Dociostaurus biskrensis Moussi & Petit, 2014

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 : 620

Dociostaurus biskrensis Moussi & Petit, 2014 **

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Dociostaurus biskrensis Moussi & Petit, 2014: 381 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂; holotype; Biskra; MNHN-EO-CAELIF995 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria ( Moussi et al. 2014).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, El Guetar ; 30.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4736 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4737 • 1♂; Gafsa, Amra ; 26.IV.2019; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7101 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7102 • 1♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7103 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7104 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7105 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7106 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7107 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7108 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7109 • 1♂; Gafsa, Douwara ; 27.IV.2019; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7055 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7056 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, El Guetar, Douwara.

HABITAT. — Grassland ( Moussi et al. 2014).

REMARKS. — This species has been identified by A Louveaux (pers. comm.) and by one of the present authors (A. M.). It is thus recorded here for the first time in Tunisia.

Figures

FIG. 23. — Habitus of Dociostaurus biskrensis Moussi & Petit, 2014: A, B, female from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.