Tmethis cisti (Fabricius, 1787)

(Fig. 72)

Gryllus cisti Fabricius, 1787: 237 .

Eremobia cisti – Serville 1838: 707. — Vosseler 1902a: 384.

Eremobius clavelii Lucas, 1851: 364 .

Tmethis cisti – Fieber 1854: 201. — Uvarov 1943: 63. — Massa 1994: 3; 2013: 437. — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 279.

Tmethis pulchripennis algerica Saussure, 1888: 130 .

Eremobia clavelii var. tunensis Saussure, 1888: 131 . — Krauss 1892a: 148.

Eremobia clavelii var. gracilis Saussure, 1888: 131 . — Krauss 1892a: 148.

Eremobia claveli var. laeviuscula Krauss, 1892a: 149 .

Eremobia claveli var. mozabitica Krauss, 1902: 244 .

Tmethis cisti barcaeus Salfi, 1926: 86 .

Tmethis cisti cisti – Salfi 1930: 402.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • unspecified; unknown repository .

DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria (Zergoun et al. 2018); Libya (Massa 1998); Iraq (Uvarov 1938).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tamerza (Massa & Rizzo 1998); Gabes (Krauss 1892a; Vosseler 1902a; Massa 1994, 2013); Gafsa (Uvarov 1943; Massa 1994, 2013); Kerkennah Island, Djerba (Massa 1994); Shkira, North Gabes, South Gabes, Mareth, Sidi Mansour, Ben Gerdane (Massa 2013).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Sened; 03.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4725 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4726 • 1 ♀; same data; INAT .

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

HABITAT. — Desert environments (Innes 1929).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (622 bp) (Table 4).