Acrida turrita (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Gryllus Acrida turritus Linnaeus, 1758: 427 .

Gryllus (Acrida) turritus – Linnaeus 1767: 692.

Gryllus turritus – Fabricius 1775: 279.

Acrida (Truxalis) turritus – Gamelin 1790: 2056.

Truxalis turritus – Rossi 1790: 263.

Tryxalis turrita – Charpentier 1841: 305. — Krauss 1877: 52.

Acrida turrita – Stål, 1873: 96. — Chopard 1943: 255. — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 288.

Tryxalis nasutus – Bonnet & Finot 1885: 211.

Tryxalis (Acrida) turrita – Saussure 1895: 93.

Truxalis nasuta – Finot 1895: 411.

Acrida turrita uvarovi Bolívar, 1936: 408 .

Acrida maroccana Dirsh, 1949b: 21 .

Acrida turrita tunetana Dirsh, 1949b: 25 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • unspecified; unknown repository.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widely distributed throughout West Africa (Mestre & Chiffaud 2006) and North Africa (Chopard 1943). It is also found in Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Massa et al. 2012), and on some Mediterranean islets (Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Widespread throughout Tunisia from the north of the country to the oases of southern Tunisia (Bonnet & Finot 1885; Finot 1895); Gabes (Chopard 1943; Massa & Rizzo 1998); Meknassy (Chopard 1943).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali; 31.III.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4654 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4655 .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Souani Ali; Gafsa, oases.

HABITAT. — Humid places, grassland, oases and irrigated areas (H. Tlili, pers. obs).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (666 bp) and ND2 (443 bp) (Table 4).