Helioscirtus gracilis Vosseler, 1902

Tlili, Haithem, Abdellaoui, Khemais, Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana C., Chouikha, Manel Ben, Moussi, Abdelhamid, Ammar, Mohamed & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2020, Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification, Zoosystema 42 (31), pp. 607-738 : 623

Helioscirtus gracilis Vosseler, 1902 *

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Helioscirtus gracilis Vosseler, 1902a: 368 . — Chopard 1943: 322.

Vosseleria gracilis – Uvarov 1923d: 30.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • ♀; holotype; Gafsa; SMNS.

DISTRIBUTION. — Tunisia ( Vosseler 1902a).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a); Nefzaoua ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Kebili, Nefzaoua ; IV.1884; E. Bonnet; MNHN-EO-CAELIF481 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — Unknown.

REMARKS. — This species has never been recorded since Vosseler (1902a); based on known localities to date, seems endemic to Tunisia.

Figures

FIG. 35. — Habitus of Helioscirtus gracilis Vosseler, 1902: Male from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 cm. Photo: S. Poulin.