Tmethis pulchripennis (Serville, 1838)
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Tmethis pulchripennis (Serville, 1838) |
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7. Tmethis pulchripennis (Serville, 1838) View in CoL
Diagnosis: This can be distinguished from other species by its median carina of pronotum in prozona, when viewed in profile, strongly raised and deeply incised at posterior typical sulcus; spurs of hind tibia relatively shorter and stouter; first tarsal joint short, its second pulvillus not longer than the first or the third ( Uvarov, 1943: Fig. 73).
Habitats: A few specimens were collected from sandy localities surrounded by grass and vegetables.
Material examined: Sebha Region: Sebha, 3♂, on grass and vegetable 10.v.1996 .
Localities: Tripolitania: Mizda, Uadi, Caam; Fezzan: Sebha.
Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, S.W. Asia.
Remarks: This species was earlier recorded from Tripolitania and other parts of Libya by Chopard (1943) and La Greca (1958) respectively.
Chopard, L. (1943) Orthopteroides de lAfrique du Nord. Faune Emp. France, 1, 450 pp.
La Greca, M. (1958) Risultati delle missioni entomologische dell'Istituto Entomologia dell'Universita di Bologna nel Nord-Africa compiute dai Dotton G. Fiori ed E. Mellini. Xiii. Blattoidea, Mantoidea. Orthoptera. Bollettino dell Istituto di Entomologia della Universita studidi Bologna, 22 (1957), 5 1 - 62.
Uvarov, B. P. (1943) The tribe Thrinchini of the subfamily Pamphaginae, and the interrelation of the Acridid subfamilies (Orthoptera). Transanction of Royal Entomological Society, London, 93, 1 - 72.
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