Euryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, Zootaxa 1946, pp. 1-41 : 12-13

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5231494

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scientific name

Euryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852)
status

 

4. Euryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout, 1852) View in CoL

Diagnosis: 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.

Habitats: This species is fairly well distributed all over Libya but collected from one locality in Fezzan on vegetable in small number.

Material examined: Sebha Region: Samnu , 2♀, on vegetable, 18.vi.1990 .

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

Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya.

Remarks: This species was earlier recorded from Tripolitania by Jannone (1938).

Jannone, G. (1938) Primo Contributo alla conoscenza deli Ortotterofauna della Libia. Bolletino Laboratorie Z oologia Portici, 30 ,87 - 120.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Pamphagidae

Genus

Euryparyphes