Hilethera aeolopoides ( Uvarov, 1922 )

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 : 623-624

Hilethera aeolopoides ( Uvarov, 1922) **

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Lerina aeolopoides Uvarov, 1922: 359 .

Hilethera aeolopoides – Uvarov 1923c: 84.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Sultanate of Oman • ♂; holotype; Muscat; NHM .

DISTRIBUTION. — From Morocco and Sahel to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — No available data about this species in Tunisia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Oman • 1 ♂; holotype; Muscat, A.S.G. Jayakar; NHMUK 013806007 .

Tunisia • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Gafsa, Metkides ; 01.VI.2016; H. Tlili; INAT • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Amra ; 26.IV.2019; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4684 • 1 ♀; Gafsa, El Guetar ; 04.X.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4685 • 1♀; same data; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Metkides; Gafsa, El Guetar.

HABITAT. — This species lives in a sub-desert environment ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006).

Figures

FIG. 36. — Habitus of Hilethera aeolopoides (Uvarov, 1922): A, B, female from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.