Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus ( Saussure, 1885 )

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 : 702

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Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus ( Saussure, 1885)

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Helioscirtus finotianus Saussure, 1885: 28 . — Finot 1895: 440.

Sphingonotus finotianus – Vosseler 1902a: 370. — Chopard 1943: 310.

Pseudosphingonotus finotianus View in CoL – Descamps 1970: 31.

Neosphingonotus finotianus View in CoL – Benediktov 1998: 13.

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus – Benediktov 2009: 29.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂; holotype; Oran; MHNG .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco ( Defaut & François 2018); Algeria and Tunisia ( Moussi et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST- ERN TUNISIA. — Gabes, Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a); Bouhedma ( Hochkirch & Husemann 2008).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Degache ; 29.IV.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4699 • 2 ♀; same data; INAT .

Algeria • 1 ♂; Algiers, Hammam Melouane ; 5.X.1954; C. A, H. Maurel & R. P[asquier]; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9116 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9117 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Degache.

HABITAT. — Desert area ( Werner 1932).

REMARKS. — A few specimens were collected from one locality only.

References

BENEDIKTOV A. A. 1998. - On the taxonomy of the tribe Sphingonotini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Russian Entomological Journal 6 (1 - 2): 11 - 13.

BENEDIKTOV A. A. 2009. - To the taxonomy and bioacoustics of grasshoppers of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oedipodinae). Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae] 80 (1): 21 - 33.

CHOPARD L. 1943. - Faune de l'Empire francais: I OrthopteroIdes de l'Afrique du Nord. Librairie Larose, Paris, 450 p.

DEFAUT B. & FRANCOIS A. 2018. - Evaluation densitaires des Orthopteres en moyenne-Moulouya (Maroc oriental) (Ensifera, Caelifera, Mantodea). Materiaux Orthopteriques et entomocenotiques 23: 149 - 168.

DESCAMPS M. 1970. - Contribution a la faune du Maroc. 3. Acridoidea du Maroc saharien et Dericorythinae (Orth.). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 75: 24 - 36.

FINOT A. 1895. - Faune de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie. Insectes Orthopteres. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 64: 57 - 120, 401 - 552, 655 - 676.

HOCHKIRCH A. & HUSEMANN M. 2008. - A review of the Canarian Sphingonotini with description of a new species from Fuerteventura (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Zoological Studies 47 (4), 495 - 506.

MOUSSI A., DEY L. S., PETIT D., ABBA A., KLESSER R. & HUSEMANN M. 2018. - First genetic data for band-winged grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) of the Biskra region of Algeria with new records for the country. African zoology 53 (1): 31 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 15627020.2018.1463172

SAUSSURE H. DE 1885. - Diagnose d'un orthoptere nouveau. Le Naturaliste 7 (1): 28.

VOSSELER J. 1902 a. - Beitrage zur Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren Algeriens und Tunesiens. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie Und Biologie Der Tiere 16: 337 - 404.

WERNER F. 1932. - Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Marokko. Unternommen 1930 mit Unterstutzung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien von Franz Werner und Richard Ebner. IV. Orthoptera. Succeeded by: Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (1) 141: 111 - 174.

Figures

FIG. 47. — Habitus of Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus (Saussure, 1885): A, B, female from Algiers,Algeria, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Algiers, Algeria, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.

Abbreviations

MHNG	Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
MHNG	Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Orthoptera
SubOrder	Caelifera
Family	Baissogryllidae
SubFamily	Oedipodinae
Genus	Sphingonotus
SubGenus	Neosphingonotus

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus ( Saussure, 1885 )

Tlili, Haithem, Abdellaoui, Khemais, Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana C., Chouikha, Manel Ben, Moussi, Abdelhamid, Ammar, Mohamed & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure 2020

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