Nocaracris Uvarov, 1928

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 : 131-132

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Genus: Nocaracris Uvarov, 1928 View in CoL

Uvarov 1928: 149. Type species: Nocarodes cyanipes Fischer von Waldheim, 1846 .

Nocaracris Uvarov, 1928 View in CoL : Tarbinsky 1940: 34, 213, 214; Uvarov 1943: 21; Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 291, 349; Karabağ 1958: 119; Mirzayans 1959: 16; Shumakov 1963: 57; Bey-Bienko 1964: 251; Avakyan 1968: 89, 97; Weidner 1969: 157, 159; Demirsoy 1973: 407, 421; Demirsoy 1977: 57, 75; Salman 1978: 68; Presa & Garcia 1983: 16; Ihsan & Donskoff 1988: 20, 25; Otte 1994: 172; Zhang, Yin & Yin 2003: 220; Hodjat 2012: 265, 266.

Nocaracris (Paranocaracris) View in CoL : Bey-Bienko 1964: 251.

Paranocaracris Mistshenko View in CoL gen. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 350 (Type species: Paranocaracris elegens Mistshenko, 1951 ) syn. nov.

Paranocaracris Mistshenko, 1951 View in CoL : Karabağ 1958: 122; Mirzayans 1959: 16; Shumakov 1963: 57; Avakyan 1968: 90, 100; Weidner 1969: 157, 160; Demirsoy 1973: 407, 421; Harz 1975: 79, 154; Demirsoy 1977: 57, 78; Salman 1978: 68; Presa & Garcia 1983: 23; Otte 1994: 181; Zhang, Yin & Yin 2003: 220; Hodjat 2012: 265, 267.

Nocarodes Fischer Waldheim, 1846 View in CoL : Uvarov 1949a: 1.

Oronothrotes gen. nov.: Mistshenko 1951: 520 (Type species: Oronothrotes furvus Mistshenko 1951 ) syn. nov.

Oronothrotes Mistshenko, 1951 : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 290, 347; Karabağ 1958: 119; Weidner 1969: 157, 159; Demirsoy 1973: 406, 414; Demirsoy 1977: 55, 66; Salman 1978: 66; Presa & Garcia 1983: 20; Otte 1994: 178; Zhang, Yin & Yin 2003: 220.

Remarks. Mistshenko (in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951) erecting the genus Paranocaracris distinguished it from Nocaracris only by the longitudinal sulcus of median carina of pronotum which is distinct in the anterior part and sharply narrowed backwards (very distinct along its length and not narrowing backwards in Nocaracris ). Nevertheless, there are no other different characters, including the structure of the phallic complex. The width of longitudinal sulcus of pronotum is strongly variable in this species rich genus ( Figs. 537–540, 55 5–556, 571–574 View FIGURES 522 – 554 View FIGURES 55 – 68 View FIGURES 1 – 5 View FIGURES 6 – 16 View FIGURES 17 – 31 View FIGURES 32 – 43 View FIGURES 44 – 54 View FIGURES 69 – 82 View FIGURES 83 – 92 View FIGURES 93 – 105 View FIGURES 106 – 128 View FIGURES 129 – 146 View FIGURES 147 – 155 View FIGURES 156 – 167 View FIGURES 168 – 183 View FIGURES 184 – 204 View FIGURES 205 – 220 View FIGURES 221 – 236 View FIGURES 237 – 258 View FIGURES 259 – 281 View FIGURES 282 – 295 View FIGURES 296 – 311 View FIGURES 312 – 329 View FIGURES 330 – 343 View FIGURES 344 – 374 View FIGURES 375 – 394 View FIGURES 395 – 412 View FIGURES 413 – 424 View FIGURES 425 – 438 View FIGURES 439 – 460 View FIGURES 461 – 480 View FIGURES 481 – 494 View FIGURES 495 – 508 View FIGURES 509 – 521 View FIGURES 555 – 583 , 586–588 View FIGURES 584 – 610 ). For instance N. rimansonae sp. group, N. ponticus , N. karadagi sp. nov. have also very distinct longitudinal sulcus along the length of median carina. This similarity is certainly superficial. Therefore N. ponticus is a member of the P. rubripes sp. group and N. karadagi is a member of the N. latipes sp. group, of which the other members have the longitudinal sulcus as in Paranocaracris . The width of sulcus is also variable in the type species of Nocaracris , N. cyanipennis . Besides the variability of this character is also seen in other generic taxa e.g. in the genus Paranothrotes ( Figs. 451–454 View FIGURES 439 – 460 , 467–468 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ). The longitudinal sulcus of pronotum is very distinct in Paranothrotes schelkovnikovi ( Fig. 467 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ) as in Nocaracris and is visible only in the anterior part of median carina and strongly narrowed or lost backwards in Paranothrotes eximius ( Fig. 451 View FIGURES 439 – 460 ) as in Paranocaracris . However, these species were correctly not considered as different genera. The male phallic complex of the members of Nocaracris and Paranocaracris including the type species certainly does not consent to separate them as different genera. Moreover the type species of Nocaracris , N. cyanipes is closely related to N. rubripes and N. ponticus which belong to the same species group. Therefore Paranocaracris is here considered as a junior synonym of N ocaracris. Bey-Bienko (1964: 251) considered for the first time Paranocaracris as a subgenus of Nocaracris , but all subsequent authors overlooked this important taxonomic change.

Mistshenko (1951a: 520) established another genus, Oronothrotes as monotypic genus for Oronothrotes furvus Mistshenko, 1951 from Anatolia. He distinguished it from Nocaracris (later from Paranocaracris in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951 ) by the presence of tympanum; from Paranocarodes and Paranothrotes by the absence of the posterior projections of the abdominal tergites and the collar-shaped prosternum which actually are also the typical characters of Nocaracris (= Paranocaracris ). It is possible to see the tympanum in Nocaracris in different stages of reduction such ( Figs. 532–536, 541–544 View FIGURES 522 – 554 ) as N. rimansonae sp. group, N. judithae sp. nov., N. minutus sp. nov., N. burri etc. Interestingly in the same population (from Uludağ) of N. burri both specimens with completely lost tympanum and the specimens with a small, reduced tympanum are seen. Moreover Ramme (1951: 300) also described the type species of Oronothrotes in the genus Nocaracris as “ Nocaracris burri obscurata ” (now a junior synonym of Nocaracris furvus ) independently. The genus Oronothrotes has no small difference including the male phallic complex, from the typical Nocaracris , except the presence of tympanum. Consequently, like the other species with reduced tympanum of Nocaracris , Oronothrotes furvus is a member of the genus Nocaracris . Thus, Oronothrotes is here considered a junior synonym of Nocaracris (see for tympanum the Remarks sections of Nocarodeini , Paranocarodes and key to genera of Nocarodeini ).

According to Weidner (1969: 160) Cejchan was working on a revision of the genus but did not publish this paper. On the other hand Demirsoy (1973) revised the Anatolian Pamphaginae .

Uvarov (1949) described three Nocarodes species, all of which are now members of the genus Nocaracris .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Acridoidea

Family

Pamphagidae

SubFamily

Pamphaginae

Tribe

Nocarodeini

Loc

Nocaracris Uvarov, 1928

Ünal, Mustafa 2016
2016
Loc

Nocaracris (Paranocaracris)

Bey-Bienko 1964: 251
1964
Loc

Paranocaracris

Hodjat 2012: 265
Yin 2003: 220
Otte 1994: 181
Presa 1983: 23
Salman 1978: 68
Demirsoy 1977: 57
Harz 1975: 79
Demirsoy 1973: 407
Weidner 1969: 157
Avakyan 1968: 90
Shumakov 1963: 57
Mirzayans 1959: 16
Karabag 1958: 122
1958
Loc

Paranocaracris

Bey-Bienko 1951: 350
1951
Loc

Oronothrotes

Yin 2003: 220
Otte 1994: 178
Presa 1983: 20
Salman 1978: 66
Demirsoy 1977: 55
Demirsoy 1973: 406
Weidner 1969: 157
Karabag 1958: 119
Bey-Bienko 1951: 290
1951
Loc

Nocarodes

Uvarov 1949: 1
1949
Loc

Nocaracris

Hodjat 2012: 265
Yin 2003: 220
Otte 1994: 172
Ihsan 1988: 20
Presa 1983: 16
Salman 1978: 68
Demirsoy 1977: 57
Demirsoy 1973: 407
Weidner 1969: 157
Avakyan 1968: 89
Bey-Bienko 1964: 251
Shumakov 1963: 57
Mirzayans 1959: 16
Karabag 1958: 119
Bey-Bienko 1951: 291
Uvarov 1943: 21
Tarbinsky 1940: 34
1940
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