Parapholidoptera georgiae Massa, Buzzetti et Fontana, 2009

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Parapholidoptera georgiae Massa, Buzzetti et Fontana, 2009

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: the Chechen Republic, Tersky Ridge, near Grozny City , 43.54º N, 44.76º E, VII. 1986, 2 ♂ (Tishechkin); Stavropolsky krai, near Pyatigorsk City, Mt Mashuk , 44.05º N, 43.04º E, 12–16.VIII 1996, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (Benediktov); Daghestan, near Gertma vil., 42.99º N, 46.74º E, 10 VIII 1991, 1 ♂ (Matveev) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: North Caucasus (new record). Georgia.

REMARKS. Parapholidoptera georgiae was described from the Vashlovanis Nature Reserve in Georgia ( Massa et al., 2009). This species is similar to P. noxia (Ramme, 1930) but differs from the latter in the shape of the female subgenital plate and the male titillators. The specimens stored in the collection of MSU and previously determinate as P. noxia actually belong to P. georgiae . Currently, four species of the genus Parapholidoptera , namely P. kalashiani Massa, Buzzetti et Fontana, 2009 , P. georgiae and P. noxia , are found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Northern Caucasus ( Çiplak, 2000; Cigliano et al., 2023) but the distribution of the latter species requires verification.

Figures

Figs 1–10. Tettigoniidae. 1–5 – Conocephalus conocephalus: 1 – anterior part of male body, dorsal view; 2 – male apex of abdomen, dorsal view; 3 – male subgenital plate, ventral view; 4 – right titillator, dorsal view; 5 – female, lateral view; 6–9 – Incertana incerta: 6 – right titillator, dorsal view; 7 – male, lateral view; 8 – male apex of abdomen, lateral view; 9 – female apex of abdomen and ovipositor, lateral view; 10 – Parapholidoptera georgiae, titillators of specimen from Grozny, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1, 8, 9, 10 = 1 mm; 2-4, 6 = 0.5 mm; 5, 7 = 5 mm. 18