41. Sphingonotus coerulans (Linnaeus, 1767) 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).

Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 34