Euryparyhes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2007, Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zootaxa 1625, pp. 47-60 : 54

Euryparyhes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852)

(Fig.4 A–D)

Acinipe quadridentatus Brisout, 1852 , Ann. Soc. ent. fro (2), 10: ixvii. Eurapius numida Saussure, 1887, Spicilegia entomol. genav., 78.

Euryparyphes qlladridentatus (Brisout, 1852) ; Kirby, 1910, Syn . cat. Orth. vol.3. Orth. Salt. Part II. Locustidae vel Acridiidae , 353.

Euryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852) ; Dirsh, 1965, Afr. gen. Acrid. ALRC, 96.

This species was earlier recorded from Tripolitania By Jannone (1938). The species can be identified by its pronotum tectiform, median carina elevated, wrinkled, with a thin longitudinal furrow, crossed by posterior sulcus at posterior third, lateral carinae well developed, obtuse.

Material examined: Sebha Region: Samnu, 3Ψ, on vegetable, 18.vi.90.

Localities: Cyrenaica; Tripolitania; Gas-Garabulli, Tripoli; Fezzan; Samnu.

Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya.

FIGURE 4. A-D. Euryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout) . A. Female supra-anal plate and cerci; B. Female subgenital plate; C. Spermatheca; D. Ovipositor.