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 Schistocerca gregaria gregaria ( Forskål, 1775 ) ( Fig. 12 ) Gryllus gregarius Forskål, 1775: 81 . Acridium peregrina Olivier, 1804: 388 . Acridium ( Schistocerca ) peregrinum – Stål, 1873: 65 . Schistocerca peregrina – Brunner 1882: 215 . — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 231 – Finot 1895: 538 . Schistocerca gregaria – Krauss 1907: 12 . — Ammar et al. 2009: 147 . Schistocerca gregaria gregaria – Franekel 1929: 657 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Egypt • unspecified; type lost ( Cigliano et al. 2020 ); Cairo ; unknown repository . DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in the Old World, and expands its range during periods of invasion ( Lecoq 2004 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Tozeur ( Bonnet & Finot 1885 ; Finot 1895 ); Tataouine , Douiret ( Ammar et al. 2009 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Tozeur , Degache ; 29.XI.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4663 • 1♀ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4664 • 1 ♂ , 2♀ ; same data; INAT • 1 ♀ ; Gafsa , Sened ; 30.XI.2016 ; H. Tlili ; INAT . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , Sened; Tozeur , Degache; Kebili , Essagui. HABITAT. — Deserts of North and West Africa ( Cisse et al. 2013 ).