Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of North Africa: key to genera and the annotated check-list of species
Author
Massa, Bruno
text
Zootaxa
2013
3700
3
435
475
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.7
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1175-5326
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Paracinipe saharae
(Pictet et Saussure, 1893)
Material examined
.
Algeria
, Barika a’ el Alia,
2♂
, 2♀; Aurès Mts.,
2♂
, 1♀; El Kantara,
1♂
, 4♀; Col de Sfa,
1♂
, 2♀; Djebel Berda,
2♂
; Ain Touta, 1♀; Bou Saada, 2♀;
Tunisia
, Djebel Oum Ali, 1♀; Gafsa, 2♀ (MNHN);
Tunisia
, Djebel Bireno,
1♂
; Tamerza,
1♂
(BMCP). It lives in central-South
Tunisia
and East
Algeria
. The record from Fezzan reported by Usmani (2007) should be revisited on the light of keys proposed by Descamps & Mounassif (1972) and Massa (1996, 1998); however, Usmani (2007) records from Fezzan the presence of
Acinipe expansa
, of which has depicted male genitalia; the shape of epiphallus, with hind evident concavity, is typical of the genus
Paracinipe
, and probably the species actually belongs to
P. saharae
(see also Massa 2009).