Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825)

(Fig. 18)

Gryllus plorans Charpentier, 1825: 134 .

Acridium plorans – Costa 1836: 7.

Eyprepocnemis plorans – Fieber 1853: 98.

Euprepocnemis plorans – Stål 1876: 16. — Finot 1895: 541. — Chopard 1943: 407.

Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans – La Greca 1948: 176.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Portugal • unspecified; unknown repository .

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widely distributed around the Mediterranean Basin extending eastwards into Palearctic Asia (Willemse et al. 2018).

DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Sfax, Gabes, Bou Hedma Mountain, Nefta (Chopard 1943); Oases of Djerid (Finot 1895).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Tozeur, Souani Ali; 31.III.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4665 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4666 .

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

HABITAT. — This species occurs in humid grasslands and oases (H. Tlili, pers. obs).

DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (656 bp) (Table 4).