Eremopeza festiva (I. Bolívar, 1884), I. Bolivar, 1884

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 : 26

Eremopeza festiva (I. Bolívar, 1884)

( Figs. 8 , 153 )

Eremobia festiva, Boliv. : in Saussure 1884: 227, 231.

Tmethis festivus Saussure, 1884 : Jacobson 1905: 282, sensu Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Kirby 1910: 286; Tarbinsky 1940: 33.

Eremopeza festiva ( Saussure, 1884) : Uvarov 1943: 41, 44; Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 296; Demirsoy 1977: 34; Salman 1978: 63; Demirsoy 1979: 268; Otte 1994: 144; Stolyarov 1997: 69.

Type locality. Nakhichevan, Arax Valley , Ordubad. Lectotype. ♂ ( NMW).

Material examined. TURKEY: Iğdır, Tuzluca, Çalpala Köyü , 980 m, 27.7.2001, 1♂ (leg. M. Ünal) ; Iğdır, Tuzluca , 950 m, 27.7.2001, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) ; Kars, Kağızman , Iğdır yolu, Aras Vadisi , 27.7.2001, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal); ARMENIA : Armenien, Ssardarabad–Kialiak arch, 30– 31.7.1927, 1♀ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM) ; Armenia, Azat , 9.6.2013, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev); Karchevan, Megrinskogo, Armyanskov , 26.6.1953, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. V. Tryapsin) (ZIN); Armenia, Erivan, 3♂, 2♀ (leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (det. V.M. Dirsh) ; Armenia, Ecmiadzin pr., steppe, 5.7.1925, 1♂, 1♀; Zangezur , 12.6.1925, 1♂ (leg. M. Atasyanjan) (NHMUK); NAKHICHEVAN: Aserbeidschan (russ.), Ordubat ( Araxes ), 3– 9.8.1927, 1♀ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM); Russ . Armenien, Ordubad, 6–7.1913, 1♀ (leg. Komarek) (det. Ebner, as Tmethis festivus ) ( NMW) ; Nakhichevan, Djulfi , 27.5.1974, 1♀ (leg. Volkovich) ( ZIN) ; [Nakhichevan] , Ordubad, 1♂, 1♀ (det. Br. v.W.) ( NHMUK) ; IRAN: N.W. Persien, Khoi [ Khoy ], 1904, 2♂, 1♀ (leg. Zugmayer) (det. Uvarov as Tmethis saussurei Uv. !) ( NMW) .

Remarks. Uvarov (1943: 44) selected one specimen as a type which is deemed a lectotype designation (ICZN, Article 74).

It was described by Bolívar in Saussure (1884). Saussure described his own new species in the same paper with “n.” such as Eremobia cyanipennis ( Saussure 1884: 227) . Moreover, Hollier (2012) did not list this species, among those described by Saussure, even if no specimen was housed in the MHNG. Hollier also concluded independently that Bolívar is the author of this taxon (John Hollier, pers. comm.).

The specimens collected from Khoy and one female from Ordubad have yellowish tibia, probably because of the treatment with alcohol.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 16. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 6 Prionotropis maculinervis; 7 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera; 8 Eremopeza festiva; 9 Eremopeza saussurei saussurei; 10 Eremopeza kashmirensis; 11 Eremopeza soltanii; 12 Iranotmethis persa zagrosi; 13 Eremotmethis carinatus; 14 Eremocharis subsulcata beccalonii; 15 Eremocharis granulosa granulosa; 16 Tuarega insignis. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 147 – 155. Habitus. 147 – 149 Prionotropis maculinervis, 147 male syntype dorsal; 148 ditto lateral; 149 female lateral. 150 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera, male; 151 Eremopeza gibbera lata, male holotype; 152 Eremopeza angusta, male holotype; 153 Eremopeza festiva, male; 154 Eremopeza saussurei saussurei, male; 155 Eromepeza saussurei cyanea, male paratype.