Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification Author Tlili, Haithem Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar Tunis (Tunisia); Laboratory of Bioagressors and Integrated Protection in Agriculture (BPIA), National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia, University of Cartage, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082 (Tunisia) and Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS UPMC EPHE UA, 57 rue Cuvier, case postale 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) haithem. tlili @ fst. utm. tn / haithem. tlili @ mnhn. fr (corresponding author) tlili@mnhn.fr Author Abdellaoui, Khemais Department of biological sciences and plants protection, Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott Mariem, Sousse University B. P 47, 4042 Chott Mériem Sousse-Tunis (Tunisia) Author Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana C. Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS UPMC EPHE UA, 57 rue Cuvier, case postale 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) Author Chouikha, Manel Ben Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Gabes, University of Gabes, Gabes (Tunisia) Laboratory of Livestock and wildlife, Arid Land Institute, Djorf Street, 4119 Medenine (Tunisia) Author Moussi, Abdelhamid Department of Nature and Life Sciences, University of Biskra, BP 145 RP, 07000 Biskra (Algeria) Author Ammar, Mohamed Laboratory of Bioagressors and Integrated Protection in Agriculture (BPIA), National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia, University of Cartage, 43 Avenue Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082 (Tunisia) Author Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS UPMC EPHE UA, 57 rue Cuvier, case postale 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) * Last co-authors with equal rank text Zoosystema 2020 2020-12-15 42 31 607 738 journal article 9259 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31 c5485455-7e73-4576-a5dd-ece493b0a087 1638-9387 4382361 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ED85BA40-9044-4174-AD62-8782A3A00805 Tmethis cisti ( Fabricius, 1787 ) ( Fig. 72 ) Gryllus cisti Fabricius, 1787: 237 . Eremobia cisti – Serville 1838: 707 . — Vosseler 1902a: 384 . Eremobius clavelii Lucas, 1851: 364 . Tmethis cisti – Fieber 1854: 201 . — Uvarov 1943: 63 . — Massa 1994: 3 ; 2013: 437 . — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 279 . Tmethis pulchripennis algerica Saussure, 1888: 130 . Eremobia clavelii var. tunensis Saussure, 1888: 131 . — Krauss 1892a: 148 . Eremobia clavelii var. gracilis Saussure, 1888: 131 . — Krauss 1892a: 148 . Eremobia claveli var. laeviuscula Krauss, 1892a: 149 . Eremobia claveli var. mozabitica Krauss, 1902: 244 . Tmethis cisti barcaeus Salfi, 1926: 86 . Tmethis cisti cisti – Salfi 1930: 402 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • unspecified; unknown repository . DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria ( Zergoun et al. 2018 ); Libya ( Massa 1998 ); Iraq ( Uvarov 1938 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Tamerza ( Massa & Rizzo 1998 ); Gabes ( Krauss 1892a ; Vosseler 1902a ; Massa 1994 , 2013 ); Gafsa ( Uvarov 1943 ; Massa 1994 , 2013 ); Kerkennah Island, Djerba ( Massa 1994 ); Shkira, North Gabes , South Gabes , Mareth, Sidi Mansour, Ben Gerdane ( Massa 2013 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , Sened ; 03.IV.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4725 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4726 • 1 ♀ ; same data; INAT . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , Sened. HABITAT. — Desert environments ( Innes 1929 ). DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (622 bp) ( Table 4 ).