Rhacocleis ayali KARABAG, 1974

Husemann, Martin, Guershon, Moshe, Weinstein, Amir & Dorchin, Netta, 2024, Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 449-467 : 463

27. Rhacocleis ayali KARABAG, 1974

Fig. 6c, d

Karabag, T. 1974. A new species of the genus Rhacocleis Fieber 1853 ( Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae ) from Israel. Communications de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université d’Ankara, Série C: Sciences Naturelles 18: 115.

Holotype ♂: “ Rhacocleis / ayali sp. n. / ♂ Holotype / det. T. Karabag, 1973 // Entomology Dept. H.U / Jerusalem. Israel / Loc : Palmahim / Date: 27.VIII. 1971 / Col: Y. Ayal // Holo- / type [round label with red frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 391344”

Paratype ♀: “ Rhacocleis / ayali sp. n. / ♀ Paratype / det. T. Karabag, 1973 // Entomology Dept. H.U / Jerusalem. Israel / Loc : Palmahim / Date: 27.VIII. 1971 / Col: Y.Ayal // Para- / type [round label with yellow frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 437941“

Paratype ♀: “ Rhacocleis / ayali sp. n. / ♀ Paratype / det. T. Karabag, 1973 // Entomology Dept. H.U / Jerusalem. Israel / Loc : Palmahim / Date: 27.VIII. 1971 / Col: Y. Ayal // 391344. Israel: / Palmahim / 27.viii.1971 / Y. Ayal // Para- / type [round label with yellow frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 437942“

Paratype ♂: “ Rhacocleis / ayali sp. n. / ♂ paratype / det. T. Karabag, 1973 // Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israel. / Department of Entomology / Loc : Yad-Mordechai / Date: 8.VI.1971 (dunes) / Col: Y. Ayal // Caught as a young nymph / Reared to adult 24.VII.1971 no 1164 // OR13497 // Para- / type [round label with yellow frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 437943”

Type Series: Holotype ♂, Paratypes 2♂, 3♀.

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: Two additional paratypes are in the collection of Ankara University.

Figures

FIGURE 6: Plesioallotype of Raggeana bodenheimeri (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels); Holotype of Rhacocleis ayali (c, d— dorsal, lateral, labels).