Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902

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 : 624

Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902

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Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902a: 380 . — Chopard 1943: 324.

Sphingonotus acrotyloides Werner, 1908: 715 .

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Algeria • ♂; syntype; Bou Saada ; SMNS • ♀; syntype; Bou Saada; NHM .

DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria ( Moussi et al. 2018); Tunisia ( Moussi et al. 2018); Libya ( Massa 2009).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Sfax ( Vosseler 1902a); Maknassy ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♀; Gabes, Ghanouch ; 26.VII.2018; M. Ben Chouikha; coll. MBC • 1 ♀; Gabes, Mareth ; 3.X.2018; M. Ben Chouikha; coll. MBC • 1♀; Maknassy , VI.1927; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9114 .

Algeria • 1 ♀; Bou Saada, Oued El Maittar ; 17.X.1954; H. Maurel & R. P[asquier]; MNHN-EO-CAELIF493 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Douwara.

HABITAT. — This species lives in desertic steppe (H. Tlili, pers. obs.).

Figures

FIG. 38. — Habitus of Leptopternis maculata Vosseler,1902: A, B, female from Msila, Algeria,dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.