Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773

SAHNOUN, AOUAOUCHE MOHAMED, DOUMANDJI, SALAH EDDINE & DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS, LAURE, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432 (1), pp. 1-44 : 12

Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773

Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus De Geer, 1773: 521 .

Type locality: De Geer (1773) did not know the species origin, stated as Mali, Mourdiah in Eades and Otte (2009).

Distribution: Species largely distributed from Portugal to North Africa and central Asia, and in the Ethiopian, Madagascan and Indo-Malaysian regions ( Gorochov and Llorente 2001).

Geographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux, Northern Sahara, Central Sahara.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, semiarid, arid, saharian.

Records in Algeria: Algiers [36°45'N 3°3'E]; Philippeville [Skikda] [36°56'N 6°49'E]; Constantine [36°21'N 6°36'E]; Bône [Annaba] [36°54'N 7°46'E]; La Calle [El Kala] [36°53'N 8°26'E] [El Kala] [36°53'N 8°26'E] ( Lucas 1849, as Gryllus capensis ( Fabricius, 1775)) . Chabet el Ameur [36°38'N 3°41'E]; Lalla Marghnia [34°50'N 1°43'W]; Nemours [35°6'N 1°51'W]; Oran [35°40'N 0°39'W] ( Finot 1896). El Khreider [34°9'N 0°4'E]; Hammam bou Hadjar [35°22'N 0°58'W] ( Krauss and Vosseler 1896). Ouargla [31°57'N 5°18'E]; Ghardaia [32°28'N 3°40'E]; Oued Nsa [32°23'N 5°21'E] ( Krauss 1902). Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Finot 1902). El Kantara [36°13'N 5°42'E]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Bolivar 1913). Idelès [23°49'N 5°56'E]; Tamanrasset [22°46'N 5°31'E]; Tazerouk [23°27' N 6°13' E]; Imegha [ O. Imarera] [23°25' N 5°45' E]; surroundings of Sillet [22°39'N 4°34'E]; surroundings of Sounfate; south of In-Salah [27°11'N 2°28'E]; oued Aguidil ( Chopard 1929). Sidi Ferruch [Sidi Fredj] [36°46'N 2°51'E]; Sidi Bel Abbès [35°11'N 0°38'W]; Boghari [35°53'N 2°45'E]; Tarfaia [31°38'N 5°55'E]; Maison Carrée [El Harrach] [36°43'N 3°8'E]; Djama El Oued [33°31'N 6°47'E]; El Goléa ( Chopard 1943). Béchar [31°37'N 2°13'W] ( Doumandji-Mitiche et al. 1999). Rouiba [36°44'N 3°17'E] ( Zenati 2002). Mitidja [36°34'N 3°08'E] ( Hamadi 1998). Mouzaia mountain [36°27'N 2°41'E] ( Larid 1988). Beni-Tamou [36°22'N 2°49'E] ( Boukeroui 2006). Sidi Bel Abbès ( Bouanane 1993). Ouargla ( Briki 1999). Médéa [36°16'N 2°45'E] ( Seghier 2002). Boughzoul dam [35°41'N 2°50'E ( Baziz 1991). Tonga Lake [36°51'N 8°29'E] ( Tellailia 1990). Oued Aissi [36°42'N 4°07'E] ( Boukhemza 2001). Oubeira Lake [36°49'N 8°22'E] ( Zeghlache 1997). Bouzeguène [36°36'N 4°26'E] ( Brahmi 2001, 2005). Tafoughalt [36°37'N 3°52'E]; Akfadou forest [36°41'N 4°34'E]; Draa Ben Khedda [36°44'N 3°57'E]; Ait Toudert [36°32'N 4°14'E]; Tizi Ouzou [36°43'N 4°3'E]; Si Mustapha [36°43'N 3°36'E]; Rouiba [36°44'N 3°17'E]; (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.).