Paratettix meridionalis ( Rambur, 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 : 710

Paratettix meridionalis ( Rambur, 1838)

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Tetrix meridionalis Rambur, 1838: 65 .

Tetrix brachyptera Lucas & Brisout de Barneville, 1849: 65 .

Paratettix meridionalis – Montrouzier 1855: 111.

Tettix meridionalis – Bolívar 1876: 369. — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 342.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Spain • ♀; lectotype ( Uvarov 1948); Malaga ; NHM .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed throughout southern Europe and North Africa eastwards, reaching Iran and the Caucasus ( Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur ( Bonnet & Finot 1885).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali ; 31.III.2016; K. Abdellaoui; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4732 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4733 • 1 ♀; same data; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Souani Ali.

HABITAT. — Humid places, gardens, oases, and irrigated areas ( Chopard 1943).

Figures

FIG. 77. — Habitus of Paratettix meridionalis (Rambur, 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.