Asiotmethis turritus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)

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 : 47

Asiotmethis turritus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)

( Figs. 129 , 221–222 )

Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus Ramme, 1951 syn. nov.

Material examined. AZERBAIJAN: Steppe Mugan, prov. Baku, 6–7.1913, 1♂, 1♀ ( MfN) ; Margushevan , Terter, 25.7.1935, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. Veltistchev) (det. Miram as Asiotmethis jubatus ) ( MNCN) ; IRAN: Azerbaidjan, Moghan steppe, 9.6.1958, 6♂, 5♀ (leg. L.F.H. Merton) (det. Dirsh, 1960) ( NHMUK) ; Rezaih , 8.1949, 1♀ (leg. Makoul) ( NHMUK) ; ARMENIA: Eriwan, 1♂ (Holotype of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus ) ; Armenia, pr. Eriwan, 11.7.1924, 1♀ (Allotype of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus ) ; Eriwan, 3♂, 1♀ (Paratypes of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus ) ( MfN) ; ibidem, 1♂ (Paratype of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus ) (ZIN); ibidem, 1♂ (Paratype of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus ) (NHMUK); Erevan, 13.6.2013, 1♂ (leg. A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev) (AİBÜEM); TURKEY: all specimens given in Ünal (2007b).

Remarks. Ramme (1951: 410) in describing this subspecies distinguished it from the nominotypical subspecies by the remarkably smaller body, the pronotum with less rough sculpture and slightly narrower dark band of the hind wings, differences present in the specimens studied by Ramme ( MfN). Nevertheless , the comparison with other specimens collected from Azerbaijan , Iran and Turkey allowed to conclude that the differences observed by Ramme are not stable in accordance with the distributions of both subspecies. Similarly with the nominotypical subspecies, the size is large and the pronotal tubercles rough in the specimes collected from Iğdır Province of Turkey, very close to the type locality of Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus , Erevan, Armenia . The type locality of this species is Karabagh uplands, W. of Azerbaijan ( Uvarov 1943: 55).

Figures

FIGURES 129 – 146. Body parts. 129 – 130 male first abdominal tergite, 129 Asiotmethis turritus; 130 Glyphotmethis dimorphus dimorphus. 131 – 132 female head lateral view, 131 Filchnerella beicki; 132 Rhinotmethis beybienkoi. 133 – 134 male pronotum, 133 Beybienkia songorica, holotype; 134 Filchnerella alashanicus, holotype. 135 – 136 apical part of hind tibia in female, 135 Filchnerella beicki, left tibia; 136 Mongolotmethis gobiensis gobiensis, right tibia. 137 – 138 female frontal groove, 137 Mongolotmethis gobiensis gobiensis, paratype; 138 Filchnerella alashanicus, paratype. 139 – 140 male frontal ridge, 139 Rhinotmethis hummeli; 140 Eotmethis nasutus, paratype. 141 – 142 female frontal ridge, 141 Utubius syriacus; 142 Thrinchus campanulatus campanulatus. 143 – 144 male pronotum, 143 Strumiger desertorum desertorum; 144 Thrinchus arenosus arenosus. 145 – 146 male prosternum, 145 Strumiger desertorum desertorum; 146 Thrinchus campanulatus campanulatus.

FIGURES 221 – 236. Habitus. 221 – 222 Asiotmethis turritus, 221 male; 222 female. 223 – 224 Glyphotmethis adaliae, 223 male; 224 female. 225 – 226 Glyphotmethis efe, 225 male; 226 female. 227 – 228 Glyphanus obtusus, 227 male; 228 female. 229 – 230 Pezotmethis tartarus tartarus, 229 male; 230 female. 231 – 232 Pezotmethis karatavicus karatavicus, 231 male; 232 female. 233 – 234 Utubius syriacus, 233 male (holotype of U. syriacus zahre); 234 female. 235 – 236 Strumiger desertorum desertorum, 235 male; 236 female paralectotype.