Prionosthenus syriacus (Brisout de Barneville, 1854)

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 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5780735
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scientific name	Prionosthenus syriacus (Brisout de Barneville, 1854)
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Prionosthenus syriacus (Brisout de Barneville, 1854) View in CoL

( Figs. 286–287 View FIGURES 282 – 295 )

Material examined. LEBANON: Liban, Dinata , 3♂, 2♀ (Gadeau) ( MNCN) ; SYRIA: 25 km W. Damaskus [Damascus], 15– 16.5.1961, 1♀ (leg. Kasy & Vartian) ( NMW) .

Remarks. This species is very similar to Ocnerosthenus simulans (Bolívar, 1911) , including the male phallic complex. It is very difficult to decide their generic separation especially in females. While the male phallic complexes of both genera Prionosthenus Bolívar and Ocnerosthenus Massa have no a distinct difference, the external characters of the type species Prionosthenus galericulatus ( Stål, 1876) and Ocnerosthenus kneuckeri (Krauss, 1909) are distinct. Massa (1995) and Massa & Fontana (2004) gave the differences of both genera. I think the scope of the two genera is not so clear (see also the Remarks section of Ocnerosthenus brunnerianus ( Saussure, 1887) .

References

Massa, B. (1995) The Middle Eastern genera Prionosthenus Bolivar, Ocneropsis Uvarov and Ocnerosthenus nov. gen. (Insecta Orthoptera: Pamphagidae). Il Naturalisto Siciliano, 19, 105 - 127.

Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2004) Reviw of the Middle Eastern genus Prionosthenus (Orthoptera Pamphagidae). Memorie Della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 82 (2), 529 - 546.

Saussure, H. (1887) Spicilegia entomologia genavensia. 2. Tribu des Pamphagiens. 1 - 94, pls 2 - 3; Geneve (Charles Schuchardt).

Stal, C. (1876) Observations Orthopterologiques. 2. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar, 4 (5), 1 - 58.

Figures

FIGURES 282 – 295. Habitus. 282 – 283 Prinosthenus gueleni, 282 male; 283 female paratype. 284 – 285 Prinosthenus galericulatus, 284 male; 285 female. 286 – 287 Prinosthenus syriacus, 286 male; 287 female. 288 – 289 Ocnerosthenus brunnerianus, paralectotypes, 288 male; 289 female. 290 – 291 Ocnerosthenus simulans, 290 male; 291 female. 292 – 293 Ocnerosthenus kneuchkeri, 292 male; 293 female. 294 – 295 Ocneropsis bethlehemita, 294 male; 295 female.