(Fig. 53)
Oedipoda rubescens Walker, 1870b: 2304.
Sphingonolus coerulans (Linnaeus, 1767) – Finot 1895: 469 (misidentification rectified by Chopard 1943: 318). — Vosseler 1902a: 372 (misidentification rectified by Uvarov 1923b: 67).
Sphingonotus rubescens – Kirby 1910: 274. — Chopard 1943: 318 – Tlili et al. 2019a: 391.
Sphingonotus rubescens rubescens – Mistshenko 1936: 168.
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens rubescens – Shishodia et al. 2010: 101.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Egypt • ♂; type lost (Johnston 1956); Sinai • ♀; holotype; Sinai; NHM.
DISTRIBUTION. — This species is widely distributed from Central Asia to North and Sub-Saharan Africa (Mistshenko 1936).
DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Tozeur, Gouifla (Tlili et al. 2019a).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♂; Gafsa, Jebel Ben Younes; 01.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4709 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4710 • 1 ♂; same data; 26.IV.2019; MNHN-EO-CAELIF 7075 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7076 • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7077 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7078 • 1 ♂; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7079 • 1 ♀; Gafsa, El Guetar; 30.IV.2017; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7080 • 1 ♀; same data; MNHN-EO-CAELIF7081 • 1♀; Tozeur, Degache; 29.IV.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4700 • 1 ♀; Kasserine, Sbeitla; 25.VII.2017; M. Mahfoudhi; INAT.
NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Kasserine, Sbeitla; Gafsa, Jebel Ben Younes, El Guetar; Tozeur, Degache.
HABITAT. — Desert or semi-desert region (Usmani 2008); base of mountain (H. Tlili, pers. obs.).
DNA SEQUENCES. — We generated new sequences for two markers: COI (653 bp) and ND2 (449 bp) (Table 4).