, Festuca rupicola, F. valesiaca, peucedanum cer- salt marshes: Metrioptera roeselii, Aiolopus thalassinus, Chorthippus albomargL
varia, seseli sp., stpa sp.) and edges of old orchards and vineyards, c.t. nafus, and on the xerothermic habitats Calliptamus italicus and Euchorlhippus
Nana, (2 ha,140-220 m a.s.t.), DFS 8177. pulvinatus.
o\ Malei nad Hronom (MH) - embankment near the Hron River, covered with We identified 14 to 29 Orthoptera species per locality (the mean of 21'5 spe-
xerothermic vegeiation, wet meadows with dispersed solitary willow trees, cies/locality), which was in average by 3,5 less compared to the preserved sand
inter, embankment area of the river near the village, c.t. Mala nad Hronom, localities in the Danube lowland (25 species, KnlSrfN et al. 2004b). The abun-
(1 ha, 110-112 m a.s.l.), DFS 8178. dance of the individual species per locality depended on the vegetation type and
10) Nimr6d (NfM) - wet meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Arrhenatherum elia- species richness and on the degree of conservation and isolation. The richest in
tus, cardamine pratensis, carex riparia, potentilta reptans) with dispersed species were the xerothermic forest-steppes in the preserved locality ViSok -
tree groups, bordered with the railway Stfrovo - chl'aba 1.5 km souih from Hegyfarok (29 species). We found syntopic occurrence of several xerophilous
the Kamenica village, c.t. St[rovo, (2 ha, 109 m a.s.l.), DFS 9178. species, llke Ephippiger ephippiger, Melanogryllus desertus, Calliptamus italicus,
Euchorthippus pulvinatus, Gomphocerippus rufus, Stenobothrus crasspes, and
11) Alfuvium of the Nitra River (ALNR) - preserved wet meadows (Atopecu- more hygrophilous species Conocephalus fuscus, Aiolopus thalassinus, Chotl'
rus pratensis, carex melanostachya, c. riparia, Gratiota officinalis, potentilla hippus albomarginatus, migrating from wetter meadows situated on the foothill of
reptans, Ranunculus acris, Trifolium pratensis), adjacent to the embankmenr the xerothermic slopes. In 1952 Acrida ungarica (MnRnru 1954) was found in this
of the Nitra River, a territory ol coracias garrulus, 1 km south from the Mar- rocky forest-steppe; but today this species is typical in the Danube lowland only
tovce village, c.t. Martovce, Hurbanovo (2 ha, 102-110 m a.s.l.), DFS 9174. of the sand dune habitat (KnrSrir.r et al. 2004b).
The preserved salt marshes were of poorer species number (19-26 species, Ta-
ble 1) than the discussed xerothermic habitats. Today, these localities are en-
dangered, situated isolated in intensively managed agricultural fields. For the Or-
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thoptera assemblages, the most stable and most valuable seems to be the salt -ocality KS KE BUE PE TI TPL MH KA HF NIM ALN F%
marsh TvrdoSovce - Panskd l0ky, with dominant Aiolopus thalassinus, Euchotl- labitat Sm sm Sm Sm Sm sm x X x h
h
hipus pulvinatus, Chorihippus albomarginatus, and lypical Omocestus petraeus, ipecies/No.Oflocality 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I 10 11
Stenobothrus crassipes and Platycleis vittata. Poorcr in species (14) was the de-
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grading saline locality Tvrdo5ovce in the village, severely devastated and serving :- u t h i st i r a b r ach Y Pt e ra 1
as a garbage dump. VomphoceriPPus rufus J 9.1
)ho rth i PPus albom arg i n atu s 44 J24J4J33 J3J1 33 31 90.9
Table 1: Grasshoppers, crickets (Orthoptera) and mantids (Mantodea) of salt marshes )horthiPPus aPricarius J2Z1 2222 1 12 22100100
aLoncda slietielesc:t esde en ochna-spatenrd yM leotchaolditise sa nind tFhieg .D 1a;n aubbuen dloawnlcaen:d 1 ( Sveoruyth r aSrleo v-a kleias)s. ))hhoorrtthhiiPPPPuuss bbirguuntntueluuss ztzz 22 ZJ 22100
than 3 individuals, 2 rare - 3-10 ind., 3 abundant - 11-100 ind., 4 very abun- )horthiPPus dorsatus zzzz 2 z tz.I
1111 22 1
dant - more than 100 ind., F% - frequency, sm - salt marshes, x - xerother- )horthiPPus mollis JI 90.9
mic habitats, h - hygrophytic vegetation, bold - rare or interesting species. )hotlhipPus Parallelus Q1 2 c1 2 2 63.6
KS KE BUE PE TI TPL MH KA HF NIM ALN F% ))hmroyscoecshtursa ohna edmisqoarrrhoidalis 1 212 1 z 2 J5o4-.45
smsmsmsmsmsmxxxnn
Oflocality 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I I 10 )mocestus rufiPes 11 1 18.2
11 )mocestus Petraeus 1 ZT.J
gten oboth ru s n i g rom acu latu s 1 9.1
THOPTERA Ste n ob ot h r u s crassipes 1 '1 I oJ.c
a gtenobothrus lineatus I 1 45.5
ntotalspecies44 26 19 21 19 14 21 19 23 29 23
22
Le pto p h y e s al b ov itt at a ?22?1223 322 100
falcata 3122223 322 90.s MANTODEA
thalassinum z 9.1 Mantisreligiosa 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 100
fuscus JZ JC 333 72.t
dorsalis 1 9.1
nitidula 23 27.i Comments on the occurrence and biology of some rare species
verrucivorus J 9.1 Comparing the structure of the Orthoptera assemblages in the salt marshes and
a broiceosleolii J4I33 I 21 zztzz zz 100 iang on o(Mn-nsnannrud y1 l9o5c4a)l,i tiwese cino uthlde nDoatfninudb ei nl oownlea nsdin gtoled aloy cwailtithy tthhee sspiteucaiteiosn E 5p0a cyroemaris-
gilseoapteru 1111 JO.4 us coerulipes, Myrmeleotettix maculatus, Stethophyma grossum and Steno-
albopunctata grisea 'I 221 JO.C bothrus stigmaticus, identified in 1952-1953 by MnReru (1954) in the Kameninske
vittata a 32 27 slanisko salt marsh. The last three species are still common today and we sup-
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Tetti gon i a vi ri d is si m a atczz 100 pose that in a more detailed research they can be found in favourable localities.
ephippiger vitium 18 Epacromius coerulipes was found in Slovakia only once - in the Kameninske
loidea
slanisko salt marsh (Mnnnru 1954).
gryllotalpa 9.1
campestrB JZJJ 312 100 We have found only one southern Ponto-Mediterranean species: Pezotettix gior-
s deserfus '1 18 nae. However, we suppose that this species could have escaped from attention
pellucens JZtZ JJI 100 ln the past. Pezotettix giornae was found for the first time in Slovakia in 1998
(two females, 14.08.98) by KoCAnex (1998) in the locality Kov6cov, on the foot-
Tetrix subulata 1B hill of the Kov6dovsk6 kopce hills. We have found another locality at 3,5 km
Tetrix bolivari 18 westward from the first one. On the xerothermic southern exposed and mown
italicus JO 9rassy embankments of the Hron River near the Kamenica nad Hronom village,
giornae 9.1 we found this species by sweeping, together wilh Calliptamus italicus, Euchort-
thalassinus 1 ntppus pulvinatus and seven species of the genus Chorfhppus (Table 1). In total
parapleurus 9.1 we found 12 adult females and 11 males of P. giornae along a 100m long and
caerupbluerdlesvecvinceiaclnivtosuulsliss 2131331224 Ioz J119O80.1.q0 c5knn meosw wniti sdf reno omgrtrh aBesrusnd sadtpiasentsrditb ucinotio vHenur ilnnimggia t trhiyne (S NeloAmvGbavka ina1k 9ma9ne7dn) .tf ,rT oohmne t2hs1ep . e0ac7di.je-aOscg ei.sn Pt a.t lesgroiroi trkonnraioeews nriet aiins-
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Romania, south Europe, and in the east from the Caucasus and Turkey, in the
Acknowledgements
south from northern Africa (Hnnz 1975). lt probably ascends to the highest altitu-
des in Europe in the southern parts ol Switzerland (1 110m a.s.l., THoBENS & We would like to appreciate the help with the fieldwork provided by Mgr. J. Len-
NADrc 1997). ovel, Mgr. P. Kafruch, Dipl Ing. M. Sdrossy and Doc. Dr. J. Patoeka. We are also
The Paleotropic species Aiolopus thalassinus belongs in Slovakia to the typical inankfut to Marek S6dovsk17 for the botanic description of the localities. The as-
representatives of the Panonian group - being mainly found in southern parts of sistance in preparing the English text by Dr. D. Ktldelovd is also acknowledged.
western, central and also eastern Slovakia. Exceptionally it was also found in This study was supported by the grant VEGA No. 2/3006/23.
other localities in central Slovakia where it reached up to altitudes of 800-1 948 m
a.s.l. (Kratova hol'a), thanks to its extraordinary vagility (KRrSriN et al. 2002). We
Author's address:
found this species in almost half of the studied sites (45,5%); the highest abun- Dr. Anton Kri5tin
dance was reached in the saline localities Tvrdo5ovce - Pansk6 hiky (more than Institute of Forest Ecology SAS
100 ind./ha)anO eiry (50-80 ind./ha). In these localities we found the brown form Sturova 2
only, in the remaining three the green form was also found and the same was the SK - 96053, Zvolen
case in localities in eastern Slovakia (KntSriru et al. 2004a), resp. Gulicka near
Slovakia
JursklT Srlr lcur-rexn 1954). MARAN (1954) also recorded a massive occurrence kristin @ sav.savzv.sk
of this species in the locality Kameninske slanisko. However, in the present study
we did not find a single specimen there.
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