Uvarov 1943 : 66 Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uvarov, 1943 Karabağ 1958 : 114 Weidner 1969 : 156 Demirsoy 1977 : 36 Otte 1994 : 162 Sevgili & Çıplak 2000 : 234 Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uv. Ramme 1951 : 410 Tmethis Karabağ et al. 1980 : 14 Tmethis pulchripennis (Serville, 1838) Massa 2013 : 440 Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uvarov, 1943 T. pulchripennis Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar Ünal, Mustafa Zootaxa 2016 4206 1 1 223  Massa 2013 : 440 7CDZZ Serville, 1838 Serville 1838 [151,597,1830,1855] Insecta Pamphagidae Tmethis Animalia Orthoptera 43 44 Arthropoda species pulchripennis     Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus  Uvarov 1943: 66.    Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uvarov, 1943:  Karabağ 1958: 114;  Weidner 1969: 156;  Demirsoy 1977: 36;  Otte 1994: 162;  Sevgili & Çıplak 2000: 234.    Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticusUv.:  Ramme 1951: 410, 427.  Tmethissp.:  Karabağ et al.1980: 14.    Tmethis pulchripennis(Serville, 1838):  Massa 2013: 440, 441.     Materialexamined. As  Tmethis pulchripennis pulchripennis: LIBYA: Libyen, Driana, 30 kmnö Benghasi, 4.1942, 2♂(leg. Kirchberg);  Cyrenaica, 1♂(leg. Ruhmer) ( MfN).    As  Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uvarov, 1943: PALESTINE: Khedeira, costal zone,  30.5.1921, 1♂( Holotype) (leg. P. A. Buxton) ( NHMUK);  TURKEY: Urfaand environs, 7.1931, 1♂, 1♀( Paratypes) ( NHMUK);  Mardin,  5.5.1966, 1♂(leg. A. Demirtola);  Adıyaman, Besni, Akkuyu Mezrası,  23.6.1972, 1♀(AİBÜEM); LEBANON:  Libanon, Baalbek,  30.5.1961, 1♂(leg. Kasy& Vartian) ( NMW);  ISRAEL: Jerusalem, Linnaea V., 1♂, 1♀(AİBÜEM);  Israel, Arad,  4.6.1963, 1♀(leg. Pener& Blondheim); Lahalo, 28.4.1963, 2♂ (leg. Pener et al.) (det. Hollis); Haluza, 15.6.1982, 1♂ (leg. et det. Fishelson) (NHMUK);  Golan Höhen, Umg. El Quneitra, Österr. Un-Baon, Camp Faouar, 33.09.45 N, 35.37.30 E, 1981, 1♀( NMW);  Golan Höhen, Umg. El Quneitra, 33.14 N, 35.47 E, 1978, 1♂( NMW);  IRAQ: Assur, Mesopot., 1910, 2♀(leg. Pietschmann); Mosul, 25.5.1910, 1♀;  Hinler, Djeolalabe,  11.6.1910, 1♀(leg. Pietschmann) ( NMW);  SYRIA: Ladakia, 1♂;  Syria, 20 kmN.O. v. Damaskus, 16–  23.5.1961, 1♀(leg. Kasy& Vartian) ( NMW);  PALESTINE: Wadi Ghuzze,  25.11.1930–   30.4.1931, 1♂(leg. N. Scott) ( NHMUK); JORDAN:  JordanValley, Khor Fasayil,  10.6.1951, 7♂, 5♀;  Jordan, GhorDamiya, Basat Thmeila,  2.4.1951, 2♂, 2♀;   14.6.1951, 1♀; GhorDamiya, Ain Khanaizir, 2.6.1951, 2♀;  Jordan, Wadi Sbu’eib,  10.4.1951, 1♂(all leg. A. R. Waterston);  Mafraq, 1956, 1♂( W. H. Reay) (det. Raggeas  T. pulchripennis); IRAN: Naft-i-ghah, Somar, 6.5.1973, 2♂ (leg. A. A. Soltani) (all in NHMUK).   Remarks. Massa (2013: 441)synonymized  Tmethis pulchripennis asiaticus Uvarov, 1943with the nominotypical subspecies because of the high variability of  T. pulchripennis. It is a fact that most of the Asian specimens have yellow tibia as in  T. pulchripennis asiaticus. But in some populations it is possible to see the specimens with yellow and reddish orange tibia even in the same habitat. e.g. While the male has yellow hind tibia, the female with orange red hind tibia both of which collected from Jaffa, Israel(NMW) or one of the three females from Syriahas red hind tibia (MfN) or two females collected from Israelwith reddish-orange hind tibia in the NHMUK and one female from Palestinehas also slightly reddish orange hind tibia (NHMUK). However the Libyan specimens examined here are recognizable as the nominotypical subspecies by the smaller size and the distinct red hind tibia (different shades of red from the Asian specimens with reddish hind tibia) from  T. p. asiaticus. Therefore I prefer to give the materials separately for further research. 1416806825 Kirchberg Libya Benghasi Material Driana 44 45 2 2 1416806837 [478,893,316,341] MfN Ruhmer Libya Cyrenaica 44 45 1 1 1416806854 1921-05-30 NHMUK P. A. Buxton Palestine Khedeira As 44 45 1 1 holotype 1416806838 [640,1432,388,413] NHMUK Turkey Urfa 44 45 2 1 1 Urfa paratype 1416806856 [151,658,423,448] 1966-05-05 A. Demirtola Turkey Mardin 44 45 1 1 Mardin paratype 1416806823 1972-06-23 Lebanon Akkuyu Mezrasi Besni 44 45 1 1 Adiyaman paratype 1416806863 [302,1047,460,485] 1961-05-30 NMW Kasy & Vartian Lebanon Baalbek 44 45 1 1 paratype 1416806852 Linnaea V. Israel Jerusalem 44 45 2 1 1 Jerusalem paratype 1416806871 [384,1067,495,520] 1963-06-04 Pener & Blondheim & Lahalo Israel Arad 44 45 1 1 Arad paratype 1416806872 NMW Umg. El Quneitra Israel Camp Faouar Golan Hohen 44 45 1 1 Arad paratype 1416806851 NMW Umg. El Quneitra Israel 33.14 Golan Hohen 724 35.47 44 45 1 1 Arad paratype 1416806869 [473,1169,604,629] Pietschmann & Mosul Iraq Assur 44 45 2 2 paratype 1416806841 1910-11-06 NMW Pietschmann Iraq Djeolalabe Hinler 44 45 1 1 paratype 1416806849 [774,1014,639,664] Syria Ladakia 44 45 1 1 paratype 1416806845 1961-05-23 NMW Kasy & Vartian Syria Damaskus 44 45 1 1 Damaskus paratype 1416806829 [697,1162,676,701] 1930-11-25 Palestine Wadi Ghuzze 44 45 1 paratype 1416806876 1931-04-30 NHMUK N. Scott Jordan JORDAN 44 45 1 1 paratype 1416806865 [507,1081,711,736] 1951-10-06 Jordan Khor Fasayil 44 45 12 5 7 paratype 1416806834 1951-04-02 Jordan Basat Thmeila 44 45 4 2 2 Ghor paratype 1416806840 [481,1000,748,773] 1951-06-14 Ain Khanaizir Jordan Ghor 44 45 1 1 Ghor paratype 1416806862 1951-10-04 A. R. Waterston Jordan Wadi Sbu'eib 44 45 1 1 paratype 1416806855 W. H. Reay & Somar Iran Ragge Mafraq 44 45 1 1 Mafraq paratype