Nocarodes balachowskyi Descamps, 1967

Ünal, Mustafa, 2016, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar, Zootaxa 4206 (1), pp. 1-223 : 198

Nocarodes balachowskyi Descamps, 1967

( Figs. 84 , 373–374 , 384 , 745, 752 , 768 , 798–799 , 847 )

Nocarodes balachowskyi n. sp.: Descamps 1967: 29.

Nocarodes balachowskyi Descamps 1967 : Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Otte 1994: 173; Mirzayans 1998: 21; Hodjat 2012: 266.

Type locality. N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan Province, Ahar-Tabriz. Holotype: male ( MNHN).

Material examined. IRAN: Azerbaidjan, Mt. de Queidjaihelb, Route Ahar Tabriz , 5.6.1964, 1♂, 1♀ (Paratypes) (leg. M. Descamps) ( ZIN) ; ARMENIA: Zangezur , m. Gimaran, 7000 ft, 10.7.1929, 3♂, 1♀, 9000 ft, 6♀ ; Zangezur , pr. Gedjalan, 6400 ft, 30.7.1929, 1♂, 2♀ ; Zangezur , Jaglu-dara, 10500 ft, 31.7.1929, 1♂, 1♀ ; Zangezur , pr. Daštun, 4500 ft, 23.6.1929, 2♀ ; Zangezur , pr. Mazra, 6500 ft, 11.7.1929, 2♀ ; Zangezur , Arax, Alidara, 15.7.1929, 1♀ (all leg. A. Schelkovnikov) ( NHMUK).

Distribution. Known from N.W. Iran: Ahar-Tabriz and the Zangezur ridge of Armenia ( Fig. 847 ).

Remarks. There is no difference between the males from Armenia and paratypes and the original description ( Descamps 1967), but female hind tibia bluish in the proximal part turning to violet or reddish apically. This coloration is also seen in N. scabiosus mistshenkoi Descamps , but all the other characters of the females from Armenia such as the structures of vertex, the pronotum and hind femur certainly agree with N. balachowskyi . On the other hand Descamps identified 1 female in the ZIN as N. balachowskyi because of its blue hind tibia, but the morphology of this specimen is certainly that of N. scabiosus mistshenkoi . It seems that the coloration of the hind tibia at least in females is somewhat variable in N. balachowskyi and N. scabiosus mistshenkoi .

New for Armenia.

Figures

FIGURE 847. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Araxiana and Nocarodes.

FIGURES 83 – 92. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 83 Nocarodes sactidavidi; 84 Nocarodes balachowskyi; 85 Nocarodes pullus; 86 Nocarodes znojkoi; 87 Nocarodes nanus; 88 Nocarodes ebneri; 89 Nocarodes nodosus; 90 Nocarodes iranicus; 91 Bufonocarodes tumulosus; 92 Bufonocarodes mistshenkoi mistshenkoi. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 344 – 374. Body parts. 344 – 353 tympanum, 344 Paranocarodes straubei, male; 345 ditto female; 346 Paranocarodes anatoliensis anatoliensis, male; 347 Paranocarodes chopardi, male; 348 ditto female; 349 Paranocarodes karabagi, female; 350 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, female without tympanum; 351 Nocaracris subrubratus, female without tympanum; 352 Nocaracris kosswigi, female; 353 Nocaracris judithae, female. 354 – 355 female abdominal tergites, 354 Paranocarodes karabagi; 355 Nocaracris judithae. 356 – 357 female vertex, 356 Neoparanothrotes borumandi; 357 Paranothrotes margaritae. 358 – 360 vertex dorsal view, 358 Pseudonothrotes levis, male; 359 ditto female; 360 Paranothrotes margaritae, female. 361 – 362 arolium of fore leg in male, 361 Eunothrotes dejugini; 362 Paranocarodes turkmen. 363 – 364 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in male, 363 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 364 Paranocarodes anatoliensis anatoliensis. 365 – 366 fastigium of vertex in female, 365 Paranothrotes siirt; 366 Paranocarodes turkmen. 367 – 370 head and pronotum, 367 Ebnerodes toelgi, male; 368 ditto female; 369 Paranocarodes straubei, male; 370 ditto female. 371 – 374 head and pronotum, dorso-lateral, 371 Turkanocaracris levigatus, male holotype; 372 ditto female paratype; 373 Nocarodes balachowskyi, male; 374 ditto female. Abbreviations: nsa: neighbour stigmal area, s: stigma, t: tympanum.

FIGURES 375 – 394. Body parts. 375 – 376 female hind femur, 375 Nocarodes sanctidavidi; 376 Nocaracris tridentatus. 377 – 378 Iranacris dentatus, female holotype, 377 frontal ridge lateral; 378 prosternum. 379 – 380 Nocarodes sanctidavidi, female, 379 frontal ridge lateral; 380 prosternum. 381 – 382 female pronotum, 381 Bufonocarodes robustus, paratype; 382 Nocarodes serricollis. 383 – 384 lateral carinae of pronotum in male, 383 Bufonocarodes robustus, holotype; 384 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 385 – 388 head lateral, 385 Araxiana woronowi, male; 386 ditto female; 387 Nocaracris rubripes, male; 388 ditto female. 389 – 390 female metasternum, 389 Araxiana woronowi; 390 Nocaracris rubripes. 391 – 394 frontal ridge, 391 Paranocarodes straubei, male lectotype; 392 ditto frontal view in female; 393 Paranocarodes tolunayi paphlagonicus, male; 394 ditto frontal view in female.

FIGURES 743 – 759. Habitus and body parts. 743 – 744 Araxiana woronowi, 743 male, mirror view; 744 female. 745 – 746 female fastigium of vertex, 745 Nocarodes balachowskyi; 746 Nocaodes nodosus. 747 – 748 Nocarodes serricollis, male, 747 hind femur; 748 mesosternal lobes. 749 – 750 Nocarodes znojkoi, male, 749 hind femur; 750 mesosternal lobes. 751 – 752 female hind femur, 751 Nocarodes sanctidavidi; 752 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 753 – 754 frons, lateral view, 753 Nocarodes serricollis, holotype; 754 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus, paratype. 755 – 757 female hind femur, 755 Nocarodes serricollis; 756 Nocarodes geniculatus, holotype; 757 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus, paratype. 758 – 759 female vertex and pronotum, lateral view, 758 Nocarodes daghestanicus loripes; 759 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus.

FIGURES 760 – 781. Body parts and habitus. 760 – 762 male hind femur, 760 Nocarodes corrugatus; 761 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 762 Nocarodes pullus. 763 – 764 male head lateral, 763 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 764 Nocarodes corrugatus. 765 – 766 male head dorsal, 765 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 766 Nocarodes corrugatus. 767 – 768 male habitus dorsal, 767 Nocarodes pullus; 768 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 769 – 770 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 769 Nocarodes ebneri; 770 Nocarodes znojkoi, without sulcus. 771 – 772 female mesosternum, 771 Nocarodes aserbus, holotype; 772 Nocarodes nodosus. 773 – 774 female hind femur, 773 Nocarodes crispus, paratype; 774 Nocarodes humerosus. 775 – 776 posterior part of phallus, 775 Nocarodes urmianus; 776 Nocarodes humerosus. 777 Nocarodes keredjensis, female holotype pronotum; 778 – 780 Nocarodes iranicus, female holotype, 778 pronotum; 779 ditto dorsal; 780 ditto hind femur. 781 Nocarosed humerosus, female holotype pronotum, dorsal view.

FIGURES 796 – 809. Habitus. 796 – 797 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi, 796 male paratype; 797 female paratype. 798 – 799 Nocarodes balachowskyi, 798 male paratype; 799 female paratype. 800 – 801 Nocarodes pullus, 800 male holotype; 801 ditto dorsal. 802 – 803 Nocarodes znojkoi, 802 male holotype; 803 female allotype. 804 – 805 Nocarodes nanus, 804 male; 805 female holotype. 806 – 807 Nocarodes ebneri, 806 male holotype, mirror view; 807 female allotype. 808 – 809 Nocarodes aserbus, 808 female holotype; 809 ditto dorsal.