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 Acrotylus insubricus insubricus ( Scopoli, 1786 ) ( Fig. 29 ) Gryllus insubricus Scopoli, 1786: 64 . Gryllus ( Locusta ) insubricus – Gamelin 1790: 2079 . Acrotylus insubricus – Walker 1871: 74 . — Krauss 1892a: 148 . — Finot 1895: 454 . — Vosseler 1902b: 6 . — Bolívar 1908:123 . — Chopard 1943: 302 . — Massa & Rizzo 1998: 285 . Acrotylus insubricus insubricus – Uvarov 1927: 206 . Oedipoda insubrica – Burmeister 1838: 641 . Acrotylus insubricus biskrensis Maran, 1958: 171 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Italy • unspecified; Northern Italy ( Insubria ); unknown repository. DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the Palearctic region from Central Europe southwards into Africa and eastwards into Asia ( Willemse et al. 2018 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Recorded from the center to the north of Tunisia ( Krauss 1892a ; Finot 1895 ; Bolívar 1908 ; Chopard 1943 ; Massa & Rizzo 1998 ); Meknassi ( Chopard 1943 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , Amra ; 26.IV.2019 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4675 • 1 ♀ ; Kebili , Essagui ; 24.VII.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4676 • 1♀ ; same data; 24.V.2017 ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7053 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7054 • 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; same data; ISA-CM • 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , Douwara ; 27.IV.2019 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7045 • 1♂ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7046 • 1 ♂ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7047 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7048 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7049 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7050 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7051 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7052 • 1 ♂ , 3 ♀ ; Gafsa , Moulares ; 27.IV.2016 ; H. Tlili ; INAT • 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , Sened ; 03.IV.2017 ; H. Tlili ; INAT . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Species present in all surveyed stations, except in the desertic locality of Gouifla and the mountains. HABITAT. — This species is abundant in different vegetation in different localities, except the desertic area and the mountains; it is abundant in agricultural fields (H. Tlili, pers. obs) and oases ( Chopard 1938 ). DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (654 bp) ( Table 4 ).