Parapholidoptera indistincta ( I.Bolívar, 1899 ), I.Bolivar, 1899

Ünal, Mustafa, 2018, Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey with key to genera and descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4432 (1), pp. 1-66 : 29

Parapholidoptera indistincta ( I.Bolívar, 1899) sp. rev.

( Figs. 296–299 )

Parapholidoptera intermixta Karabağ, 1961b: 111 syn. nov.

Material examined. TURKEY: [Kahramanmaraş], Bimbogha-Dagh, 2 males, 3 females; Jenidje , 1 male, 1 female; Marache [Kahramanmaraş], 7 males, 3 females (all of them syntypes) ( MNCN) . Kahramanmaraş, Göksun, Kurucaova Köyü, Anten yolu, 1530–1610 m, 6.7.2009, 1 male, Anten, 2030 m, 6.7.2009, 1 female (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).

Remarks. I. Bolívar (1899) described this species from Bimboğa Dağı in Kahramanmaraş Province as Olynthoscelis indistinctus . Ebner (1919: 157) synonymized it with P. signata in the genus Pholidoptera . The subsequent authors followed Ebner ( Ramme 1930; Karabağ 1958; Çıplak 2000). But, Karabağ (1952a: 34) describing P. grandis , compared and illustrated this species as Pholidoptera indistincta . Later, Karabağ (1961b) described Parapholidoptera intermixta from Sarız, Binboğa Dağı, in Kahramanmaraş Province. He compared his new species with P. signata and P. noxia , but not with P. indistincta in spite of the same type locality. The reason for overlooking this is probably the synonymic state of this species with P. signata . After my comparisons of all these taxa I have concluded that P. indistincta ( I.Bolívar, 1899) ( Figs. 296–299 ; the photographs of the types in Cigliano et al. 2018) is a different species from P. signata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) ( Figs. 288–291 ) and it is senior synonym of P. intermixta Karabağ, 1961 (see the photographs of the types in Cigliano et al. 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 292–311. Parapholidoptera syriaca: 292 male end of abdomen; 293 male subgenital plate (styli missing); 294 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 295 ditto lateral view; 296–299. Parapholidoptera indistincta: 296 male end of abdomen; 297 male subgenital plate; 298 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 299 ditto lateral view; 300–311. Eupholidoptera singularis sp. nov.: 300 male habitus, lateral view; 301 ditto dorsal view; 302 male pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 303 ditto dorsal view; 304 male end of abdomen; 305 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 306 ditto lateral view; 307 titillator posterior view; 308 female habitus, lateral view; 309 female pronotum, lateral view; 310 ditto dorsal view; 311 female subgenital plate, ventral view.

FIGURES 273–291. Platycleis (Squamiana) melendisensis: 273 female habitus, lateral view; 274 ovipositor; 275–287. Parapholidoptera yarpuzi sp. nov.: 275 male habitus, lateral view; 276 ditto dorsal view; 277 male pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 278 ditto dorsal view; 279 male end of abdomen; 280 male subgenital plate; 281 titillator; 282 female habitus, lateral view; 283 female pronotum, lateral view; 284 ditto dorsal view; 285 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 286 ditto lateral view; 287 female last tergite; 288–291. Parapholidoptera signata: 288 male end of abdomen; 289 male subgenital plate; 290 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 291 ditto lateral view.