Paranothrotes opacus rectus Mistshenko, 1951

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Paranothrotes opacus rectus Mistshenko, 1951

( Figs. 446 , 483–484 , 841 )

Nocarodes sp.: Uvarov 1938: 450.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus subsp. nov.: Mistshenko, 1951: 519.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus Mistshenko, 1951 : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 344; Mirzayans 1959: 16; Shumakov 1963: 54; Presa & Garcia 1983: 25; Ihsan & Donskoff 1988: 15, 21; Hodjat 2012: 267.

Nocaropsis gotvendicus rectus Mistshenko, 1951 : Otte 1994: 175.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus ( I. Bolívar, 1912) : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 345; Shumakov 1963: 54; Presa & Garcia 1983: 25, partim; Ihsan & Donskoff 1988: 15, 21, 30; Mirzayans 1998: 18, partim.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus ( I. Bolívar, 1912) : Demirsoy 1973: 415, 419; Demirsoy 1977: 68, 72, 73.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus f. campestris f. n.: Demirsoy 1973: 419; Demirsoy 1977: 73.

Paranothrotes gotvendicus forma campestris Demirsoy, 1973: Presa & Garcia 1983: 25.

Paranocarodes opacus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) : Weidner 1962: 87.

Nocaracris cyanipes (Fischer de Waldheim, 1846) : Weidner 1962: 88, under Paranothrotes opacus .

Type locality: Iran: Lorestan, Abbas Khan. Holotype: male ( ZIN).

Material examined. IRAN: Persia, Luristan, Abbasan [ Abbas Khan ], 14.5.1914, 1♂ (Holotype of Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus ), 1♀ (Paratype); Sirv-gora, Shah Kerem , Kurdistan, 17.5.1914, 1♀ (Allotype of Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus ) ( ZIN) ; Luristan, Sheikh Nazvadin , 13– 16.5.1914, 2♀ (Paratytpes of Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus ); IRAN : Persia, Kermanshah, Kasr-i Sherifi , 1928, 2♀ ( NHMUK) ; IRAQ: Tavile, Alepche [ Halapja ], 20– 22.5.1914, 1♂, 3♀ (Paratypes of Paranothrotes gotvendicus rectus ) (leg. Nesterov) ( ZIN) ; Iraq, Between Kirkuk and Sulaymaniah , 28.5.1932, 6♂, 3♀ (leg. B. P. Uvarov); Between Sulaymaniah and Penjwin, 1500–3000 ft , 28.5.1932, 8♂, 20♀ (leg. B. P. Uvarov); Iraq, Jezireh, W. of Mosul , 3.6.1932, 1♂ (leg. B. P. Uvarov); Nr . Dohuk, N. of Mosul , ca. 3000 ft, 4.6.1932, 16♀; Barima, N. of Mosul , 1.6.1932, 1♀ (leg. B. P. Uvarov); Penjwin, 1948, 2♂ (leg. F. Bodenheimer); Iraq, Penjwin, 4500 ft , 25.6.1928, 1♂, 2♀ (N. Scott); Sulaymania, 2800 ft, 24.6.1928, 1♀ (N. Scott) (all in NHMUK); Iraq, Biare, Mosulsk., vil. Mesopot. , 6.6.1914, 1♀ (leg. Nesterov) (det. Mistshenko as Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus ) ( NHMUK): Iraq, Biare, Mosulsk., vil . Mesopotamia, 4– 6.6.1914, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. Nesterov) (det. Mistshenko as Paranothrotes gotvendicus gotvendicus ) ( ZIN) ; TURKEY: Mardin ovası, 13.6.1953, 1♀ (leg. S. Erkılıç) (AİBÜEM) ; Urfa, Suwersâk [ Siverek ], May 1914, 3 ♀ (leg. Pietschmann) ( NMW) ; [Elazığ], Palu , July 1914, 1 ♀ (leg. Pietschmann) ( NMW) .

Distribution. N.W. Iran: Lorestan, Kermanshah, Kordestan, N.E. Iraq: Mosul, Suleymaniah, Dohuk, Penjwin, S.E. Turkey: Urfa, Mardin provinces ( Fig. 841 ).

Remarks. Mistshenko (1951a: 519) described P. gotvendicus rectus (given here as P. opacus rectus ) and distinguished it from his P. gotvendicus gotvendicus (given here as P. opacus rectus ) by the pointed fastigium and flat vertex, but these characters are present only in the holotype of P. rectus , are variable in the paratypes. Actually there is no difference between the paratypes of “ P. gotvendicus rectus ” and Mistshenko’s “ P. gotvendicus gotvendicus ” ( P. opacus rectus ).

This subspecies has strongly variable convexities of pronotum and abdominal tergites even in the same locality such as the populations of Kirkuk and Sulaymaniah, and Sulaymaniah and Penjwin. The hind tibia of this subspecies is mainly black, but it is possible to see blackish-red tibia or strongly raised pronotum and abdominal tergites or much less convex forms in these populations, but all of them are undoubtedly the same taxon.

All specimens identified as P. gotvendicus gotvendicus by Mistshenko in the ZIN belong to this subspecies. The types of the true P. gotvendicus have been studied and it is a very different species. Moreover P. gotvendicus and P. opacus are given in different species groups herein (see also P. opacus opacus above).

Ihsan & Donskoff (1988) probably erroneously wrote this subspecies on the pages 15 and 21. They besides reported Paranothrotes ornatus in another part of the paper (on the pages 22, 24, 29 and 30- Figures and key).

It is new for Turkey.

Figures

FIGURE 841. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Ebnerodes and Paranothrotes.

FIGURES 439 – 460. Body parts. 439 – 442 female hind femur, 439 Paranothrotes dentatus, holotype; 440 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype; 441 Paranothrotes ocellatus; 442 Paranothrotes opacus opacus. 443 – 444 arolium of fore leg in female, 443 Paranothrotes buzuldagi, holotype; 444 Paranothrotes margaritae. 445 – 446 female vertex, 445 Paranothrotes ocellatus, holotype; 446 Paranothrotes opacus rectus, allotype. 447 – 448 dorsal view of abdomen in male, 447 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, holotype; 448 Paranothrotes nigripes. 449 – 450 male hind femur, 449 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 450 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype. 451 – 454 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in male, 451 Paranothrotes eximius eximius, holotype; 452 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis, paratype; 453 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 454 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, holotype. 455 – 456 male head, 455 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 456 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, paratype. 457 – 458 female vertex, 457 Paranothrotes nigrolobus; 458 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype. 459 – 460 female hind femur, 459 Paranothrotes nigrolobus; 460 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype.

FIGURES 481 – 494. Habitus. 481 – 482 Paranothrotes opacus opacus, 481 male lectotype; 482 female paralectotype. 483 – 484 Paranothrotes opacus rectus, 483 male holotype; 484 female allotype. 485 Paranothrotes ocellatus, female holotype. 486 – 487 Paranothrotes eximius eximius, 486 male paratype; 487 female allotype. 488 – 491 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis, 488 male holotype; 489 ditto dorsal; 490 female paratype; 491 ditto dorsal. 492 – 493 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, 492 male syntype; 493 female syntype. 494 Paranothrotes apicalis, female syntype.