Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913)

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Platypterna geniculata Bolívar, 1913: 608 . — Chopard 1943: 263.

Platypterna rothschildi Bolívar, 1913: 607 .

Platypterna kraussi Bolívar, 1913: 610 .

Platypterna lybica Salfi, 1925: 289 .

Platypterna pruinosa agedabiae Salfi, 1928: 244 .

Ochrilidia geniculata – Chopard 1949: 193. — Massa 1994: 6.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂; lectotype (Jago 1977); El Golea; MNCN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread from North Africa (Chopard 1943; Usmani 2008) and sub-Saharan Africa across the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and India (Mestre & Chiffaud 2006); Iran (Garai 2011).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Meknassi (Chopard 1943); Nefta, Gafsa, Mareth, Kerkennah Island (Massa 1994).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, El Guetar; 30.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4673 • 1♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4674 • 1 ♀; same data; 04.X.2016; INAT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data; ISA-CM • 1 ♀; Gafsa, Douwara; 20.VII.2016; H. Tlili; INAT .

NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, El Guetar, Sened, Douwara; Tozeur, Souani Ali; Kebili, Rahmet.

HABITAT. — Widely distributed in grassland sub-desert areas (Usmani 2008).

REMARKS. — Ochrilidia geniculata showed a mean density of 50 individuals/m ² in the site of Degache (Tozeur) at the herbaceous layer (without economic importance) (H. Tlili, pers. obs).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (651 bp) (Table 4).