Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838

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 : 705

Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838

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Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838: 639 . — Tlili et al. 2019a: 387 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Egypt • ♀; lectotype ( Tlili et al. 2019a); Desert of the Sinaï ; MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is well-known from Central Asia to North Africa ( Tlili et al. 2019a).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Gouifla, Degache ( Tlili et al. 2019a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Egypt • 1 ♀; lectotype; Sinaï, 1833, D. Bové; MNHN-EO-CAELIF163 .

Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Gouifla ; 02.VI.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 4715 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4716 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7068 • 1 ♂; same data; INAT • 1 ♂; same data; 23.V.2017; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7067 • immature; same data; 28.IV.2016; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7069 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7070 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7071 • 3♂, 4, ♀; Tozeur, Degache ; 26.VI.2017; H. Tlili; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Gouifla, Degache.

HABITAT. — This species has a preference for sandy areas where Anabasis articulata grows, as well as open clay depressions and compacted soils along sheep trails ( Tlili et al. 2019a).

REMARKS. — D. albidula has been recently reported in Tunisia and Libya ( Tlili et al. 2019a).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for the mitochondrial marker COI (667 bp) and the nuclear marker H3 (323 bp) ( Table 4 ).

Figures

FIG. 59. — Habitus of Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838: A, B, female from Tozeur, Tunisia, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Tozeur, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.