Paratettix meridionalis (Rambur, 1838)

(Fig. 77)

Tetrix meridionalis Rambur, 1838: 65 .

Tetrix brachyptera Lucas & Brisout de Barneville, 1849: 65 .

Paratettix meridionalis – Montrouzier 1855: 111.

Tettix meridionalis – Bolívar 1876: 369. — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 342.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Spain • ♀; lectotype (Uvarov 1948); Malaga; NHM .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed throughout southern Europe and North Africa eastwards, reaching Iran and the Caucasus (Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur (Bonnet & Finot 1885).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali; 31.III.2016; K. Abdellaoui; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4732 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4733 • 1 ♀; same data; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Souani Ali.

HABITAT. — Humid places, gardens, oases, and irrigated areas (Chopard 1943).