Prionosthenus syriacus (Brisout de Barneville, 1854)

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 : 65

Prionosthenus syriacus (Brisout de Barneville, 1854)

( Figs. 286–287 )

Material examined. LEBANON: Liban, Dinata , 3♂, 2♀ (Gadeau) ( MNCN) ; SYRIA: 25 km W. Damaskus [Damascus], 15– 16.5.1961, 1♀ (leg. Kasy & Vartian) ( NMW) .

Remarks. This species is very similar to Ocnerosthenus simulans (Bolívar, 1911) , including the male phallic complex. It is very difficult to decide their generic separation especially in females. While the male phallic complexes of both genera Prionosthenus Bolívar and Ocnerosthenus Massa have no a distinct difference, the external characters of the type species Prionosthenus galericulatus ( Stål, 1876) and Ocnerosthenus kneuckeri (Krauss, 1909) are distinct. Massa (1995) and Massa & Fontana (2004) gave the differences of both genera. I think the scope of the two genera is not so clear (see also the Remarks section of Ocnerosthenus brunnerianus ( Saussure, 1887) .

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FIGURES 282 – 295. Habitus. 282 – 283 Prinosthenus gueleni, 282 male; 283 female paratype. 284 – 285 Prinosthenus galericulatus, 284 male; 285 female. 286 – 287 Prinosthenus syriacus, 286 male; 287 female. 288 – 289 Ocnerosthenus brunnerianus, paralectotypes, 288 male; 289 female. 290 – 291 Ocnerosthenus simulans, 290 male; 291 female. 292 – 293 Ocnerosthenus kneuchkeri, 292 male; 293 female. 294 – 295 Ocneropsis bethlehemita, 294 male; 295 female.