Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) paradoxus Bey-Bienko, 1948

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Sphingonotus paradoxus Bey-Bienko, 1948: 498 .

Pseudosphingonotus paradoxus – Shumakov 1963: 160. — Johnsen 1985: 155.

Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) paradoxus – Benediktov 2009: 29.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Iran • ♂; holotype; Chudza; ZIN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco, Algeria (Descamps 1970); Tunisia (Johnsen 1985); Mauritania, Niger, Chad (Mestre & Chiffaud 2006); Iran (Dey et al. 2018); Yemen (Ingrisch 1999).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa (Johnsen 1985).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1♀; Tozeur, Degache; 29.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7083 • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7074 .

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

HABITAT. — Very abundant in desertic steppe (H. Tlili, pers. obs.).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (654 bp) (Table 4).