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 371f30c1-ff9d-4fde-9429-fc9d284caf03 1175-5326 249376 E3FA2E4B-DDF4-4FDB-8CF1-FFBA215D40CA [ Tmethis cisti gracilis Saussure, 1888 ] Concerning the variety gracilis , also described by Saussure (1888) from Tunisia (Gabes, following Uvarov 1943), and recorded by Chopard (1943) also from Algeria (Chott Melrirh), the peculiar characters listed by the author are the slender body, long and narrow tegmina and pale colour, hind tibiae dark blue, all characters that lie within the wide variability of T. cisti . Consequently, I consider gracilis as a junior synonym of T. cisti , too.