Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus ( Saussure, 1885 )

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 : 702

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus ( Saussure, 1885)

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Helioscirtus finotianus Saussure, 1885: 28 . — Finot 1895: 440.

Sphingonotus finotianus – Vosseler 1902a: 370. — Chopard 1943: 310.

Pseudosphingonotus finotianus – Descamps 1970: 31.

Neosphingonotus finotianus – Benediktov 1998: 13.

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus – Benediktov 2009: 29.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂; holotype; Oran; MHNG .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco ( Defaut & François 2018); Algeria and Tunisia ( Moussi et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST- ERN TUNISIA. — Gabes, Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a); Bouhedma ( Hochkirch & Husemann 2008).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Degache ; 29.IV.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4699 • 2 ♀; same data; INAT .

Algeria • 1 ♂; Algiers, Hammam Melouane ; 5.X.1954; C. A, H. Maurel & R. P[asquier]; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9116 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9117 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Degache.

HABITAT. — Desert area ( Werner 1932).

REMARKS. — A few specimens were collected from one locality only.

Figures

FIG. 47. — Habitus of Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) finotianus (Saussure, 1885): A, B, female from Algiers,Algeria, dorsal view (A), lateral view (B); C, D, male from Algiers, Algeria, dorsal view (C), lateral view (D). Scale bars: 1 cm. Photos: H. Tlili.