Euryparyphes sitifensis ( Brisout, 1854 )

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 : 706

Euryparyphes sitifensis ( Brisout, 1854) *

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Acridium sitifense Brisout, 1854 : LXXI.

Porthetis sitifensis – Walker 1871: 56.

Pamphagus brunneri Stål, 1876: 34 .

Eunapius brunneri – Bolívar 1878: 438. — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 341.

Eunapius sitifensis – Finot 1895: 519.

Euryparyphes sitifensis – Kirby 1910: 353. — Chopard 1943: 359. — Massa 2012: 384.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • unspecified; type lost ( Chopard 1943); Setif; unknown repository .

DISTRIBUTION. — From Morocco to West Libya ( Massa 2013).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Between Feriana and Haidra ( Massa 2012).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Algeria • 1 ♀; Oran; 29.IV.1881; A. Finot; NHMUK 013806116 • 1♂; Ain Sefra ; 1-18.V.1913; W. R. & E. H.; NHMUK 013806117 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None.

HABITAT. — Euryparyphes sitifensis is very adapted to its environment and prefers rocky soils over sandy ones, it is found near Halfa bushes ( Krauss & Vosseler 1896).

Figures

FIG. 64. — Habitus of Euryparyphes sitifensis (Brisout de Barneville, 1854): A, B, female from Oran,Algeria, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Oran, Algeria, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.