Tettigonia viridissima ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 33-35

Tettigonia viridissima ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Gryllus (Tettigonia) viridissimus Linnaeus, 1758: 430 .

Type locality: Europe.

Distribution: Europe, from Switzerland to North Africa, and from the Iberian Peninsula to Western Asia ( Pinedo 1985).

Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux. Bioclimatic zones: Subhumid, semiarid.

Records in Algeria: Lalla Marghnia [34°50'N 1°43'W]; Oran [35°40'N 0°39'W] ( Finot 1896). Saïda [34°49'N 0°9'E] ( Krauss and Vosseler 1896). Tizi Ouzou [36°43'N 4°3'E] (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.)

Tellian High Saharian Northern Central

Gryllus campestris • - - Melanogryllus desertus • - - - - Gryllomorpha uclensis • - - - - continued next page

TABLE 2. Distribution of the 55 species/subspecies of Tettigoniidae listed in Algeria and of Lezina peyerimhoffi through the six biogeographic zones. Symbols as in table 1.

Tellian High Saharian Northern Central Shoreline Atlas Plateaux Atlas Sahara Sahara

Palearctic species

Conocephalus discolor - - - - Phaneroptera nana • - - - Tettigonia viridissima • - - - Mediterranean species

Amphiestris baetica • - - - Conocephalus conocephalus • - -

Cyrtaspis scutata • - - - - Decticus albifrons • - - Diogena fausta - - - - -

Ephippigerida nigromarginata - - - - Ephippigerida taeniata ?????? Platycleis affinis - - - Platycleis a. grisea • - - - Platycleis f. laticauda - - Platycleis intermedia - - Praephippigera pachygaster - - Rhacocleis neglecta - - - - Ruspolia nitidula • - - - - Tessellana tessellata • - - - Tylopsis lilifolia • - - - - North African species

Afrodrymadusa fallaciosa - - - - Ctenodecticus algericus • - - - - - Eugaster guyoni • - - Lezina peyerimhoffi - - - - -

Odontura algerica - -

Odontura borrei - - - - - Odontura maroccana - - - - - Pterolepis gessardi - - - Pycnogaster finoti • - - - - Rhacocleis maroccana • - - - - Rhacocleis maura • - - - - Steropleurus i. innocentii - - Steropleurus i. lobatus - - Steropleurus lucasi • - - - continued next page