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 Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838 ( Fig. 59 ) Dericorys albidula Serville, 1838: 639 . — Tlili et al. 2019a: 387 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Egypt • ♀ ; lectotype ( Tlili et al. 2019a ); Desert of the Sinaï ; MNHN . DISTRIBUTION. — This species is well-known from Central Asia to North Africa ( Tlili et al. 2019a ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Tozeur , Gouifla, Degache ( Tlili et al. 2019a ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Egypt • 1 ♀ ; lectotype; Sinaï , 1833, D. Bové ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF163 . Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Tozeur , Gouifla ; 02.VI.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 4715 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4716 • 1 ♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7068 • 1 ♂ ; same data; INAT • 1 ♂ ; same data; 23.V.2017 ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7067 • immature; same data; 28.IV.2016 ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7069 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7070 • immature; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7071 • 3♂ , 4, ♀ ; Tozeur , Degache ; 26.VI.2017 ; H. Tlili ; INAT . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Tozeur , Gouifla, Degache. HABITAT. — This species has a preference for sandy areas where Anabasis articulata grows, as well as open clay depressions and compacted soils along sheep trails ( Tlili et al. 2019a ). REMARKS. — D. albidula has been recently reported in Tunisia and Libya ( Tlili et al. 2019a ). DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for the mitochondrial marker COI (667 bp) and the nuclear marker H3 (323 bp) ( Table 4 ).