Phaneroptera nana Fieber, 1853

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 27

Phaneroptera nana Fieber, 1853

Phaneroptera nana Fieber, 1853: 173 ; 1854: 49.

Type locality: Portugal.

Distribution: Western Europe ( Germany, France, Corsica, Switzerland), Central Europe (Carpates up to Caucasus), North Africa ( Algeria, Morocco, Egypt) ( Bellmann and Luquet 1995, Coray 2003, Fontana et al. 2002).

Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, semiarid, saharian.

Records in Algeria: Nemours [35°6’N 1°51’W] ( Finot 1896, as Phaneroptera quadripunctata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878). Sidi Ferruch [Sidi fredj] [36°46'N 2°51'E]; Boufarik [36°34'N 2°55'E]; Frenda [35°3'N 1°2'E]; Maison Blanche [Dar el Beida] [36°42'N 3°12'E]; Sainte-Croix de l'Edough [Fedj El Maâden] [36°54'N 7°40'E] ( Chopard 1943, as P. quadripunctata ). Tonga Lake [36°51'N 8°29'E] ( Tellailia 1990). Oubeira Lake [36°49'N 8°22'E] ( Zeghlache 1997). Tizi Ouzou [36°43'N 4°3'E] (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.).