Dericorys millierei Bonnet & Finot, 1884

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Dericorys millierei Bonnet & Finot, 1884: XXVII; 1885: 223. — Finot 1895: 529. — Vosseler 1902a: 394. — Chopard 1943: 391. — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 284.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂; holotype; around Oran; MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco (Bolívar 1914, Badih & Pascual 1998); Algeria (Mahloul et al. 2016); Tunisia (Tlili et al. 2019a); Libya (Massa 2009); Palestinian territories (Abusarhan et al. 2017).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA.— Gabes, Djerba (Bonnet & Finot 1885; Finot 1895); Gafsa (Vosseler 1902a); Meknassy (Chopard 1943); Tamerza (Massa & Rizzo 1998).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Algeria • 1♂; holotype; Oran; 11.VIII.1880; E. Bonnet & A. Finot; MNHN-EO-CAELIF173 .

Tunisia • 1♀; Tozeur, Gouifla; 31.III.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4717 • 1 ♂; Mednine, Ben Guerdane; 19.IX.2017; M. Ben Chouikha; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7072 .

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

HABITAT. — Salty land near sebkha (Mahloul et al. 2016).

REMARKS. — During our prospection we found just one specimen of D. millierei in a desert steppe sharing the same habitat and feeding on the same plant as D. albidula, Pamphagulus bodenheimeri dumonti Uvarov, 1929 ( Dericorythidae: Dericorythinae), Tuarega insignis (Lucas, 1851) ( Pamphagidae: Thrinchinae), Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) paradoxus ( Acrididae: Oedipodinae), Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) savignyi ( Acrididae: Oedipodinae) and S. S. rubescens rubescens ( Acrididae: Oedipodinae).