Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 16-17

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758: 428

Type locality: Europe.

Distribution: Western Europe, from Great Britain and the South of Scandinavia up to the baltic coast, central Russia and western Siberia in the north, and from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic islands up to Kazakhstan in the south, including southern France, Italy, Ukraine and Russia. Presence in the Northwest of North Africa doubtful ( Gorochov and Llorente 2001). Species introduced in the USA ( Olmo-Vidal 2000). Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux, Saharian Atlas, Northern Sahara, Central Sahara.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, semiarid, arid, saharian.

Records in Algeria: Surroundings of Houbeira lake, near La Calle [El Kala] [36°53'N 8°26'E] ( Lucas 1849, as Gryllotalpa vulgaris Latreille, 1804 ). Nemours [35°6'N 1°51'W]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Finot 1896). Mraier [33°57'N 5°55'E]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Krauss 1902). El Khreider [34°9'N 0°4'E] ( Krauss and Vossler 1896, var. cophta Haan ). In Salah, Tidikelt [27°0'N 1°30'E]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Bolivar 1913). Aïn Sefra [32°45'N 0°35'W]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Werner, 1914, as G. v u l g a r i s). Béni Abbès [30°7'N 2°10'W] ( Chopard 1940). Hammam Bou Hadjar [35°22'N 0°58'W]; Bou Saada [35°12'N 4°10'E]; Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E]; Geryville [El-Bayadh] [33°40'N 1°4'E] ( Chopard 1943). Biskra ( Doumandji-Mitiche et al. 1999). Draa El-Mizan [36°32'N 3°50'E] ( Doumandji et al. 1992). Ouargla [31°57'N 5°18'E] ( Briki 1999). Médéa [36°16'N 2°45'E] ( Seghier 2002). Mellah Lake [36°54'N 8°12'E] ( Henda 1997). Boughzoul dam [35°41'N 2°50'E] ( Baziz 1991). Réghaia [36°44'N 3°20'E] ( Molinari 1989). Tonga Lake [36°51'N 8°29'E] ( Tellailia 1990). Oued Aissi [36°42'N 4°07'E] ( Boukhemza 2001).