Praephippigera pachygaster (Lucas, 1849)

Ephippigera pachygaster Lucas, 1849: 15 .

Type locality: Algeria, without precision.

Distribution: North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), Sardinia, Sicily (Peinado 1992). Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux, Saharian Atlas. Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, arid, semiarid.

Records in Algeria: Algeria, without precision (Lucas 1849). Bône [Annaba] [36°54'N 7°46'E] (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882). Teniet el Had [35°52'N 2°1'E] (Finot 1896). South of Saïda [34°49'N 0°9'E] (Krauss and Vosseler 1896). Aumale [Bouira] [36°9'N 3°41'E], 1200m; Berrouaghia [36°8'N 2°54'E]; Djelfa [34°40'N 3°15'E] (Vosseler 1902). Mourdjadjo [35°41'N 0°46'W]; Maison Carrée [El Harrach] [36°43'N 3°8'E] (Chopard 1943). National Park of Tikjda [36°25'N 3°57'E] (Sayah 1988, 1996). Sétif [36°11'N 5°24'E] (Bounechada et al. 2006). Ouled Tebane [35°4'N 5°9'E]; southwest of Sétif [36°11'N 5°24'E] (Fellaouine and Louveaux 1994).