Nocaracris karshitoros 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 : 177-178

Nocaracris karshitoros Ünal , sp. nov.

( Figs. 76 , 527 , 600, 602 , 707–710 , 846 )

Type locality. Turkey: Adana, Saimbeyli , Bozoğlan Dağı. Holotype: male ( NHMUK).

Material examined. TURKEY: Antitaurus, Adana, Saimbeyli , Bozoğlan Dağı , 2100–2300 m, 7.7.1952, on rocky mountain side, 2♂ (including Holotype), 4♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) ( NHMUK) ; Antitaurus, Maraş [Kahramanmaraş], Çardak , Berit Dağı , 1800–2000 m, 25.7.1952, 2♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) ( NHMUK) ; Beyruth [ Berit Dağı , Kahramanmaraş], 1♀ (det. Ramme as Nocaracris sp.) ( NMW) ; Antitaurus, Kayseri, Develi , 26.6.1952, from steppe, 3♂, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) ( NHMUK) ; Adana, Saimbeyli-Tufanbeyli , 1420 m, 38.01.961 N, 36.06.416 E, 12.6.2009, 2♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM) ; Kayseri, Pınarbaşı , Şirvan Dağı, 2140 m, 38.39.801 N, 36.23.676 E, 3.7.2009, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).

Additional Material: Kahramanmaraş, Elbistan-Nurhak Dağı arası, 1300 m, 21.6.1952, 1♀ (leg. R. Çetik) ( AÜZM).

Description. Male (Holotype): Body ( Figs. 707 , 709 ) very slender, compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex ( Fig. 602 ) flat and sloping. Frontal ridge narrow, slightly narrowed and incised just below the median ocellus. Vertex ( Fig. 602 ) between the eyes narrow, 1.3 times narrower than vertical diameter and as wide as transversal diameter of eye; vertex slightly swollen; convex in lateral view, in some males straighter; with distinct carinulae; supraocular foveola open type; median carinula long and grooved. Antennae lost, with 12 segments in the other males. Pronotum ( Figs. 602 , 707 , 709 ) compressed laterally; lateral carinae weak; median carina not raised, with a distinct longitudinal sulcus slightly wider in anterior part; pronotum almost roof-shaped, slightly convex in lateral view, in some males straight; anterior margin slightly convex, posterior margin straight in dorsal view. Prosternum swollen, with a small, very sharp, spine-like median projection. Mesosternal interspace narrow, 2 times wider than its length and clearly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 707 ) 2.75 times longer than its height, dorsal and vertral margins in basal 1/3 part parallel, then narrowing towards genicular lobes, dorsal margin finelly serrated. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Mesonotum and metanotum with grooved median carina, but in males from Develi weakly grooved. Abdominal tergites ( Figs. 707 , 709 ) simple, not raised and not protruded posteriorly. Tympanum absent. Phallus ( Fig. 76 a, b) slender; arch of zygoma wide; posterior lobes of zygoma elongated; apodemes narrow, with apical notch; basal valves of penis widened at base; pseudolophi ( Fig. 76 c) separated, with 8–11 spines, in Develi population with 7–16 spines.

Female: Body ( Figs. 708 , 710 ) compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex ( Fig. 600 ) short and broad, flat and slightly sloping. Frontal ridge as in male. Vertex ( Fig. 600 ) between the eyes 1.1 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.3 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; vertex swollen, distinctly convex in lateral view; with distinct carinulae; supraocular foveola open, divided into small cells by small carinulae; median carinula long and grooved. Antennae lost in the old specimens, the others with 12 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 708 , 710 ) distinctly compressed laterally, roof-shaped; lateral carinae practically absent, very weak in some females; median carina slightly or not raised, with a thin longitudinal sulcus wider in anterior part; convex in lateral view. Anterior margin of prosternum raised with a long, sharp, spine-like median projection, in some females blunter and broader but always pointed. Mesosternal interspace 2.5 times wider than its length and slightly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 527 ) 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin slightly convex and finelly serrated, ventral margin distinctly convex. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Tympanum practically absent, visible a vestigial one, as large as the hole of stigma, in Berit population slightly larger. Abdominal tergites ( Figs. 708 , 710 ) as in male. Subgenital plate as wide as long or slightly longer.

Coloration. Male: Body brown with black and cream spots and stains. Dorsal half of head brown with black spots, ventral half cream with black spots. Middle part of paranota with a large cream spot anteriorly; typical light bands distinct. Outer surfaces of legs yellowish-cream. Inner surface of hind femur reddish-black, its ventral margin dark red, dorsal margin body color; inner margin of ventral surface dark red, black in the middle part and outer margin reddish-orange; inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia yellowish-orange with black tipped spines; apical end with a small red spot dorsally. Inner and dorsal sides of tarsus bright red. Typical light band on abdomen distinct; lateral surfaces of abdomen brown. Abdominal sternites pale yellow, their anterior margins on both sides brown. Female: Body unicolor greyish-cream, in some females darker or reddish-brown in one female. Inner surface of hind femur brown, its ventral margin dark red, dorsal margin body color; inner margin of ventral surface dark red, brown in the middle part and outer margin body color. Inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia lemon yellow with brown tipped spines; dorsal surface of hind knee blue; apical end of hind tibia with a red spot dorsally. Inner half of tarsus bright red.

Diagnosis. This new species is related to N. subrubratus Ramme by the compressed body, the absence of lateral carinae of pronotum and the pointed prosternum. But it is different by the sharper spine-like prosternum (pointed but triangular in N. subrubratus ), the wider arch of zygoma (distinctly narrower in N. subrubratus ), elongated posterior lobes of zygoma (short and wide in N. subrubratus ), the hind tibia, orange in male, yellow in female (black in male, dark blue or blackish in female of N. subrubratus ). It is near to N. sabulosus Ramme by the elongated posterior lobes of zygoma, the apodemes with apical notch and the orange hind tibia in male. But it is different by the flat fastigium of vertex (slightly depressed in N. sabulosus ), the more tectiform pronotum with not raised median carina (median carina relatively raised in N. sabulosus ), the wider arch of zygoma (distinctly narrower in N. sabulosus ), the yellow hind tibia in female (orange in N. sabulosus ). The only similarity of this new species with some specimens of N. cejchani sp. nov. is the yellow female tibia. But, there are no blue stains and spots while some females of N. cejchani have these blue patterns. Moreover all the other characters are very different from N. cejchani (see the key and description of N. cejchani ).

Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 24.1; pronotum length 4.3; pronotum height 5.1; pronotum width anterior 4.6; pronotum width posterior 6; hind femur length 9.9; hind femur height 3.6. Paratypes: body length: male 19.2–24.1, female 35.3–40.9; pronotum length: male 3.9–4.3, female 6.5–7.9; pronotum height: male 4.5–5.1, female 7.7–9.3; pronotum width anterior: male 4–4.6, female 6.3–7.4; pronotum width posterior: male 5.2–6.2, female 8.7–10.5; hind femur length: male 8–9.9, female 11.8–13.9; hind femur height: male 3.2–3.6, female 4.1–5.

Remarks. One female in the NMW was labelled as Beyruth. This word is not related with the capital city of Lebanon, Beirut (see the Remarks section of Paranocarodes lubricus Mistshenko ). Morphologically this single female is agree with the other specimens collected from Berit Mountain.

Etymology. The Turkish name “Karşı Toros” means Antitaurus where it was collected.

Figures

FIGURE 846. Distribution of the species of genera Nocaracris and Turkanocaracris.

FIGURES 69 – 82. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 69 Nocaracris cejchani; 70 Nocaracris cyanipes; 71 Nocaracris judithae; 72 Nocaracris karadagi; 73 Nocaracris palandoken; 74 Nocaracris monticolus; 75 Nocaracris van; 76 Nocaracris karshitoros; 77 Nocaracris goektepe; 78 Nocaracris crassipes; 79 Turkanocaracris levigatus; 80 Turkanocaracris davisi; 81 Araxiana woronowi; 82 Nocarodes serricollis. 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 584 – 610. Body parts. 584 – 585 female hind femur, 584 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 585 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype. 586 – 587 Nocaracris karadagi, female paratype, 586 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 587 pronotal carinae. 588 – 589 Nocaracris palandoken, female paratype, 588 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 589 pronotal carinae. 590 – 591 male hind femur, 590 Nocaracris latipes, paratype; 591 Nocaracris monticolus, holotype. 592 – 593 Nocaracris elegans, female, 592 vertex and eye; 593 prosternum. 594 – 595 Nocaracris tridentatus, female, 594 vertex and eye; 595 prosternum. 596 – 597 Nocaracris tecticollis, female holotype, 596 body high; 597 head frontal view; 598 Nocaracris citripes, paratype, body low. 599 – 600 female vertex, 599 Nocaracris citripes; 600 Nocaracris karshitoros, paratype. 601 – 602 male pronotal carinae, 601 Nocaracris sabulosus; 602 Nocaracris karshitoros. 603 Nocaracris dilekensis, female tympanum. 604 – 606 Nocaracris goektepe, 604 without tympanum, female; 605 male prosternum; 606 female prosternum. 607 – 609 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 607 without tympanum, female; 608 male prosternum; 609 female prosternum. 610 Nocaracris subrubratus, female prosternum.

FIGURES 695 – 708. Habitus. 695 – 696 Nocaracris van, 695 male holotype dorsal; 696 female paratype dorsal. 697 – 698 Nocaracris citripes, 697 male holotype; 698 female paratype. 699 – 700 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 699 male; 700 female holotype. 701 – 702 Nocaracris dilekensis, 701 female holotype; 702 ditto dorsal. 703 – 704 Nocaracris tecticollis, 703 male; 704 female holotype. 705 – 706 Nocaracris sabulosus, 705 male; 706 female. 707 – 708 Nocaracris karshitoros, 707 male holotype, mirror view; 708 female paratype.

FIGURES 709 – 722. Habitus. 709 – 710 Nocaracris karshitoros, 709 male holotype dorsal; 710 female paratype dorsal. 711 – 714 Nocaracris goektepe, 711 male holotype; 712 ditto dorsal; 713 female paratype; 714 ditto dorsal. 715 – 716 Nocaracris subrubratus, 715 male holotype; 716 female paratype. 717 – 718 Nocaracris elegans, 717 male holotype; 718 female allotype. 719 – 720 Nocaracris tridentatus, 719 male holotype; 720 female allotype. 721 – 722 Nocaracris niethammeri, 721 male; 722 female holotype.