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 Oedaleus senegalensis ( Krauss, 1877 ) *** ( Fig. 42 ) Pachytylus senegalensis Krauss, 1877: 56 . Oedaleus senegalensis – Saussure 1884: 110 . — Vosseler 1902a: 359 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Senegal • ♂ ; neotype ( Ritchie 1981 ); St Louis ; NHM . DISTRIBUTION. — North Africa ( Chopard 1943 ; Massa 2009 ; Defaut & François 2013 ); Sub-Saharan countries ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006 ); the Middle East ( Ingrisch 1999 ), extending eastwards to India ( Shishodia et al. 2010 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa ( Vosseler 1902a ). MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1♂ ; Gafsa , Douwara ; 20.VII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4688 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7095 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7096 • 1♂ ; Gafsa , El Guetar ; 30.IV.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7032 • 1 ♂ ; same data; 25.V.2017 ; N. Afnouch ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7097 • 1 ♂ ; same data, H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7098 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7099 • 1♀ ; Kebili , Essagui ; 24.V.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7033 • 1♀ ; Gafsa , Sened ; 24.V.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7100 . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , Douwara; Gafsa , Sened; Gafsa , El Guetar; Kebili , Essagui. HABITAT. — Oedaleus senegalensis lives in dry areas (H. Tlili, pers. obs.). REMARKS. — Chopard (1943) mentioned that Oedalus senegalensis is reported in Gafsa by Krauss (1877) , but this citation is not correct, because Krauss (1877) made his study in Senegal . The true citation of this species in Gafsa is found in Vosseler (1902a) . Later, in his revision of the genus Oedaleus , Ritchie (1983) did not mention this species in Tunisia . Therefore we confirmed here the presence of O. senegalensis in south-west of Tunisia .