Calliptamus deserticola ( 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 : 616

Calliptamus deserticola ( Vosseler, 1902) *

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Caloptenus italicus var. deserticola Vosseler, 1902a: 395 .

Caloptenus deserticola – Kheil 1915: 89.

Calliptamus deserticola – Capra 1929: 151.

Calliptamus siculis deserticola – Werner 1932: 173.

Calliptamus barbarus deserticola – Jannone 1938: 116. — Chopard 1943: 404.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • unspecified; syntype; Laghout ; SMNS.

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco ( Defaut & François 2018); Algeria and Tunisia ( Vosseler 1902a); Turkey ( Uvarov 1934); Iran ( Uvarov 1938).

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

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Algeria • 1♂; Biskra; VI.1886; E. Lemoro; MNHN-EO-CAELIF94 • 1♂; Algeria; 1898; J. Kunckel; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 1902 .

Georgia • 1 ♀; Tbilisi; 1896; M. Thierrot; MNHN-EO-CAELIF1903 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — Calliptamus deserticola is found near Quercus coccifera L. 1753 ( Defaut 2017).

Figures

FIG. 8. — Habitus of Calliptamus deserticola Vosseler, 1902: A, B, female from Tbilisi, Georgia, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Algeria (abdomen lost), dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.