Oedaleus decorus decorus (Germar, 1825)

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 : 625

Oedaleus decorus decorus (Germar, 1825)

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Acrydium decorum Germar, 1826 : pl. 17.

Oedaleus nigrofasciatus (De Geer, 1773) – Vosseler 1902a: 359 (misidentification).

Oedaleus decorus – Uvarov 1923b: 69. — Chopard 1943: 295.

Oedaleus decorus decorus – Ritchie 1981: 124.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Russia • ♂; neotype ( Ritchie 1981); Southern Russia , Podolia; NHM .

DISTRIBUTION. — Species widespread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean basin ( Ritchie 1981); Southern Europe and further eastwards into Asia ( Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1♂; Gafsa, Douwara ; 20.VII.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4689 • 1 ♀; Tabarka ; 5.VII.1889; MNHN-EO-CAELIF2596 .

Algeria • 1 ♀; Oran, 5.VII.1979; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9115 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Douwara.

HABITAT. — Dry and open habitats ( Usmani 2008).

Figures

FIG. 41. — Habitus of Oedaleus decorus decorus (Germar, 1825): A, B, female from Tabarka, 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.