Poecilimon athos Tilmans, F. Willemse & L. Willemse, 1989

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Poecilimon athos Tilmans, F. Willemse & L. Willemse, 1989 ( Fig. 186 )

Poecilimon athos Tilmans, F. Willemse & L. Willemse, 1989: 26–30 .

Type information: Holotype —male; “ Hellas, Athos, 1500 m / Mt . Athos, Panaya,/ leg. J.M. Tilmans, 30/ 31-VII- 1983 (Collectio Tilmans)” ; Allotype female, “ Hellas (Athos)/ Mt . Athos 1200–1500 m / L. Willemse 18-VII-1986 (Collection F. Willemse)” . Paratypes: 1 male (Collectio Tilmans) labelled as holotype, 5 males, 1 female (Collection F. Willemse), 1 male, 1 female (Natural History Museum, London), 1 male (Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, Amsterdam) labelled as holotype, 3 females (Collection Tilmans), 1 female (Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, Amsterdam ), “ Hellas, Athos, 900–1200 m /Mt. Athos, below Panayia,/leg. J.M. Tilmans, 30/ 31-VII- 1983 ” ; 1 female ( Collectio Tilmans ) “ Hellas, Athos, 1300 m /Mt. Athos, below Panayia,/leg. J.M. Tilmans 31-VII- 1983 ” ; 3 males (Collectio F. Willemse) “ Hellas (Athos)/ Mt . Athos 850–1150 m / L. Willemse 19-VII-1986 ” ; 2 males, 2 females (Collection F. Willemse) “ Hellas (Athos) 1500–/ 2000 m Mt. Athos ab. Panayia/ L. Willemse 18- vii-1986 ” ; 1 female (Collectio F. Willemse) “ Hellas (Athos)/ 600 m Kerasia / L. Willemse 18-VII-1986 .

Description: See Tilmans, F. Willemse & L. Willemse (1989).

Distribution ( Fig. 186 ): As far known the species occurs on the peninsula of Akti (Athos), part of the Khalkidiki Peninsula in Northern Greece.

Remarks: Though the authors (Tilmans, F. Willemse & L. Willemse 1989) have difficulties to define the closest relatives of this species, according to the available morphological description and figures P. athos is probably closely related to P. sureyanus subgroup. The species is rather similar to P. sureyanus by the shape of male cerci and number of stridulatory pegs, yet differing by the short male subgenital plate and, to some extent, by the female lamella.

Using the synapomorphies, shared by this species and P. sureyanus , we tentatively place the species under Subgroup 1. New data is needed for evaluating its phylogenetic position within the group.

Figures

FIGURES 185–186. 185—Distribution of Poecilimon bosphoricus group species in Turkey and Greece, 186—Distribution of Poecilimon bosphoricus group species in Black see basin.