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 Heteracris annulosa annulosa Walker, 1870 ( Fig. 20 ) Heteracris annulosa Walker, 1870a: 674 . — Grunshaw 1991: 22 . Pezotettix ( Euprepocnemis ) charpentieri Stål, 1873: 75 . Euprepocnemis littoralis Bonnet & Finot, 1885: 232 . Euprepocnemis annulosa – Kirby 1910: 560 . Thisoicetrus brevipes Bolívar, 1936: 416 . Thisoicetrus annulosus annulosus – Uvarov 1939: 379 . — Chopard 1943: 410 . Heteracris ( Heteracris ) annulosa – Massa & Fontana 1998: 78 . Heteracris annulosa annulosa – Buzzetti et al. 2014: 23 . TYPE SPECIMEN. — ♂ ; holotype ; NHM . TYPE LOCALITY. — Unknown. DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed from North and Sub-Saharan Africa to Arabia ( Grunshaw 1991 ). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Djerba ( Massa 1994 ); Nefta ( Chopard 1943 ). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂ ; Tozeur , Souani Ali ; 31.III.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4667 • 1 ♂ ; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7438 • 1 ♀ ; Gafsa , El Guetar ; 30.IV.2017 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4668 • 1 ♂ ; Gafsa , Douwara ; 20.VII.2016 ; H. Tlili ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7085 • 1♀ ; Gabes ; 1898; M. Noualhier ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF3756 • 1 ♀ ; Sfax ; 1856; M. Ducouret ; MNHN-EO-CAELIF3757 . NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA . — Gafsa , El Guetar; Tozeur , Souani Ali. HABITAT. — This species occurs in grasslands and oases (H. Tlili, pers. obs).