6. Acrididae 6.1 Podisma dechambrei Leproux, 1951 Ch: AWNA; ERL: LC; V; %C: 0.72; ER: 2420-2470 m; Ph: VIII P. dechambrei is an endemic species, ranging at high elevations from the southwestern Alps to the northern Apennines (Iorio et al. 2019). In the study area, the occurrence of this species (ssp. dechambrei) has been ascertained in a single locality (Le Conce, Pontechianale, 2420-2470 m; 05/08/2019; DG), where P. dechambrei proved to prefer alpine grassland habitats. According to the available data, the specimen observed at 2470 m represents an altitudinal record for this taxon in Italy.

Published as part of Giuliano, Davide, 2022, Orthopteran diversity and distribution in the Monviso Natural Park (Western Italian Alps) (Orthoptera), pp. 45-64 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/536, http://zenodo.org/record/8148149