Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891)
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Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) |
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1. Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) View in CoL
Diagnosis: This species can easily be identified by its pronotum with medain carina elevated, crossed by posterior sulcus at posterior fourth; prosternal process with anterior margin truncated in the middle.
Habitats: A restricted species feeding on vegetable collected from one locality only.
Material examined: Sebha Region: Samnu , 3♂, 3♀, on vegetable, 10.vi.1990 .
Localities: Cyrenaica: Marmarica; Fezzan: Samnu.
Distribution: Algeria, Libya.
Remarks: Earlier recorded from Cyrenaica by Salfi (1925a) and Dirsh (1965) from Libya.
Dirsh, V. M. (1965) The African genera of Acridoidea. 579 pp. Cambridge.
Salfi, M. (1925 a) Contribuzioni alla conoscenza degli ortotteri libica. 2. Orthecaria e Saitatoria di Cirenaica. Bollettino della Societa Naturale Napoli, 36, 288 - 304.
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