Nocarodes iranicus ( Werner, 1939 )

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 : 203

Nocarodes iranicus ( Werner, 1939) sp. rev.

( Figs. 90 , 778–780 , 816–817 , 848 )

Prionosthenus (Lativertex) iranicus n. sp.: Werner, 1939: 134, 136.

Nocarodes serricollis F.W. sbsp.?: Uvarov 1949b: 90.

Nocarodes serricollis Fieb. : Ramme 1951: 291, partim.

Lativertex iranicus Wern. 1938 : Ramme 1951: 291, as syn. of serricollis .

Prionosthenus (Lativertex) iranicus Werner, 1939 : Koçak & Kemal 2010: 5.

Nocarodes specialis Mistshenko sp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 357. syn. nov.

Nocarodes specialis Mistshenko, 1951 : Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 59; Presa & Garcia 1983: 18; Otte 1994: 174; Mirzayans 1998: 22; Hodjat 2012: 266.

Type locality. Iran, Tehran, Karaj. Holotype: females ( NMW).

Material examined. IRAN: [Tehran], Keredj [ Karaj ], 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. K. H. Rechinger) (det. as “ Prionosthenus iranicus Wern. ” Typus) (det. Ramme as Nocarodes serricollis F.W.) ( NMW) ; Persia, Teheran, 14– 15.6.1931, 1♂, 1♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes specialis ) (leg. Predtetshensky) ( NHMUK) ; Voramine [Varamin], Karagadj , 1.6.1960, 1♂, 7♀ (leg. E. S. Brown); Teheran, Keredj, 1500 m , 6.5.1936, 1♀ (leg. F. Brandt) (NHMUK); Persia, Teheran, 15.5.1931, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes specialis ), 1♀, (Allotype of Nocarodes specialis ), ibidem, 13 – 14.6.1931, 2♂, 2♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes specialis ); Semnan, Teheran, 5-6.1931, 9♂, 14♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes specialis ) (leg. Predtetshensky) ( ZIN) ; Iran, Veramin, Kara-agaç , 2000-2500 m, 2.4.1949, ♂ ♀ (leg. Alexsandrov) ( ZIN) ; Persia, Teheran, 14.6.1931, 1♀; ibidem , 27.5.1931, 1♂ (Paratypes of Nocarodes specialis ) (leg. Predtetshensky) MNCN).

Distribution. N. Iran: Tehran, Karaj, Varamin, Semnan, Kermanshah ( Fig. 848 ).

Remarks. Mistshenko ( Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 357) describing N. specialis overlooked the paper of Werner (1939) like most of the subsequent researchers. Moreover he did not list the species described by Werner. Studying the type specimens of both taxa was possible to conclude that they belong to the same species.

Mirzayans (1998: 22) record from Kermanshah should deserve to be confirmed.

Figures

FIGURE 848. Distribution of the species of genera Nocarodes and Iranacris.

FIGURES 83 – 92. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 83 Nocarodes sactidavidi; 84 Nocarodes balachowskyi; 85 Nocarodes pullus; 86 Nocarodes znojkoi; 87 Nocarodes nanus; 88 Nocarodes ebneri; 89 Nocarodes nodosus; 90 Nocarodes iranicus; 91 Bufonocarodes tumulosus; 92 Bufonocarodes mistshenkoi mistshenkoi. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 760 – 781. Body parts and habitus. 760 – 762 male hind femur, 760 Nocarodes corrugatus; 761 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 762 Nocarodes pullus. 763 – 764 male head lateral, 763 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 764 Nocarodes corrugatus. 765 – 766 male head dorsal, 765 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 766 Nocarodes corrugatus. 767 – 768 male habitus dorsal, 767 Nocarodes pullus; 768 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 769 – 770 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 769 Nocarodes ebneri; 770 Nocarodes znojkoi, without sulcus. 771 – 772 female mesosternum, 771 Nocarodes aserbus, holotype; 772 Nocarodes nodosus. 773 – 774 female hind femur, 773 Nocarodes crispus, paratype; 774 Nocarodes humerosus. 775 – 776 posterior part of phallus, 775 Nocarodes urmianus; 776 Nocarodes humerosus. 777 Nocarodes keredjensis, female holotype pronotum; 778 – 780 Nocarodes iranicus, female holotype, 778 pronotum; 779 ditto dorsal; 780 ditto hind femur. 781 Nocarosed humerosus, female holotype pronotum, dorsal view.

FIGURES 810 – 823. Habitus. 810 – 811 Nocarodes nodosus, 810 male holotype; 811 female. 812 – 813 Nocarodes crispus, 812 female holotype; 813 ditto dorsal. 814 – 815 Nocarodes keredjensis, 814 female holotype; 815 ditto dorsal. 816 – 817 Nocarodes iranicus, 816 male (paratype of N. specialis); 817 female holotype. 818 – 819 Nocarodes humerosus, 818 male; 819 female holotype. 820 – 821 Nocarodes urmianus, 820 male holotype; 821 female allotype. 822 – 823 Bufonocarodes robustus, 822 male holotype; 823 female allotype.