Eupholidoptera mirzayani, Mofidi-Neyestanak, Mohsen & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2007

Mofidi-Neyestanak, Mohsen & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2007, Eupholidoptera karatolosi sp. n. and E. mirzayani sp. n. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae), two new bushcrickets from Greece and Iran, Zootaxa 1562, pp. 43-53 : 46-49

E. mirzayani sp.n.

( Figs 3, 4, 6 , 12, 13, 17, 23 , 28, 32 )

Holotype: IRAN, Khuzestan, Andimeshk, Bidrubeh, Sardabeh, 32° 36' 58'' N, 48° 17' 11'' E, 750m, May 2001, Col. Mohsen Mofidi-Neyestanak, Ebrahim Gilasian, and Abolfazl Hajesmailian (sweep net) ( HMIM).

Paratypes: 2 females; same data as for holotype (1 female HMIM, 1 female BMNH).

Etymology: The new species name is dedicated to the late Hayk Mirzayans, the first author’s teacher, who spent all his life studying the insect fauna of Iran and founded the HMIM.

Diagnosis—differs from the type-species, E. chabrieri , as follows: Male: titillators long, arm bent forwards, base bent upwards; cerci thinner and without internal tooth; terga 9 and 10 with large and small emarginations respectively; all terga with a medial black spot posteriorly. Female: sternum 7 with a round projection medially; subgenital plate with a very narrow and deep excision.

Description—male (holotype): fastigium frontal groove 0.7mm; upper fastigial width 2.0mm; pronotum length 10.4mm; metazona length 5.1mm; pronotal width at sulcus 5.4mm; both prozona least width and metazona greatest width 5.2mm; tegmina length 2.15mm; longitudinal and transversal inner diameter of speculum 1.43mm and 2.13mm respectively; number of left tegminal stridulatory pegs 124 with 49 on the middle third; fore femur 7.2mm long; hind femur 21.6mm long and 3.7mm maximally wide; subgenital plate 4.1mm long and 2.1mm wide; cercus 2.8mm long and 0.27mm wide medially; FFL 32.3mm. Head, pronotum, tegmina, abdomen, and legs are as of the type species; however, smaller. Head very slightly sloping in lateral view, lateral margins of fastigium slightly curved; fronto-fastigial groove more or less equal to the scapus. Pronotum elongated backwards, longitudinal median keel indistinct, hind margin round; discus cylindrical; sulcus distally to the middle; metazona slightly shorter than prozona, flat and without lateral edge; humeral notch indistinct. Fore tibiae with 3 dorsal, 6 anterior-ventral and 6 posterior-ventral spines. Tibial tympana slit shape, similar externally and internally. Fore femur with 3 spines anterior-ventrally; mid femur with one posteriorventral spine; hind femur with 5 internal-ventrally and 2 external-ventrally spines; hind tibiae at tip with four spurs ventrally, the internal ones shorter and the externals not markedly longer; hind metatarsal flap (pulvillus) less than 0.5 of metatarsus. Micropterous, tegmina not visible, covered fully by pronotum. Stridulatory file on the upper side of the left tegmen on a raised swelling with approximately 125 pegs, the portion with the widest pegs located medially. Wings extremely reduced. Hind margin of tergum 9 with very deep and wide Ushaped emargination dorsal-medially; hind margin of tergum 10 with small emargination and two small converging pointed lobes. Cercus slender and without apical or internal spine. Subgenital plate elongated, more or less keeled medial-longitudinally, with shallow V-shaped excision and with two medium length styles. Titillators long, arm-base angle at collar 180°, arms with sharp ends bent towards tergum 10, without spines, slen- der, diverging, base smooth, fused half (next to the arms) not flattened and free half long, extending beyond the collar, bent upwards, rather flattened and twisted.

Coloration: Frons pale yellowish-brown, with 6 dark spots, the two top ones bigger and eyebrow-shaped; clypeus with 2 dark spots; vertex with two long dark bands. Pronotum: prozona and metazona brown with black spots. Lateral lobes dark with scattered pale dark marks, ventrally and caudally with wide pale yellow bands. Tegmina pale brown. Fore and mid legs more or less pale cream-brown with scattered dark marks; hind tibiae dark at proximal seventh part; hind femur pale unicoloured with 4–5 small dark spots proximal-dorsally, dark at the distal seventh part. Abdomen: first tergum dark dorsally, other terga pale castaneous with one small black spot dorsal-medially; sterna yellow; subgenital plate dark laterally and yellow ventrally; cercus rather unicoloured pale brown.

Female (paratype): Approximately the same size as male but metazona wider (5.3mm); hind femur longer (23.6mm) and wider (4.3mm); subgenital plate much shorter (3.0mm) and slightly narrower (2.0mm); cercus much shorter (2.0mm); ovipositor 18.3mm long, and FFL 33.1mm. The same shape as male except for: head, lateral view, some how more sloping. Tegmina shortened, squamiform, fully covered by pronotum, not overlapping. Wings extremely reduced. Hind edge of tergum 10 very slightly emarginated. Fore femur with 3 spines anterior-ventrally; mid femur with one posterior and one anterior spine ventrally; hind femur with 3 internal-ventrally and 4 external-ventrally spines. Cercus shorter and more fusiform than ones of male. Fifth, sixth and seventh sterna approximately equal in length, seventh modified medially with a hook-shaped protuberance. Subgenital plate without mid-longitudinal keel or groove and with very narrow excision on hind margin. Ovipositor not very wide at basal third, almost slender, straight, tip slightly up-curved, sword-shaped; gonagulum soft and smooth.

Coloration: Approximately the same colour as male but the frontal spots weaker and smaller; terga with smaller and weaker dorsal-medial black spots; hind femur with shorter dark mark at apex; ovipositor pale brown, ventrally yellowish; gonagulum entirely pale cream-brown; subgenital plate without dark patterns laterally.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6 (scale bar = 1 mm). 1 – 4 Habitus: 1 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male, FFL (Fastigium to hind Femur apex Length); 2 - karatolosi sp. n. paratype female; 3 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male; 4 - mirzayani sp. n. paratype female; 5 – 6 head frontal view: 5 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male, a- frontal groove width, b- fastigium upper width, c- scapus width; 6 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male.

FIGURES 7 – 24 (scale bar = 1 mm). 7 – 12 male cercus: 7 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male; 8 - gemellata (redrawn from Willemse & Heller 2001); 9 - chabrieri schmidti; 10 - smyrnensis; 11 - cretica; 12 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male. 13 - subgenital plate, mirzayani sp. n. holotype male. 14 – 17 male terminal terga: 14 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male; 15 - megastyla; 16 - smyrnensis; 17 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male. 18 – 19 male subgenital plate: 18 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male; 19 - megastyla. 20 – 23 female subgenital plate, lateral view: 20 - chabrieri garganica; 21 - karatolosi sp. n. paratype female; 22 - annulipes; 23 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male. 24 - pronotum, karatolosi sp. n. holotype male a- prozona, b- metazona.

FIGURES 25 – 35 (scale bar = 1 mm). 25 – 28 female subgenital plate: 25 - karatolosi sp. n. paratype female; 26 - chabrieri garganica; 27 - megastyla; 28 - mirzayani sp. n. paratype female. 29 – 35 Titillators: 29 - annamariae; 30 - karatolosi sp. n. holotype male, a- arm, b- collar, c- base; 31 - megastyla; 32 - mirzayani sp. n. holotype male, a- frontal view, b- lateral view; 33 - astyla; 34 - chabrieri schmidti; 35 - smyrnensis.