Oedaleus decorus decorus (Germar, 1825) (Fig. 41) Acrydium decorum Germar, 1826: pl. 17. Oedaleus nigrofasciatus (De Geer, 1773) – Vosseler 1902a: 359 (misidentification). Oedaleus decorus – Uvarov 1923b: 69. — Chopard 1943: 295. Oedaleus decorus decorus – Ritchie 1981: 124. TYPE SPECIMEN. — Russia • ♂; neotype (Ritchie 1981); Southern Russia, Podolia; NHM. DISTRIBUTION. — Species widespread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean basin (Ritchie 1981); Southern Europe and further eastwards into Asia (Willemse et al. 2018). DATA FROM LITERATURE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa (Vosseler 1902a). MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Tunisia • 1♂; Gafsa, Douwara; 20.VII.2016; H. Tlili; MNHN-EO-CAELIF4689 • 1 ♀; Tabarka; 5.VII.1889; MNHN-EO-CAELIF2596. Algeria • 1 ♀; Oran, 5.VII.1979; MNHN-EO-CAELIF9115. NEW DATA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN TUNISIA. — Gafsa, Douwara. HABITAT. — Dry and open habitats (Usmani 2008).

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