Acrotylus insubricus insubricus ( Scopoli, 1786 )

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 : 622

Acrotylus insubricus insubricus ( Scopoli, 1786)

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Gryllus insubricus Scopoli, 1786: 64 .

Gryllus (Locusta) insubricus – Gamelin 1790: 2079.

Acrotylus insubricus – Walker 1871: 74. — Krauss 1892a: 148. — Finot 1895: 454. — Vosseler 1902b: 6. — Bolívar 1908:123. — Chopard 1943: 302. — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 285.

Acrotylus insubricus insubricus – Uvarov 1927: 206.

Oedipoda insubrica – Burmeister 1838: 641.

Acrotylus insubricus biskrensis Maran, 1958: 171 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Italy • unspecified; Northern Italy ( Insubria ); unknown repository.

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the Palearctic region from Central Europe southwards into Africa and eastwards into Asia ( Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Recorded from the center to the north of Tunisia ( Krauss 1892a; Finot 1895; Bolívar 1908; Chopard 1943; Massa & Rizzo 1998); Meknassi ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Amra ; 26.IV.2019; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4675 • 1 ♀; Kebili, Essagui ; 24.VII.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4676 • 1♀; same data; 24.V.2017; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7053 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7054 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same data; ISA-CM • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Douwara ; 27.IV.2019; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7045 • 1♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7046 • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7047 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7048 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7049 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7050 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7051 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7052 • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; Gafsa, Moulares ; 27.IV.2016; H. Tlili; INAT • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Gafsa, Sened ; 03.IV.2017; H. Tlili; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Species present in all surveyed stations, except in the desertic locality of Gouifla and the mountains.

HABITAT. — This species is abundant in different vegetation in different localities, except the desertic area and the mountains; it is abundant in agricultural fields (H. Tlili, pers. obs) and oases ( Chopard 1938).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (654 bp) ( Table 4 ).

Figures

FIG. 29.— Habitus of Acrotylus insubricus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786): A, B, female from Kebili, Tunisia, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Gafsa, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.