Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2007, Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zootaxa 1625, pp. 47-60 : 51-53

Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus, 1758)

(Fig. 3 A–D)

Gryllus Locusta elephas Linnaeus, 1758 , Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1: 431.

Gryllus numidicus Poiret, 1787 , Obs. Phys. Hist. Nat. (J. Phys.), 30: 242 (Saussure,1887: 87).

Pamphagus virens Thunberg, 1815 , Mem. Acad. Sci. Stetersb.5:262 (Stal, 1873: 25). Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Thunberg, 1815: Mem. Acad. Sci. St-petersb. 5: 262.

Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Dirsh, 1965, Afr. gen. Acrid., ALRC, 99.

This species was earlier recorded from Cyrenaica by Zanon (1924). It can easily be identified by its pronotum crest - shaped with high obtuse median carina only, without longitudinal furrow, lateral carinae absent ( Dirsh, 1965)

Material examined: Ghat Region: Ghat, 3Ψ, on vegetable, 16.v.95.

Localities: Cyrenaica: Bengasi, Koefia. Fezzan: Ghat.

Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Cape Verde.

FIGURE 2. A-H. Acinipe expansa (Brunner) . A. Female supra-anal plate and cerci; B. Female subgenital plate; C. Spermatheca; D. Ovipositor; E. Epiphallus; F. Aedeagus; G. Male supra-anal plate and cerci; H. Male subgenital plate.

FIGURE 3. A-D. Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus) . A. Female supra-anal plate and cerci; B. Female subgenital plate; C. Spermatheca; D. Ovipositor.