Sphingonotus coerulans It
Authors/Creators
Description
Diagnosis: It can be distinguished from S. rubescens by its intercalary vein almost straight (Chopard, 1943: Fig. 493; Harz, 1975: Fig. 1824) parallel to discoidal vein; median vein gives off 2 or 3 branches; wings bluish at base; inside of hind femur dark with one or sometimes two light fasciae (one incomplete).
Habitats: It is found in semi-desert and desert especially in sandy soils.
Material examined: Al Shati Region: Brack, 2♂, 2♀, on ground around grass, 13.vi.95.
Localities: Cyrenaica: Bengasi, Feuihat; Tripolitania: Gebel Gharian; Gebel Teghrinna, Qasr Bin Ghashir, Tripoli; Fezzan: Brack.
Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Socotra, Sudan, Somaliland, Eritrea, Natal, Canary Is., Madeira, Southern Sweden, North Spain, North Italy, Greece, Western Coast of Black Sea, Middle and Southern part of European USSR, Crimea, North Cancasus, Europe.
Remarks: This species was recorded from Tripolitania by Werner (1908 b), I. Bolivar (1915) and from Cyrenaica by Zanon (1924).
Notes
Files
Files
(1.5 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:c0b2909367bb7ba4bb3c8dd88b82e8e7
|
1.5 kB | Download |
System files
(8.3 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:de1f22f8aed891e9a90689ce7f118137
|
8.3 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E530FF826B29FFF5FF97AC22BF05144F (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/190987FA6B08FFD4FF00AFEDBEE411BD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- It
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Baissogryllidae
- Genus
- Sphingonotus
- Species
- coerulans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sphingonotus coerulans (Linnaeus, 1767) sec. Usmani, 2008
References
- Chopard, L. (1943) Orthopteroides de lAfrique du Nord. Faune Emp. France, 1, 450 pp.
- Werner, F. (1908) Zur kenntniss der Orthopteren-fauna von Tripolis und Barka, Nach der sammlung von Dr. Bruno Klaptocz im Jahre 1906. Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, 27, 83 - 143; 123, 363 - 404.
- Bolivar, I. (1915) Extension de la fauna paleartica en Marruecos. Trab Museo Ciencias Naturales Madrid (Series Zoologie), no. 10, 83 pp.
- Zanon, V. (1924) Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna entomologica della Cirenaica. Ortotteri di Bengasi. Memoirs of the Accademia Nuovi Lincei, (2) 7, 229 - 249.