Iranotmethis cyanipennis cyanipennis ( Saussure, 1884 )

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 : 33-34

Iranotmethis cyanipennis cyanipennis ( Saussure, 1884)

Material examined. IRAN: Hamadan, Dardjazin , 7.1949, 1♀ (leg. Vaezi) ; Hamadan, Dablabad , 21.7.1960, 1♂ (leg. E. S. Brown) ( NHMUK).

Remarks. The specimens studied here have hind femur and tibia blue with violet tinge on the inside. The difference from I. cyanipennis kurdus Bey-Bienko is also the shape of pronotum as given by Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko (1951: 299). The hind legs in I. cyanipennis kurdus and I. cyanipennis iranicus ( Werner, 1939) are unicolor blue.