Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773

Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773

Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus De Geer, 1773: 521 .

Type locality: De Geer (1773) did not know the species origin, stated as Mali, Mourdiah in Eades and Otte (2009).

Distribution: Species largely distributed from Portugal to North Africa and central Asia, and in the Ethiopian, Madagascan and Indo-Malaysian regions ( Gorochov and Llorente 2001).

Geographic zones: Shoreline, Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux, Northern Sahara, Central Sahara.

Bioclimatic zones: Humid, subhumid, semiarid, arid, saharian.

Records in Algeria: Algiers [ 36°45'N 3°3'E]; Philippeville [Skikda] [ 36°56'N 6°49'E]; Constantine [ 36°21'N 6°36'E]; Bône [Annaba] [ 36°54'N 7°46'E]; La Calle [El Kala] [ 36°53'N 8°26'E] [El Kala] [ 36°53'N 8°26'E] ( Lucas 1849, as Gryllus capensis ( Fabricius, 1775)) . Chabet el Ameur [ 36°38'N 3°41'E]; Lalla Marghnia [ 34°50'N 1°43'W]; Nemours [ 35°6'N 1°51'W]; Oran [ 35°40'N 0°39'W] ( Finot 1896). El Khreider [ 34°9'N 0°4'E]; Hammam bou Hadjar [ 35°22'N 0°58'W] ( Krauss and Vosseler 1896). Ouargla [ 31°57'N 5°18'E]; Ghardaia [ 32°28'N 3°40'E]; Oued Nsa [ 32°23'N 5°21'E] ( Krauss 1902). Biskra [ 34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Finot 1902). El Kantara [ 36°13'N 5°42'E]; Biskra [ 34°51'N 5°43'E] ( Bolivar 1913). Idelès [ 23°49'N 5°56'E]; Tamanrasset [ 22°46'N 5°31'E]; Tazerouk [ 23°27' N 6°13' E]; Imegha [ O. Imarera] [ 23°25' N 5°45' E]; surroundings of Sillet [ 22°39'N 4°34'E]; surroundings of Sounfate; south of In-Salah [ 27°11'N 2°28'E]; oued Aguidil ( Chopard 1929). Sidi Ferruch [Sidi Fredj] [ 36°46'N 2°51'E]; Sidi Bel Abbès [ 35°11'N 0°38'W]; Boghari [ 35°53'N 2°45'E]; Tarfaia [ 31°38'N 5°55'E]; Maison Carrée [El Harrach] [ 36°43'N 3°8'E]; Djama El Oued [ 33°31'N 6°47'E]; El Goléa ( Chopard 1943). Béchar [ 31°37'N 2°13'W] ( Doumandji-Mitiche et al. 1999). Rouiba [ 36°44'N 3°17'E] ( Zenati 2002). Mitidja [ 36°34'N 3°08'E] ( Hamadi 1998). Mouzaia mountain [ 36°27'N 2°41'E] ( Larid 1988). Beni-Tamou [ 36°22'N 2°49'E] ( Boukeroui 2006). Sidi Bel Abbès ( Bouanane 1993). Ouargla ( Briki 1999). Médéa [ 36°16'N 2°45'E] ( Seghier 2002). Boughzoul dam [ 35°41'N 2°50'E ( Baziz 1991). Tonga Lake [ 36°51'N 8°29'E] ( Tellailia 1990). Oued Aissi [ 36°42'N 4°07'E] ( Boukhemza 2001). Oubeira Lake [ 36°49'N 8°22'E] ( Zeghlache 1997). Bouzeguène [ 36°36'N 4°26'E] ( Brahmi 2001, 2005). Tafoughalt [ 36°37'N 3°52'E]; Akfadou forest [ 36°41'N 4°34'E]; Draa Ben Khedda [ 36°44'N 3°57'E]; Ait Toudert [ 36°32'N 4°14'E]; Tizi Ouzou [ 36°43'N 4°3'E]; Si Mustapha [ 36°43'N 3°36'E]; Rouiba [ 36°44'N 3°17'E]; (Mohamed Sahnoun pers. obs.).