First data on the Orthoptera diversity of Poštak Mountain and its surroundings (Croatia)

The insect fauna of the Dinarides is not widely studied. In 2013 and 2014, an orthopterological survey was conducted on the Poštak Mountain and its surroundings in the Lika region (Croatia), in order to sample the orthopteran communities of the prominent habitat types of the area. From 24 sampling sites, 80 Orthoptera species (44 Ensifera and 36 Caelifera) were collected, which amounts to almost half the known species in Croatia. One species, Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi, is recorded for the first time in the country.