Psorodonotus macedonicus Ramme, 1931


Psorodonotus macedonicus: Male (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Male (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Male (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Male (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Female (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Female (Northern Greece, Mt. Voras, 2300m above sea level, late July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Habitat on Mt. Voras (Northern Greece, July 2010) [N] Psorodonotus macedonicus: Habitat on Mt. Voras (Northern Greece, July 2010) [N]

Habitat:
Psorodonotus macedonicus lives in mountain meadows in altitudes of about 1000 to 2400m above sea level, especially in places with partially slightly higher vegetation. In Northern Greece I found adults together with Polysarcus denticauda between 1800 and 2200m above sea level (Mt Voras) on dry and wet, grazed meadows.

Life cycle:
The adults appear from June to September. They live on the ground and often hide in clumps of grass, etc. It is often only by the loud singing of the males (short, high-pitched tones) that calls attention to the locally often surprisingly common species.

Remarks:
The genus occurs in several taxa (illyricus, fieberi, macedonicus) in the Balkan Peninsula from Istria in the North to the South as far as Greece. Psorodonotus macedonicus is found in the southwestern part of the Balkans from Montenegro, Kosovo, FYROM, Albania to NW- and Central Greece (Pindos).



Psorodonotus fieberi