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 Calliptamus barbarus barbarus ( Costa, 1836 ) ( Fig. 7 ) Acridium barbarum Costa, 1836: 13 . Calliptamus ictericus Serville, 1838: 689 . Caloptenus siculus Burmeister, 1838: 639 . Caloptenus barbarus – Fischer 1853: 380 . Caloptenus discoidalis Walker, 1870a: 686 . Caloptenus italicus var. barbarus – De Bormans 1879: 407 . Caloptenus italicus var. sicula – De Bormans 1884: 180 . — Bonnet & Finot 1885: 235 . — Finot 1895: 547 . — Vosseler 1902a: 395 . Caloptenus italicus var. minimus Ivanov, 1888: 351 . Calliptamus siculis – Willemse 1936: 102 . Calliptamus barbarus – Salfi 1937: 5 . Calliptamus ictericus chopardi Grassé & Hollande, 1945: 49 . Calliptamus barbarus monspelliensis Grassé & Hollande, 1945: 49 . Calliptamus barbarus nanus Mistshenko, 1951: 273 . Calliptamus barbarus barbarus – Ramme 1951: 311 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — Italy • ♂ ; neotype ( Jago 1963 ); South Apulia , Maglie ; NHM . DISTRIBUTION. — This species is well-known in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, and its distribution extends far into Palearctic Asia ( Willemse et al. 2018 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , Gabes ( Vosseler 1902a ); Kerkennah Island, Djerba ( Bonnet & Finot 1885 ; Finot 1895 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Kasserine , Laayoune ; 5.VIII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4658 • 3♂ , 4 ♀ ; same data; INAT • 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ; same data; ISA-CM • 1♀ ; Kasserine , Sbeitla ; 5.VIII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; INAT • 1 ♀ ; Gafsa Sened ; 17.VII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4659 . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Kasserine , Laayoune, Sbeitla; Gafsa , Sened, El Guetar. HABITAT. — Frequently found in old farms, grassland, and dry area (H. Tlili, pers. obs). REMARKS. — The genus Calliptamus showed significant pullulations in Kasserine , which resulted in enormous damage, especially on apple and olive trees (H. Tlili, pers. obs). DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (654 bp) and ND2 (459 bp) ( Table 4 ).