Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) tricinctus (Walker, 1870)

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Oedipoda tricincta Walker, 1870b: 2300 .

Oedipoda balteata – Walker 1870a: 736 (misidentification rectified by Johnston 1956: 486).

Sphingonotus balteatus – Finot 1895: 475 (misidentification rectified by Chopard 1943: 316). — Vosseler 1902a: 377 (misidentification rectified by Uvarov 1924: 24).

Sphingonotus tricinctus – Kirby 1910: 272. — Uvarov 1924.: 24. — Chopard 1943: 316.

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) tricinctus – Benediktov 2009: 29.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Egypt • ♂, ♀; types lost (Johnston 1956); Sinaï; unknown repository .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco (Maurel 2008); Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Chopard 1943).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Djerba (Finot 1895); Gabes, Gafsa (Vosseler 1902a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Sened; 17.VII.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4703 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 4704 • 4 ♀; same data; INAT • 1 ♀; Gafsa, Douwara; 20.VII.2016; H. Tlili; INAT .

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

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

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (654 bp) and ND2 (444 bp) (Table 4).