Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, Zootaxa 1946, pp. 1-41 : 33

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5231607
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scientific name	Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)
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38. Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771)

Diagnosis: It can easily be distinguished from O. coerulescens because its wings are basally red.

Habitats: It is generally found in desert, semi-desert areas. It may also be found in dry places with sparse vegetation and may extend into cultivated ground.

Material examined: Al Shati Region: Brack , 1♂, 2♀, on alfalfa, 11.xii.1993 .

Localities: Cyrenaica: Appolonia, Barca , Bengasi, Dernah , Fueihat , Ghemines , Giuliana , Golfo di Bomba , Merg , Porto Bardia , T ecnis, T ocra, Tolmetta; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, Aziziyah, Gharian, Girza (Chersa), Jebel T'kut, Leptis Magna, Tripoli, U adi Gerfen; Fezzan: Brack .

Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, S. Europe, S.W. Asia.

Remarks: This species is ditributed all over Libya. Earlier recorded from Tripolitania by Werner (1908 b) and La Greca (1958) and from Cyreniaca by Giglio-Tos (1923), Uvarov (1923), Zanon (1924), Salfi (1925 b) and Capra (1929).