Helioscirtus capsitanus subsp. capsitanus capsitanus (Bonnet 1884

Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus (Bonnet, 1884) * (Fig. 34) Bryodema capsitana Bonnet, 1884: 548. Helioscirtus capsitanus – Bonnet & Finot 1885: 213. — Vosseler 1902a: 366. Vosseleria capsitana – Uvarov, 1923d: 30. Helioscirtus capsitanus capsitanus – Massa 2009: 84. TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • ♂; holotype; Bled Segui; MNHN. DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco (Defaut & François 2018); Algeria (Vosseler 1902a); Tunisia (Bonnet & Finot 1885); Libya (Massa 2009); Egypt (Haggag et al. 2008). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Bled Segui (Bonnet & Finot 1885); Sfax, Gafsa (Vosseler 1902a). MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1 ♂; holotype; Essagui; 27.V.1884; E. Bonnet; MNHN-EO-CAELIF480 Algeria • 1 ♀; Laghouat; 22.VI.1897; J.Vosseler; NHMUK 013806094 • 1♀; Msila; IV.1893; P. Lesne; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9111. NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None. HABITAT. — This species lives in sandy desert (Vosseler 1902a).
Published as part of Tlili, Haithem, Abdellaoui, Khemais, Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana C., Chouikha, Manel Ben, Moussi, Abdelhamid, Ammar, Mohamed & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2020, Checklist and taxonomic updates in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of central and southwestern Tunisia with new records and a key for species identification, pp. 607-738 in Zoosystema 42 (31) on page 623, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31, http://zenodo.org/record/4382361
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