Acrida turrita ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 614-615

Acrida turrita ( Linnaeus, 1758)

( Fig. 3 )

Gryllus Acrida turritus Linnaeus, 1758: 427 .

Gryllus (Acrida) turritus – Linnaeus 1767: 692.

Gryllus turritus – Fabricius 1775: 279.

Acrida (Truxalis) turritus – Gamelin 1790: 2056.

Truxalis turritus – Rossi 1790: 263.

Tryxalis turrita – Charpentier 1841: 305. — Krauss 1877: 52.

Acrida turrita – Stål, 1873: 96. — Chopard 1943: 255. — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 288.

Tryxalis nasutus – Bonnet & Finot 1885: 211.

Tryxalis (Acrida) turrita – Saussure 1895: 93.

Truxalis nasuta – Finot 1895: 411.

Acrida turrita uvarovi Bolívar, 1936: 408 .

Acrida maroccana Dirsh, 1949b: 21 .

Acrida turrita tunetana Dirsh, 1949b: 25 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • unspecified; unknown repository.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widely distributed throughout West Africa ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006) and North Africa ( Chopard 1943). It is also found in Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea ( Massa et al. 2012), and on some Mediterranean islets ( Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Widespread throughout Tunisia from the north of the country to the oases of southern Tunisia ( Bonnet & Finot 1885; Finot 1895); Gabes ( Chopard 1943; Massa & Rizzo 1998); Meknassy ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali ; 31.III.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4654 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4655 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Souani Ali; Gafsa, oases.

HABITAT. — Humid places, grassland, oases and irrigated areas (H. Tlili, pers. obs).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (666 bp) and ND2 (443 bp) ( Table 4 ).

Figures

FIG. 3. — Habitus of Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758): A, B, female from Tozeur,Tunisia,dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Tozeur,Tunisia,dorsal view (C); D, lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.