Nocaracris furvus kazdagi Ünal, 2016

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 : 140-141

Nocaracris furvus kazdagi Ünal , ssp. nov.

( Figs. 65 , 542, 551–552 , 621–624 , 843 )

Paranocaracris rubripes burri Uvarov, 1949 : Sevgili et al. 2011: 644.

Type locality. Turkey: Balıkesir, Kaz Dağları. Holotype: male (AİBÜEM).

Material examined. TURKEY: Balıkesir, Edremit, Kaz Dağları , Sarıkız Tepesi , 1650 m, 25.6.2002, 6♂ (including Holotype), 6♀ (leg. M. Ünal) ; Çanakkale, Ayvacık, Kavak Dağı , 2.4.1999, 5♂, 1♂ nymph, 2♀ nymphs ; 9.4.1999, 3♂, 3♀ nymphs; Kavak Dağı , 500 m, 21.3.1999, 1♂ (all leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).

Description. Male (Holotype): Body ( Figs. 621, 622 ) slightly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex ( Figs. 621, 622 ) sloping, slightly depressed. Vertex narrow, 1.4 times narrower than vertical diameter, 1.1 times narrower than transversal diameter of eye; convex in lateral view. Supraocular foveola distinct, open type. Frontal ridge very slightly narrowed and indistinctly incised just below the median ocellus. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 621, 622 ) slightly compressed laterally, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina very slightly raised, almost straight in lateral view, longitudinal sulcus wide only at anterior end, remaining posterior part very thin, hardly visible; anterior margin roundly protruded, posterior margin straight in dorsal view. Anterior margin of prosternum ( Fig. 551 ) raised, pointed with a narrow tongue-shaped median projection. Mesosternal interspace 2 times wider than its length, slightly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 621 ) 2.5 times longer than its width, dorsal margin convex, almost smooth, its denticles indistinct. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer short spines, but because of its short length, spines are seen denser. Abdominal tergites ( Figs. 621, 622 ) simple, not raised, without posterior projection, with distinct median carina. Tympanum very distinct, as large as the neighbour stigmal area. Phallus ( Figs. 65 a, b) slender; arch of zygoma wide; posterior lobes of zygoma short and wide; apical valves of penis slender, basal valves of penis narrow; apodemes narrow with weak apical notch; pseudolophi ( Fig. 65 c) close, with 11–14 spines.

Female: Body ( Figs. 623, 624 ) slightly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex as in male, but less sloping. Vertex slightly wider than that of male, as wide as vertical diameter and 1.2 times wider than transversal diameter of eye. Antennae with 12–13 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 623, 624 ) compressed, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina not raised with a longitudinal sulcus wider in anterior part; almost straight in lateral view, its middle part very slightly concave, or very slightly convex along its length in some females. Prosternum ( Fig. 552 ) as in male, slightly more raised. Mesosternal interspace 2.5 times wider than its length. Hind femur ( Fig. 623 ) 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin straighter than that of male. Hind tibia with 7–9 inner, 9–10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites ( Fig. 623 ) as in male. Tympanum ( Fig. 542 ) slightly smaller or as large as the neighbour stigmal area.

Coloration. Male brown with creamish and black spots and stains. Female greyish-brown. Ventral half of head creamish-brown; behind the eyes, below of lateral carinae of pronotum and lateral sides of abdomen blackened. Typical light bands on paranota distinct, connecting to ventral margin and reaching to lateral carinae. Typical light band on abdomen creamish-brown in male, greyish in female. Anterior margins of abdominal sternites with large black spots laterally. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur black; inner surface of hind tibia and inner ventral genicular lobe of hind femur bright light red, dorsal surface of hind tibia yellow in proximal part turning to red in distal part. Tarsus bright light red.

Diagnosis. This new subspecies is similar to the nominotypical subspecies, N. furvus furvus (Mistshenko, 1951) by the presence of a distinct tympanum, the general body shape and the coloration except the hind legs. It is different by the more sloping fastigium, the narrower vertex (between the eyes, it is as wide as vertical diameter of eye in the type of N. furvus furvus ), the pointed and less raised prosternum (much more raised and broadly rounded at apex in N. furvus furvus ); the straight and not raised median carina of pronotum (distinctly convex in lateral view and more raised in N. furvus furvus ), the less distinct lateral carinae of pronotum (much more distinct in N. furvus furvus ), the shorter tibial spines, wider arch of zygoma, shorter and wider posterior lobes of zygoma, more slender apical valves and narrower basal valves of penis, narrower apodems with weak apical notch (wider and more distinct apical notch in N. furvus furvus ), the hind tibia with bright light red (black, dark reddish black in N. furvus furvus ) and the slender and smaller body. It is different from N. burri (Uvarov, 1949) by the more compressed, smaller and slender body (distinctly depressed dorso-ventrally, stout and large in N. burri ), the presence of a large tympanum as large as the neighbour stigmal area (without or with a very reduced tympanum in some specimens of N. burri always much smaller than the neighbour stigmal area), more slender legs and the shape of male phallus (male phallus of N. burri more similar to N. furvus furvus ).

Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 23.2; pronotum length 4.3; pronotum height 4.7; pronotum width anterior 4.5; pronotum width posterior 6; hind femur length 8.6; hind femur height 3.4. Paratypes: body length: male 19.6–29.9, female 32.7–36.9; pronotum length: male 4.2–4.8, female 6.5–7.9; pronotum height: male 4.6–5.2, female 6.7–8.7; pronotum width anterior: male 4.2–4.8, female 6.3–7; pronotum width posterior: male 5.8–6.3, female 8.8–10.2; hind femur length: male 8.4–9, female 11.7–13.2; hind femur height: male 3.2–3.6, female 4.1–4.6.

Etymology. “Kaz Dağı” (Kaz Mountain) is the type locality of this new subspecies.

Figures

FIGURE 843. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Neoparanothrotes and Nocaracris.

FIGURES 55 – 68. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 55 Paranothrotes sulcatus; 56 Paranothrotes opacus opacus; 57 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis; 58 Paranothrotes gotvendicus; 59 Paranothrotes tenuicornis; 60 Paranothrotes margaritae; 61 Paranothrotes siirt; 62 Pseudonothrotes levis; 63 Eunothrotes derjugini; 64 Neoparanothrotes borumandi; 65 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi; 66 Nocaracris tunceli; 67 Nocaracris tardus; 68 Nocaracris emirdagi. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 522 – 554. Body parts. 522 – 527 hind femur, 522 Nocaracris niethammeri, male; 523 ditto female; 524 Nocaracris crassipes, male holotype; 525 ditto female paratype; 526 Nocaracris subrubratus, male paratype; 527 Nocaracris karshitoros, female paratype. 528 – 531 pronotal carinae in female, 528 Nocaracris bicoloripes; 529 Nocaracris dilekensis, holotype; 530 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 531 Nocaracris burri. 532 – 536 female tympanum, 532 Nocaracris tunceli, paratype; 533 Nocaracris kosswigi; 534 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, without tympanum; 535 Nocaracris judithae; 536 Nocaracris minutus. 537 – 540 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 537 Nocaracris bulgaricus; 538 Nocaracris furvus furvus; 539 Nocaracris kosswigi; 540 Nocaracris tunceli, paratype. 541 – 544 female tympanum, 541 Nocaracris furvus furvus; 542 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, paratype; 543 Nocaracris bulgaricus; 544 Nocaracris istanbul, holotype, without tympanum (right side). 545 – 546 Nocaracris istanbul, female holotype, 545 prosternum; 546 fastigium of vertex; 547 – 548 Nocaracris bulgaricus, 547 prosternum; 548 fastigium of vertex. 549 – 552 prosternum, 549 Nocaracris furvus furvus, male; 550 ditto female; 551 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, male paratype; 552 ditto female paratype. 553 – 554 male fastigium of vertex, 553 Nocaracris rimansonae, lectotype; 554 Nocaracris tunceli, holotype.

FIGURES 611 – 624. Body parts and habitus. 611 – 613 male hind femur, 611 Nocaracris goektepe, holotype; 612 Nocaracris subrubratus, paratype; 613 Nocaracris bicoloripes. 614 – 615 male fastigium of vertex, lateral, 614 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 615 Nocaracris subrubratus, paratype. 616 – 617 male eye, 616 Nocaracris niethammeri; 617 Nocaracris crassipes, holotype. 618 – 620 Nocaracris furvus furvus, 618 male holotype; 619 male, not a type; 620 female, not a type. 621 – 624 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, 621 male holotype; 622 ditto dorsal; 623 female paratype; 624 ditto dorsal.