Heteracris annulosa annulosa Walker, 1870

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 : 619

Heteracris annulosa annulosa Walker, 1870

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Heteracris annulosa Walker, 1870a: 674 . — Grunshaw 1991: 22.

Pezotettix (Euprepocnemis) charpentieri Stål, 1873: 75 .

Euprepocnemis littoralis Bonnet & Finot, 1885: 232 .

Euprepocnemis annulosa – Kirby 1910: 560.

Thisoicetrus brevipes Bolívar, 1936: 416 .

Thisoicetrus annulosus annulosus – Uvarov 1939: 379. — Chopard 1943: 410.

Heteracris (Heteracris) annulosa – Massa & Fontana 1998: 78.

Heteracris annulosa annulosa – Buzzetti et al. 2014: 23.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — ♂; holotype; NHM.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed from North and Sub-Saharan Africa to Arabia ( Grunshaw 1991).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Djerba ( Massa 1994); Nefta ( Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali ; 31.III.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4667 • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7438 • 1 ♀; Gafsa, El Guetar ; 30.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4668 • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Douwara ; 20.VII.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7085 • 1♀; Gabes; 1898; M. Noualhier; MNHN-EO-CAELIF3756 • 1 ♀; Sfax; 1856; M. Ducouret; MNHN-EO-CAELIF3757 .

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

HABITAT. — This species occurs in grasslands and oases (H. Tlili, pers. obs).

Figures

FIG. 20. — Habitus of Heteracris annulosa Walker,1870: A, B, female from Gafsa, Tunisia,dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Tozeur, Tunisia, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.