Tessellana tessellata ( Charpentier, 1825 )

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 32

Tessellana tessellata ( Charpentier, 1825)

Locusta tessellata Charpentier, 1825: 121 .

Type locality: South of France and Portugal.

Distribution: Canary islands, Mediterranean basin, Southwest of Germany, Balkans, South of Russia ( Zeuner 1941).

Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, semiarid.

Records in Algeria: Along Rummel river [Oued El Kebir], in the surroundings of Constantine [36°45'N 7°16'E] ( Lucas 1849). Oran [35°40'N 0°39'W]; Tlemcen [34°52'N 1°18'W]; Chabet el Ameur [6°38'N 3°41'E] ( Finot 1896). Hammam Bou Hadjar [35°22'N 0°58'W]; Saïda [34°49'N 0°9'E] ( Krauss and Vosseler 1896). Draa El Mizane [36°37'N 3°51'E] ( Vosseler 1902; Werner 1914). Tizi Rached [36°40'N 4°12'E] ( Gadoum 1997). Guelma [36°27'N 7°26'E] ( Ziada 2006). Bouzeguène [36°36'N 4°26'E] ( Brahmi 2001, 2005). Soumâa [36°31'N 2°55'E] ( Benrima 1993). Tafoughalt [36°37'N 3°52'E]; Akfadou forest [36°41'N 4°34'E] (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.).