Oecanthus pellucens (Scopoli, 1763)

Gryllus pellucens Scopoli, 1763:109 .

Type locality: Italy, Goritia.

Distribution: Europe, from Portugal, France and Belgium, up to Poland, the South-East of Russia and Caucasus; species doubtful in Southwest Asia and in North Africa, where it might have been confused with O. dulcisonans Gorochov, 1993 (Gorochov and Llorente 2001) .

Biogeographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid.

Records in Algeria: Surroundings of Bône [Annaba] [36°54'N 7°46'E] (Lucas 1849). Boufarik [36°34'N 2°55'E] (Chopard 1943). Chlef [36°9'N 1°20'E] (Doumandji and Doumandji-Mitiche 1994). Rouiba [36°44'N 3°17'E] (Zenati 2002). Ain Taya [36°47'N 3°17'E]; El Harrach [36°43'N 3°8'E] (Hamadi 1998). Surroundings of Réghaia swamp [36°24'N 3°09'E] (Cherifi-Gazou 2005). Tafoughalt [36°37'N 3°52'E] (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.).