Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus Johnsen 1985

Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus Johnsen, 1985 * (Fig. 50) Sphingonotus radioserratus Johnsen, 1985: 149. Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus – Husemann et al. 2011: 55. TYPE SPECIMEN. — Tunisia • ♂; holotype; Gafsa; MZLU. DISTRIBUTION. — Morocco, Tunisia (Husemann et al. 2011); Algeria (Moussi et al. 2018). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa (Johnsen 1985; Husemann et al. 2011). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco • 1 ♂; Errachidia; 20.V.2008; M. Husemann; NHMUK 013806118 • 1 ♀; same data; NHMUK 013806119. NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — None. HABITAT. — That species lives in open areas of oases and abandoned fields (M. Husemann, pers. comm. 2019). REMARKS. — The last report of this species in Southern Tunisia dates from 1931 (Johnsen 1985).
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 pages 702-703, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31, http://zenodo.org/record/4382361
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