Schistocerca gregaria gregaria ( Forskål, 1775 ), gregaria (Forskal, 1775

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 : 617

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria ( Forskål, 1775)

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Gryllus gregarius Forskål, 1775: 81 .

Acridium peregrina Olivier, 1804: 388 .

Acridium (Schistocerca) peregrinum – Stål, 1873: 65.

Schistocerca peregrina – Brunner 1882: 215. — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 231 – Finot 1895: 538.

Schistocerca gregaria – Krauss 1907: 12. — Ammar et al. 2009: 147.

Schistocerca gregaria gregaria – Franekel 1929: 657.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Egypt • unspecified; type lost ( Cigliano et al. 2020); Cairo; unknown repository .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the Old World, and expands its range during periods of invasion ( Lecoq 2004).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur ( Bonnet & Finot 1885; Finot 1895); Tataouine, Douiret ( Ammar et al. 2009).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Degache ; 29.XI.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4663 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4664 • 1 ♂, 2♀; same data; INAT • 1 ♀; Gafsa, Sened ; 30.XI.2016; H. Tlili; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Sened; Tozeur, Degache; Kebili, Essagui.

HABITAT. — Deserts of North and West Africa ( Cisse et al. 2013).

Figures

FIG. 12. — Habitus of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål, 1775): 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.