Sphodromerus decoloratus Finot, 1894

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 : 617

Sphodromerus decoloratus Finot, 1894 **

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Sphodromerus decoloratus Finot, 1894: xiii .

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Algeria • ♂, ♀; syntypes; Biskra; MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria ( Chopard 1943).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Algeria • 1♀; holotype; Biskra; W. Brunner MNHN-EO-CAELIF74 • 1 ♂; same data; M. Noualhier; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 75 .

Tunisia • 1 ♀; Gabes; MNHN-EO-CAELIF76 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF1904 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — Steppe environment ( Chopard 1938)

REMARKS. — The specimens deposited in the MNHN were identified by Marius Descamps in 1965, but this data was not published; Sphodromerus decoloratus is thus reported here for the first time from Southern Tunisia (Gabes province).

Figures

FIG. 10. — Habitus of Sphodromerus decoloratus Finot, 1894: A, B, female from Gabes, Tunisia,dorsal view (A), lateral view (B) (Photo © H. Tlili); C, D, male from Biskra, Algeria, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: S. Poulin.