Platycleis species

Çiplak, Battal, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard & Demirsoy, Ali, 2002, Review and key to species of Platycleis from Turkey (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with descriptions of Yalvaciana subgen. n. and two new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (2), pp. 197-236 : 199-202

Platycleis species in Turkey

Data about Platycleis species of Turkey can be found in BolõÂvar (1899), Brunner von Wattenwyl (1882), CË õplak (1992), CË õplak et al. (1993, 1996), Demirsoy (1974, 1975), Harz (1969), KarabagÏ (1949, 1950, 1958), KarabagÏ et al. (1971, 1981), Ramme (1930, 1951), Salman (1978), Sevgili (1997), Uvarov (1934), Werner (1901), and some other papers. In these studies 21 species have been recorded. Due to new ®ndings during the present study, some nomenclatural changes had to be made and two new species were added.

14 Genus Platycleis Fieber, 1852

Subgenus Platycleis Fieber, 1852 a nis ( Fieber, 1853)

at albopunctata (Goeze, 1778) (as P. a. grisea (Fabricius)) escalerai (BolõÂvar, 1899) intermedia (Serville, 1838)

of Subgenus Incertana Zeuner, 1941 incerta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 persica Uvarov, 1917 Subgenus Montana Zeuner, 1941 ankarensis (KarabagÏ, 1950)

by armeniaca Ramme, 1951 elegans (Uvarov, 1934) schereri Werner, 1901 ( P. bifoveolata (KarabagÏ, 1950) syn. n.) taurica BolõÂvar, 1899 uvarovi (KarabagÏ, 1950) Subgenus Sepiana Zeuner, 1941 sepium (Yersin, 1854) Subgenus Sporadiana Zeuner, 1941 sporadarum (Werner, 1933) ( P. brevipes (Uvarov, 1934) syn. n.) Subgenus Squamiana Zeuner, 1941 kurmana ( Ramme, 1951) melendisensis sp. n. sinuata Ramme, 1951 (transferred from subgenus Platycleis Fieber, 1852 ) salmani sp. n. weidneri (Demirsoy, 1974) Subgenus Tessellana Zeuner, 1941 nigrosignata (Costa, 1863) tessellata holoptera Ramme, 1951 veyseli KocËak, 1884 (as P. vittata (Charpentier, 1825))

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Subgenus Yalvaciana subg. n. yalvaci (Demirsoy, 1974) (transferred from subgenus Decorana Zeuner, 1941 )

Otte (1997) gives the type locality of P. irritans Ramme, 1951 as Turkey?, Tschubuchly, but on labels of the type series it is mentioned as Armenia (Armenian) by Ramme himself. Thus, it is not included in this study.

Descriptions of many species can be found in Ramme (1951) or Harz (1969), for the other species references to detailed descriptions are mentioned in the text of the respective species.

As indicated by Ragge (1990), for correct identi®cation of Platycleis species the calling song is very helpful (`for reliable identi®cation the song should be used whenever possible’). For many European Platycleis species song descriptions and sound recordings are available ( Heller, 1988; Ragge and Reynolds, 1998) which should be useful for the identi®cation of the widespread species (for all Turkish species of the subgenera Platycleis , Tessellana , Sepiana and for P. (Incertana) incerta ). Unfortunately, not many sound recordings are available from Turkey or from species endemic to Turkey. Published recordings from Turkey are mentioned under the respective species. For further help in identi®cation, we will present oscillograms from P. armeniaca and P. taurica whose songs have not been published before.

Materials and methods

Depositories and abbreviations. All specimens mentioned in`Material examined’ are deposited in the Zoological Museum of Akdeniz University, Antayla ( Turkey) ( AUZM, Collectio CË õplak) except otherwise stated. BMNH, The Natural History Museum, London ( UK) ; MNHU, Museum fuÈr Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universit aÈt zu Berlin ( Germany) ; HUBM, Collectio Demirsoy at Hacettepe University, Biological Museum , Ankara ( Turkey) ; CH, Collectio Heller, Department of Zoology , University Erlangen ( Germany) ; NMW, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien ( Austria) ; MM, Madrid Museum .

Localities of previous records for Turkey and specimens examined given under the collection in which they are preserved, and collector with province (the uppercase 14 word) alphabetically, respectively.

Measurements refer to examined specimens and data about specimens from of by

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at of by Turkey in the literature ( Ramme, 1930, 1951; Uvarov, 1934; KarabagÏ, 1950; Demirsoy, 1974, 1975; Salman, 1978; CË õplak, 1992). For each species the range (minimum±maximum) for all data found is presented. All measurements are given in mm and refer to the length. Stridulatory ®les were studied with a light microscope.

For recordings of the song the following equipment has been used: Uher 4200 IC with Uher M 645 microphone (in the ®eld) and Rascal store 4 D with microphones, BruÈel and Kjaer 4133 and 4135 in the laboratory. Oscillograms were made using a PC and the program Turbolab (Stemmer AG). Wing movements were registered by an opto-electronic device ( Heller, 1988).

In this text the following terms were used to de®ne the sound ®les: (i) syllable, the sound produced with two-direction (opening and closing) movement of the fore wings, (ii) hemisyllable, the sound produced with one-direction (opening or closing) movement of the fore wings, and (iii) echeme, each of the separate assemblage of syllables.