Brachytrupes megacephalus ( Lefebvre, 1827 )

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 8

Brachytrupes megacephalus ( Lefebvre, 1827)

Gryllus megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827: 99 .

Type locality: Sicily.

Distribution: South of the Mediterranean region, from Sicily in the North to Niger in the South ( Chopard 1943).

Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, Saharian Atlas, Northern Sahara, Central Sahara. Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, arid, saharian.

Records in Algeria: Mraier [33°57'N 5°55'E]; Bledet Ahmar [32°56'N 5°58'E]; Ngoussa [32°8'N 5°18'E]; Ouargla [31°57'N 5°18'E]; Temassin [34°40'N 3°15'E] ( Krauss 1902). Tabelbala [29°28'N 4°9'W] ( Chopard 1940). El Oued [33°31'N 6°47'E]; Djama [33°31'N 6°0'E]; Joanonville [Seybouse] near Bône [Annaba] [36°52'N 7°45'E] ( Chopard 1943). Touggourt [33°6'N 6°4'E] ( Belarbi 1979). Annaba coast [36°58'N 7°40'E] ( Doumandji and Doumandji-Mitiche 1994). Oubeira Lake [36°49'N 8°22'E] ( Zeghlache 1997). El-Oued [33°31'N 6°47'E] ( Lecheleh 1994).