Duroniella fracta (Krauss, 1890)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, Zootaxa 1946, pp. 1-41 : 31

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Duroniella fracta (Krauss, 1890)
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33. Duroniella fracta (Krauss, 1890)

Diagnosis: This species is very similar to D. lucasii but can be differentiated by its clear (light) apex of wing. Habitats: This species is very rare, only one specimen from one locality was collected. It seems to be feeding on grasses both wild and cultivated. Material examined: Al Shati Region: Qattah, 1♀, on wild grass, 5.xii.1994. Localities: Tripolitania: Tagiura, Tripoli; Fezzan: Qattah. Distribution: Egypt, Libya, S. W. Asia. Remarks: This species has been already recorded from Tripolitania by Werner (1908 a), Ghigi (1913) and I. Bolivar (1915).

Bolivar, I. (1915) Extension de la fauna paleartica en Marruecos. Trab Museo Ciencias Naturales Madrid (Series Zoologie), no. 10, 83 pp.

Ghigi, A. (1913) Materiali per lo studio della fauna libica. Memoirs of the Royal Accademia Bologna, (6) 10, 261 - 2, 273 - 4.

Werner, F. (1908) Zur kenntniss der Orthopteren-fauna von Tripolis und Barka, Nach der sammlung von Dr. Bruno Klaptocz im Jahre 1906. Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, 27, 83 - 143; 123, 363 - 404.