Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, 1805

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, A check-list of Ensifera from Algeria (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 2432, pp. 1-44 : 16

Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, 1805

Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, 1805: 229

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mkuze reserve.

Distribution: Africa (except the Mediterranean border), Madagascar, tropical and southwest Asia, Australia ( Chopard 1943, 1952, 1968).

Biogeographic zones: Northern Sahara, Central Sahara.

Bioclimatic zone: Saharian.

Records in Algeria: Palmgrove in Touggourt [33°6'N 6°4'E] ( Krauss 1902). Idelès, 1560m [23°49'N 5°55'E]; Tamanrasset [22°46'N 5°31'E]; Tazerouk [23°27' N 6°13' E]; Imegha [ O. Imarera] [23°25' N 5°45' E]; Sillet [22°39'N 4°34'E] ( Chopard 1929). Biskra [34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Chopard 1943). El-Oued [33°31'N 6°47'E] ( Lecheleh 1994). Ouargla [31°57'N 5°18'E] ( Briki 1999).