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The first record of Rammeihippus dinaricus in Croatia was serendipitously collected by Fran Rebrina, when we took a part in the Biology students Association - BIUS Dinara 2012 Expedition. In the time, Fran and me have just finished first year of the faculty and Dinara Expedition was our first 'serious' fieldwork. In 2012 we have just founded the Section of Orthopterology, the first grasshoppers' research group in Croatia. Since then, we have discovered the species in three more mountaints of the Dinaric Alps and have updated its IUCN Red List status (https://www.iucnredlist.org/ja/species/16084399/74510426)

An interesting fact is that we published the wrong coordinates for the specimen, as we did not pay a lot of attention on the micro-locality where it was collected. In the beginning, we knew nothing on Gomphocerinae, the taxonomically most complicated Acrididae groups, especially in the Balkans. Next year (in 2013 and 2014) while visiting this and similar localities, Nikola Tvrković and me discovered many new populations and the population from which Fran collected the male.

Thanks to Stipe Renje, in the time member of the Biophoto Section, for help with photographing the specimen.

Published in Skejo, J. & Rebrina, F. (2013) Rammeihippus dinaricus (Götz, 1970) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) – a new genus and species for the orthopteran fauna of Croatia and the first record of the species since description. Natura Croatica, 22(1): 37-43. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259296383_Rammeihippus_dinaricus_Gotz_1970_Orthoptera_Acrididae_-_A_new_genus_and_species_for_the_orthopteran_Fauna_of_Croatia_and_the_first_record_of_the_species_since_description)