Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus Johnsen, 1985

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 : 702-703

Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus Johnsen, 1985 *

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Sphingonotus radioserratus Johnsen, 1985: 149 .

Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus – Husemann et al. 2011: 55.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • ♂; holotype; Gafsa; MZLU .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco, Tunisia ( Husemann et al. 2011); Algeria ( Moussi et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa ( Johnsen 1985; Husemann et al. 2011).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco • 1 ♂; Errachidia; 20.V.2008; M. Husemann; NHMUK 013806118 • 1 ♀; same data; NHMUK 013806119 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — That species lives in open areas of oases and abandoned fields (M. Husemann, pers. comm. 2019).

REMARKS. — The last report of this species in Southern Tunisia dates from 1931 ( Johnsen 1985).

Figures

FIG. 50. — Habitus of Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus Johnsen, 1985: A, B, female from Dra Tafilalt, Morocco, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, Male from Dra Tafilalt, Morocco, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.