Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 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 : 622

Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) *

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Gryllus patruelis Herrich-Schäffer, 1838: 157 .

Oedipoda (Acrotylus) patruelis – Fieber 1853: 126.

Oedipoda patruelis – Fieber 1854: 198.

Acrotylus patruelis – Walker 1871: 74. — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 215. — Chopard 1943: 303.

Acrotylus patruelis patruelis – Massa 2009: 83.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Unspecified, unknown repository.

TYPE LOCALITY. — S. Europe, W. Asia, Africa.

DISTRIBUTION. — North Africa, Southern Europe, Southern West Asia ( Chopard 1943); Egypt ( Haggag et al. 2008); Sub-Saharan Africa ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Widely distributed in Tunisia ( Bonnet & Finot 1885); Bou Hedma, Maknassy ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Algeria • 1 ♂; Skikda (ex. Philippeville); M. Le Boul; MNHN-EO-CAELIF468 .

Senegal • 1 ♀; Ferlo; VIII.1970; M. Lepage; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9108 .

Central African Republic • 1 ♂; Maboke; 22.XII.1967; P. Teocchi; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9109 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — No data.

HABITAT. — Acrotylus patruelis almost always coexists in the same habitat with Acrotylus longipes longipes and is also present in less dry places ( Chopard 1950).

Figures

FIG. 31. — Habitus of Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838): A, B, female from Fete Ole, Senegal, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Maboke, Central African Republic, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.