Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) lucasii Saussure, 1888

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Sphingonotus azurescens – Bonnet & Finot 1885: 214 (misidentification rectified by Chopard 1943: 313).

Sphingonotus scabriusculus var. lucasii Saussure, 1888: 83 – Finot 1895: 475.

Sphingonotus lucasii – Vosseler 1902a: 374. — Hollier 2012a: 251.

Sphingonotus lucasi – Bolívar 1915: 38. — Chopard 1943: 313.

Wernerella pachecoi dimidiata Bolívar, 1936: 404 .

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Algeria • ♂, ♀; syntypes; MHNG .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco (Moussi et al. 2018); Algeria, Tunisia (Hollier 2012a).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Wide distribution in Tunisia (Finot 1895); Gafsa, Sfax, Graiba (Vosseler 1902a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Sened; 17.VII.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4705 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 4706 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Sened.

HABITAT. — Sub desertic areas (H. Tlili, pers. obs.).

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

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (666 bp) and ND2 (457 bp) (Table 4).