Nocaracris karadagi Ünal, 2016

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 : 165-166

Nocaracris karadagi Ünal , sp. nov.

( Figs. 72 , 578, 581–582 , 584, 586–587 , 679–682 , 845 )

Paranocaracris rubripes subrubrata ( Ramme, 1951) : Demirsoy 1973: 426, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 82, partim.

Type locality. Turkey: Hakkari, Karadağ , Kırkbulak Yaylası. Holotype: male ( NHMUK).

Material examined. TURKEY: Hakkari, Karadağ, Kırkbulak Yaylası , ca. 3200 m, 3.8.1953, 3♂ (including Holotype), 5♀ (leg. T. Karabağ) ; Hakkari, Karadağ , ca. 3200 m, 4.8.1953, 2♂, 3♀ (leg. T. Karabağ) ; Hakkari prov., Kara Dag , 2800 m, 15.8.1954, 2♂ (leg. P. H. Davis) ( NHMUK).

Additional Material: Hakkari, Kırkbulak Yaylası , ca. 3200 m, 3.8.1953, 1♀ ; Hakkari, Karadağ , ca. 3200 m, 4.8.1953, 5♀ (leg. T. Karabağ) ; Hakkari, Karadağ , 3000 m, 28.7.1952, 1♀ (leg. C. Kosswig) ( AÜZM).

Description. Male (Holotype): Body ( Figs. 679 , 681 ) very slender and small, relatively compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex slightly depressed and sloping. Frontal ridge relatively broad, very slightly narrowed just below the median ocellus; frontal groove shallow. Vertex between the eyes narrow, 1.2 times narrower than vertical diameter and 1.1 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; median carinula grooved; vertex slightly swollen, convex in lateral view; supraocular foveola distinct, open type. Eye oval, 1.3 times longer than wide. Antennae with 12–13 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 679 , 681 ) slightly compressed laterally, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina slightly raised, with a wide longitudinal sulcus along its length, very slightly narrowing backwards; slightly convex in lateral view, more convex in prozona; anterior margin of pronotum convex, posterior margin straight or slightly convex in some males. Prosternum swollen, anterior margin broadly rounded, collar-like, not pointed. Mesosternal interspace almost 2 times wider than its length and clearly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 679 ) very narrow, 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin regularly convex. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites ( Figs. 679 , 681 ) simple, with very slightly raised median carina, never protruded posteriorly; mesonotum, metanotum and first abdominal tergite with grooved median carinae. Tympanum absent. Phallus ( Figs. 72 a, b) small and slender; arch of zygoma very narrow; posterior lobes of zygoma wide and almost rounded; apodemes wide, with a weak apical notch; pseudolophi ( Fig. 72 c) separated, with 10–15 spines.

Female: Body ( Figs. 680 , 682 ) slender, elongated, slightly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex ( Figs. 578 , 586 ) short, slightly flat and sloping, in some females slightly depressed. Vertex ( Fig. 586 ) between the eyes narrow, as wide as vertical diameter and 1.3 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; vertex distinctly convex in lateral view; median carinula grooved; supraocular foveola open type. Antennae with 12–13 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 586, 587 , 680 ) slightly compressed laterally, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina with a wide longitudinal sulcus along its length; slightly convex in lateral view, straighter in some females. Prosternum ( Fig. 581, 582 ) strongly raised anteriorly like a triangular collar, narrowly rounded at apex, not pointed. Mesosternal interspace 2.8 times wider than its length and slightly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 584 ) narrow, 2.9 times longer than its height, dorsal and ventral margins equally convex. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 9–10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites ( Figs. 680 , 682 ), mesonotum and metanotum with grooved median carinae. Tympanum absent. Subgenital plate slightly longer than wide or as wide as long.

Coloration. Male: Body brown with grey, cream and black spots and stains. Dorsal surface of head, behind of eyes and antennae greyish-brown. Typical light bands on paranota distinct. Fore and mid legs creamish and greyish-brown with sparse black spots; ventral surface of mid femur and tibia slightly reddish. Outer surface of hind femur greyish-brown. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur red; inner side of dorsal genicular lobe black. Inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia dark (blood) red, apical half of tibia with black spines. Tarsus blood red Typical light band on abdomen indistinct, in some males slightly distinct. Female: Body as in male. Dorsal surface of head, anterior part of pronotum, dorsal surface of hind femur creamish light brown. Inner surface of hind femur black or reddish-black, its ventral carina blackish-red; inner half of ventral surface reddish-black, outer half more reddish. Inner surface of hind tibia pale bluish and greyish-green with inner spines, apical end of tibia slightly reddish, outer spines yellowish, but in some females inner surface of tibia very dark red with black spines or inner surface reddish, dorsal surface greenish. Tarsus red.

Diagnosis. This new species is related to N. latipes Uvarov from N. Caucasia by the slender body shape, the wide longitudinal sulcus of pronotum, the general structures of pronotum and abdomen. It is different by the wider longitudinal sulcus of pronotum along its length (wide in the anterior part, strongly narrowing backwards in the female holotype, less narrowing in the paratypes of N. latipes ), the shape of hind femur (wider in proximal part, sharply narrowing towards genicular lobes in N. latipes ), the larger female eye (small and more rounded, 1.2 times longer than wide in N. latipes ), the narrower vertex in female (in N. latipes vertex much wider, 1.3 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.5 times wider than transversal diameter of eye), the shape of prosternum (tridentate in the middle, central dent longer and pointed in female of N. latipes ) and the hind leg coloration (inner surface of hind femur black, ventral surface of hind femur and inner surface of hind tibia orange in male; basal half of hind tibia bluish-green turning to red in apical half in female of N. latipes ). It is also related to N. monticolus sp. nov., N. van sp. nov. and N. palandoken sp. nov. It is easily distinguished by the clearly wider longitudinal sulcus of pronotum. For the other differences see the Diagnosis sections of these three species below.

Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 22.6; pronotum length 4; pronotum height 4.4; pronotum width anterior 4.1; pronotum width posterior 5.8; hind femur length 9.2; hind femur height 3.4. Paratypes: body length: male 20–22.6, female 36–43.1; pronotum length: male 3.7–4.2, female 6.2–7.3; pronotum height: male 4– 4.4, female 7.1–7.9; pronotum width anterior: male 3.8–4.3, female 5.9–6.5; pronotum width posterior: male 5.3– 5.9, female 8.7–9.6; hind femur length: male 8.4–9.2, female 12.4–14.4; hind femur height: male 3.2–3.5, female 4.3–4.7.

Etymology. “ Karadağ” is the type locality of this new species.

Remarks. The specimens identified as “ P. rubripes subrubrata ” by Demirsoy (1973) from Hakkari province belong to this new species.

Figures

FIGURE 845. Distribution of the species of genus Nocaracris.

FIGURES 69 – 82. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 69 Nocaracris cejchani; 70 Nocaracris cyanipes; 71 Nocaracris judithae; 72 Nocaracris karadagi; 73 Nocaracris palandoken; 74 Nocaracris monticolus; 75 Nocaracris van; 76 Nocaracris karshitoros; 77 Nocaracris goektepe; 78 Nocaracris crassipes; 79 Turkanocaracris levigatus; 80 Turkanocaracris davisi; 81 Araxiana woronowi; 82 Nocarodes serricollis. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 555 – 583. Body parts. 555 – 556 male head and pronotum, 555 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype; 556 Nocaracris ponticus, holotype. 557 – 558 female head, 557 Nocaracris tauricolus, holotype; 558 Nocaracris burri, topotype. 559 – 563 female prosternum, 559 Nocaracris burri; 560 Nocaracris sureyana; 561 and 562 Nocaracris tardus, paratypes; 563 Nocaracris emirdagi, paratype. 564 – 565 typical light band on pronotum in male, 564 Nocaracris tardus, holotype; 565 Nocaracris emirdagi, holotype, without light band. 566 – 568 male fastigium of vertex, lateral view, 566 Nocaracris cejchani, holotype; 567 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 568 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype. 569 – 570 female pronotum, 569 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 570 Nocaracris cinerascens. 571 – 574 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 571 Nocaracris demirsoyi; 572 Nocaracris cyanipes; 573 Nocaracris curtus, allotype; 574 Nocaracris ponticus, allotype. 575 – 576 female frons, lateral view, 575 Nocaracris cyanipes; 576 Nocaracris curtus, allotype. 577 – 579 female eye, 577 Nocaracris minutus, holotype; 578 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 579 Nocaracris van, paratype. 580 – 583 female prosternum, 580 Nocaracris palandoken, paratype; 581 and 582 Nocaracris karadagi, paratypes; 583 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype.

FIGURES 584 – 610. Body parts. 584 – 585 female hind femur, 584 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 585 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype. 586 – 587 Nocaracris karadagi, female paratype, 586 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 587 pronotal carinae. 588 – 589 Nocaracris palandoken, female paratype, 588 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 589 pronotal carinae. 590 – 591 male hind femur, 590 Nocaracris latipes, paratype; 591 Nocaracris monticolus, holotype. 592 – 593 Nocaracris elegans, female, 592 vertex and eye; 593 prosternum. 594 – 595 Nocaracris tridentatus, female, 594 vertex and eye; 595 prosternum. 596 – 597 Nocaracris tecticollis, female holotype, 596 body high; 597 head frontal view; 598 Nocaracris citripes, paratype, body low. 599 – 600 female vertex, 599 Nocaracris citripes; 600 Nocaracris karshitoros, paratype. 601 – 602 male pronotal carinae, 601 Nocaracris sabulosus; 602 Nocaracris karshitoros. 603 Nocaracris dilekensis, female tympanum. 604 – 606 Nocaracris goektepe, 604 without tympanum, female; 605 male prosternum; 606 female prosternum. 607 – 609 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 607 without tympanum, female; 608 male prosternum; 609 female prosternum. 610 Nocaracris subrubratus, female prosternum.

FIGURES 667 – 680. Habitus. 667 – 668 Nocaracris demirsoyi, 667 male; 668 female holotype. 669 – 670 Nocaracris cyanipes, 669 male; 670 female. 671 – 672 Nocaracris curtus, 671 male holotype; 672 female allotype. 673 – 676 Nocaracris judithae, 673 male holotype; 674 ditto dorsal; 675 female paratype; 676 ditto dorsal. 677 – 678 Nocaracris minutus, female holotype, 677 lateral view; 678 ditto dorsal. 679 – 680 Nocaracris karadagi, 679 male holotype; 680 female paratype.

FIGURES 681 – 694. Habitus. 681 – 682 Nocaracris karadagi, 681 male holotype dorsal; 682 female paratype dorsal. 683 – 686 Nocaracris palandoken, 683 male holotype; 684 ditto dorsal; 685 female paratype; 686 ditto dorsal. 687 – 688 Nocaracris latipes, 687 male paratype; 688 female holotype. 689 – 692 Nocaracris monticolus, 689 male holotype; 690 ditto dorsal; 691 female paratype; 692 ditto dorsal. 693 – 694 Nocaracris van, 693 male holotype; 694 female paratype.