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 Ochrilidia geniculata ( Bolívar, 1913 ) ( Fig. 25 ) Platypterna geniculata Bolívar, 1913: 608 . — Chopard 1943: 263 . Platypterna rothschildi Bolívar, 1913: 607 . Platypterna kraussi Bolívar, 1913: 610 . Platypterna lybica Salfi, 1925: 289 . Platypterna pruinosa agedabiae Salfi, 1928: 244 . Ochrilidia geniculata – Chopard 1949: 193 . — Massa 1994: 6 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Algeria • ♂ ; lectotype ( Jago 1977 ); El Golea ; MNCN . DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread from North Africa ( Chopard 1943 ; Usmani 2008 ) and sub-Saharan Africa across the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and India ( Mestre & Chiffaud 2006 ); Iran ( Garai 2011 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Meknassi ( Chopard 1943 ); Nefta, Gafsa , Mareth, Kerkennah Island ( Massa 1994 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , El Guetar ; 30.IV.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4673 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4674 • 1 ♀ ; same data; 04.X.2016 ; INAT • 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ ; same data; ISA-CM • 1 ♀ ; Gafsa , Douwara ; 20.VII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; INAT . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , El Guetar, Sened, Douwara; Tozeur , Souani Ali; Kebili , Rahmet. HABITAT. — Widely distributed in grassland sub-desert areas ( Usmani 2008 ). REMARKS. — Ochrilidia geniculata showed a mean density of 50 individuals/m ² in the site of Degache ( Tozeur ) at the herbaceous layer (without economic importance) (H. Tlili, pers. obs). DNA SEQUENCES . — We generated a new sequence for the mitochondrial marker COI (651 bp) ( Table 4 ).