Scotodrymadusa Ramme, 1939

Ünal, Mustafa, 2018, Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey with key to genera and descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4432 (1), pp. 1-66 : 15

Genus: Scotodrymadusa Ramme, 1939

Scotodrymadusa maculata (Ebner, 1912)

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Material examined. TURKEY: Siirt, Hililan , 7.9.1952, 1 female (leg. Kosswig) ( NHMUK).

Remarks. The unknown male of this species was recorded without any description by Sevgili & Çıplak (2000: 231) from Şanlıurfa (formerly Urfa) Province of Turkey. But in the revision of the genus Scotodrymadusa carried out by Çıplak & Heller (2005: 321), the first paper was not cited and the male sex was shown as in “unknown” status although the same author has been placed in both papers. We still do not know the morphology and the taxonomic characters of the male sex of this distinct species. The female has a unique structure of subgenital plate for the genus. It would be very interesting to study the male which has had taxonomists wondering.

Figures

FIGURES 38–58. Ovipositor: 38 Scotodrymadusa maculata; 39 Mixodusa retusa sp. nov.; 40–41. Female habitus lateral view: 40 Anadolua schwarzi; 41 Phytodrymadusa miramae; 42–45. Titillators: 42 Scotodrymadusa turcica; 43 Mixodusa retusa sp. nov.; 44 Phytodrymadusa miramae; 45 Leptodusa expugnata; 46–47. Male habitus lateral view: 46 Lithodusa helverseni (from Heller & Korsunovskaya 2009); 47 Leptodusa expugnata; 48 Phytodrymadusa miramae, male end of abdomen; 49 Phytodrymadusa miramae, female pronotum and tegmina, dorso-lateral view; 50–51. Leptodusa expugnata: 50 male last tergite; 51 male cercus; 52–53. Mixodusa retusa sp. nov.: 52 male last tergite, 53 male cercus; 54–55. Female pronotum and tegmina: 54 Leptodusa harzi; 55 Mixodusa retusa sp. nov.; 56–57. End of hind tibia, ventral view: 56 Decticus albifrons female; 57 Rhacocleis turcica male; 58 Psorodonotus caucasicus, female fore tibia.