Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) vagans ( Eversmann, 1848 )

Şirin, Deniz, Mol, Abbas, Taylan, Mehmet Saýt, Demýr, Eyüp & Kizilocak, Dýlan Hevra, 2017, The Gomphocerinae Tarbinsky, 1932 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) fauna of the Turkish Thrace, Zootaxa 4299 (3), pp. 361-383 : 375-376

Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) vagans ( Eversmann, 1848)

Oedipoda vagans Eversmann, 1848: 12 , 10.

Distribution in the Palaearctic region: Western Kazakhstan, Western Europe, South Eastern Europe, Turkey ( Bei-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Harz 1975; Demirsoy 1977; Mol & Zeybekoğlu 2013).

Distribution in the Turkish Thrace: EDİRNE: Süloğlu Saksağandere Forest, 24.VI.1969, 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; KIRKLARELİ: Kızılcıkdere Village pasture, 23.VI.1969, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( Karabağ et al. 1971).

Material examined: EDİRNE: Keşan-Çanakkale road, 3 km after Yerli Su, Koru Mountain, 260m a.s.l., N: 40°42.857’ E: 26°45.186’, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, 18.VI.2012, leg.: D. Şirin, N. Ş. Odabaşı & L. Can ; ÇANAKKALE: Gelibolu, between Süleymaniye-Şadıllı, 2 km after Süleymaniye, Koru Mountain , 149m a.s.l., N: 40°42.486’ E: 26°51.470’, 18.VI.2012, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, leg.: D. Şirin, N. Ş. Odabaşı & L. Can ; KIRKLARELİ: Kırklareli-Kofçaz road, 514m a.s.l., N: 41°54.430’ E: 27°10.714’, 31.VII.2013, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, leg.: D. Şirin & E. Bayram ; TEKİRDAĞ: Namık Kemal University Campus Area , 85m a.s.l., N: 41°00.045’ E: 27°35.029’, 04.VI.2012, 11 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀, leg.: D. Şirin ( Fig. 15 A). Calling song recorded from four males at 27 ˚C in the laboratory conditions by D. Şirin.

Description of song: Chorthippus vagans male calling song generally consists of a long polysyllabic phrase ( Fig. 15 B). The phrase usually lasts for 12–45 s, depending on the number of syllables. Syllable numbers vary from 50 to 200 in a phrase ( Fig. 15 C). The duration of syllables generally changes between 215 and 235 ms ( Fig. 15 D). A syllable starts with lower amplitude pulse at the beginning of the syllable and continues with 7–9 observable high amplitude pulses in the remaining part ( Fig. 15 D).

Published song data, used for comparison: Ragge & Reynolds 1998; Tishechkin & Bukhvalova 2009.

Figures

FIGURE 15. The distribution of Chorthippus (Glyptobothrus) vagans populations in Turkish Thrace Region, circle represent the location of collected samples during this study and triangle represent the former records in material examined subtitle (A) and male calling song oscillograms at three different durations (B, C and D).