Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902 (Fig. 38) Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902a: 380. — Chopard 1943: 324. Sphingonotus acrotyloides Werner, 1908: 715. TYPE SPECIMENS. — Algeria • ♂; syntype; Bou Saada; SMNS • ♀; syntype; Bou Saada; NHM. DISTRIBUTION. — Algeria (Moussi et al. 2018); Tunisia (Moussi et al. 2018); Libya (Massa 2009). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Sfax (Vosseler 1902a); Maknassy (Chopard 1943). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tunisia • 1 ♀; Gabes, Ghanouch; 26.VII.2018; M. Ben Chouikha; coll. MBC • 1 ♀; Gabes, Mareth; 3.X.2018; M. Ben Chouikha; coll. MBC • 1♀; Maknassy, VI.1927; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9114. Algeria • 1 ♀; Bou Saada, Oued El Maittar; 17.X.1954; H. Maurel & R. P[asquier]; MNHN-EO-CAELIF493. NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Douwara. HABITAT. — This species lives in desertic steppe (H. Tlili, pers. obs.).

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 624, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a31, http://zenodo.org/record/4382361