Saga natoliae Serville, 1838

Şirin, Deniz, Taylan, Mehmet Sait, Sevgili, Hasan & Mol, Abbas, 2019, Bioacoustics review of Anatolian species of the predatory bush-cricket genus Saga (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Saginae) with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 83-102 : 86-87

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5610198

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Saga natoliae Serville, 1838
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Distribution: This species was recorded from Balkans, Anatolia, Syria and Lebanon ( Krauss 1879; Kirby 1906; Kaltenbach 1964, 1967). The distribution of species in Anatolia has intensified mostly in Aegean and Mediterranean parts ( Figure 2A View FIGURE 2 ) of it ( Ramme 1951; Karabağ 1958; Kaltenbach 1967; Karabağ et al. 1971, 1974; Önder et al. 1999; Sevgili et al. 2011; Tazegül & Önder 2012; Heller 2016; Mol et al. 2016).

Song recording: Male specimens collected from Turkey; İzmir, Aydın-İzmir highway to Torbalı, roadside, N: 38°14.05’, E: 27°22.18’, 90 m, 29. VI.2018, leg.: D. Şirin, M.S. Taylan and calling songs are recorded from one male at 28 ˚C in the room conditions (by M.S. Taylan), Antalya, Akseki-Bozkır road, Ahırlı location, N 36°11.57’, E 036°06.26’, 1376 m, 23.VII.2017, leg.: H. Sevgili, D. Şirin, A. Mol & M.S. Taylan and the calling songs were recorded from one male at 26 ˚C in the room conditions (by D. Şirin), Antalya, Termessos, Güllükdağı, N 36°59.03’, E 030°27.47’, 1036 m, 04.VII.2015, leg.: D. Şirin, A. Mol & M.S. Taylan and the calling songs are recorded from one male at 27 ˚C in the room conditions (by D. Şirin).

Description of song: A t otal of 15 records from six males were examined. The calling song consists of phrases ( Figure 2B View FIGURE 2 ) with irregular intervals. Phrases usually reach its maximum intensity between 1/4 and 1/3 of the phrase; however, in some of the phrases, there is often a more gradual crescendo roughly up to half of the phrase. Phrase durations vary between 2.29 and 4.18 s (3.21 ± 0.18), and the phrase comprises between 83 and 131 syllables (108.6 ± 5.56). The phrase generally begins with a characteristic isolated hemisyllable, which has variable amplitude and durations within intra and inter-populations of species (Termessos: 3–18 ms; Torbalı: 26–31 ms and Ahırlı: 15–23 ms) ( Figure 2C View FIGURE 2 ). The isolated loud hemisyllable is followed by contiguous/ordinary syllables of phrase with a variable gap in duration within intra and inter-populations of species (Termessos: 25–276 ms; Torbalı: 24–28 ms and Ahırlı: 12–124 ms). Oscillographic analyses show that the syllable period duration varies between 25.01 and 46.47 ms (28.33 ± 1.83) and each syllable shows approximately a standard structure, which is formulated as soft opening hemisyllable + loud closing hemisyllable ( Figure 2D View FIGURE 2 ).

Heller, K. G. (2016) Bioacoustics. In: Lemonnier-Darcemont, M., Darcemont, C., Heller, K. G., Dutrillaux, A. M. & Dutrillaux, B. (Eds.), Saginae of Europe: Classification, biology, genetics, acoustics, ethology, threats. GEEM, Marseille, pp. 77 - 100.

Kaltenbach, A. (1964) Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Raubheuschrecken (Tettigoniidae - Saginae), insbesondere der europaischen Arten der Gattung Saga Charpentier, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen, 16, 68 - 82

Kaltenbach, A. (1967) Unterlagen fur eine Monographie der Saginae I. Superrevision der Gattung Saga Charpentier (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae), Beitrage zur Entomologie, 17, 3 - 107.

Karabag, T. (1958) Turkiye'nin Orthoptera faunasi. Sirketi Murettebiye Basimevi, Istanbul, 192 pp.

Karabag, T., Gumussuyu, I., Balamir, S. & Tutkun, E. (1971) Turkiye Orthoptera Faunasinin Tespiti uzerine Arastirmalar. Bitki Koruma Bulteni, 11 (2), 73 - 100.

Karabag, T., Balamir, S., Gumussuyu, I. & Tutkun, E. (1974) Turkiye Orthoptera Faunasinin Tesbiti Uzerinde Arastirmalar (II). Bitki Koruma Bulteni, 14 (1), 3 - 18.

Kirby, W. F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, 562 pp.

Krauss, H. (1879) Synonymische Bemerkungen mit Bezug auf Bolivar's Catalogus Orth. Opterorum Europae. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 29, 57 - 64.

Mol, A., Taylan, M. S., Demir, E. & Sirin, D. (2016) Contribution to the knowledge of Ensifera (Insecta: Orthoptera) fauna of Turkey. Journal of Entomological Research Society, 18 (1), 75 - 98.

Onder, F., Pehlivan, E., Karsavuran, Y., Serdar, T. & Kismali, S. (1999) Catalogeu of collection of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) preserved in the Prof. Dr. Niyazi Lodos Museum, Izmir, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 23 (4), 243 - 250.

Ramme, W. (1951) Zur systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Sudost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin, 27, 260 - 343. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830270108

Sevgili, H., Demirsoy, A. & Durmus, Y. (2011) Orthoptera and Mantodea fauna of Kazdagi (Ida) National Park with data on the calling songs of some bush crickets. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 35 (3), 631 - 652.

Tazegul, E. & Onder, F. (2012) Izmir Ilinde bulunan Tettigonidae (Orthoptera) familyasi turleri uzerinde sistematik arastirmalar. Turk Entomoloji Bulteni, 2 (2), 109 - 123.

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FIGURE 2. Distribution map (A) and male calling song of Saga natoliae (B—phrase series, C—one complete phrase and D—a group of syllables, black arrow is the hypothetic opening hemisyllable movemtent and grey arrow is the hypothetic closing hemisyllable movement).

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Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

SubFamily

Saginae

Genus

Saga