Uvarovistia Mařan, 1953

Uluar, Onur, Yahyaoğlu, Özgül & Çiplak, Battal, 2021, Review of Uvarovistia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae): genetic data indicate a new cryptic species, Uvarovistia munzurensis sp. n., Zootaxa 4952 (1), pp. 152-168 : 157

Genus: Uvarovistia Mařan, 1953 (in reference with Ramme, 1951)

Olynthoscelis zebra Uvarov, 1916a

Considering above given data genus Uvarovistia consists of four known species as U. zebra , U. satunini , U. bakhtiara and U. iraka and one new species named as Uvarovistia munzurensis Uluar & Yahyaoğlu sp.n.. The five species in the genus constitute two distinct species groups; Zebra Group including only U. zebra and the second Satunini Group including the remaining four species. The key to species based on the diagnostic characters.

The key to species

1a Tooth of male cerci strong and in basal fourth ( Figure 13 ); male anal tergum with long down zebra curved processes and a deep incision in between ( Figure 9 ); Female subgenital plate with tapered apical lobes and with two inflations basally ( Figure 25 ) …. U. zebra group

1b Tooth of male cerci weak or not strong and not elongated as in U. zebra , located around middle 2 ( Figures 14-17 ); male anal tergum without processes and with a rounded or quadrangular incision at hind margin ( Figures 10-12 ); Female subgenital plate with rounded lobes and with one inflation medio-basally ( Figures 26-29 ) ……. U. satunini group

2a Tooth of male cerci relatively strong, located medially or post-medially ( Figures 16, 17 ); male 3 anal tergum black in basal half and brown in distal half ( Figure 12 ); apical arms of titillators asymmetrical, bent once in proximal 1/3 only (see Fig. 71-72 in Ünal (2012)); female subgenital plate large and with basal or lateral sulcus-like modifications ( Figures 28, 29 )

2b Tooth of male cerci comparatively weak, located medially or pre-medially ( Figures 14, 15 ); male 4 anal tergum totally black or with indistinct brown stripes marginally ( Figures 10-11 ); apical arms of titillators symmetrical, bent twice in proximal 1/3 and then in distal 1/5 ( Figures 23, 24 ); female subgenital plate small and without sulcus-like modifications ( Figures 26, 27 )

3a Tooth of male cerci is post medially ( Figure 17 ); female subgenital plate with deep transversal iraka furrow medially ( Figure 29 )

3b Tooth of male cerci is medially ( Figure 16 ); female subgenital plate with a weak transversal sulci bakhtiara medially ( Figure 28 )

4a Tooth of male cerci located medially or premedially and stronger compared to U. munzurensis satunini ( Figure 14 ); female subgenital plate as in Figure 26 and ovipositor as in Figure 31

4b Tooth of male cerci post medially and weak compared to U. satunini ( Figure 15 ) female munzurensis sp.n. subgenital plate as in Figure 27 and ovipositor as in Figure 32

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Male anal tergum in Uvarovistia. 9—U. zebra, 10—U. satunini, 11—U. munzurensis sp.n., 12-U. iraka (Figure 12 from Uvarov, 1934) FIGURES 13–17. Male cerci in Uvarovistia. 13—U. zebra, 14—U. satunini, 15—U. munzurensis sp.n., 16—U. bakhtiara, 17- U. iraka (Figures 16 and 17 from Uvarov, 1934) FIGURES 18–21. Male subgenital plate in Uvarovistia. 18—U. zebra, 19—U. satunini, 20—U. munzurensis sp.n., 21—U. bakhtiara (Figure 21 from modified from the photos in OSF2, Cigliano et al. (2020)) FIGURES 22–24. Titillators (dorsal and lateral view) in Uvarovistia. 22—U. zebra, 23—U. satunini, 24—U. munzurensis sp.n. (for U. bakhtiara see Ünal, 2012)

FIGURES 25–29. Female subgenital plate (ventral and lateral view) in Uvarovistia. 25—U. zebra, 26—U. satunini, 27—U. munzurensis sp.n., 28—U. bakhtiara, 29—U. iraka (Figures 28 and 29 from Uvarov, 1934)

FIGURES 30–33. Ovipositor in Uvarovistia. 30—U. zebra, 31—U. satunini, 32—U. munzurensis sp.n., 33—(for U. bakhtiara and U. iraka see the photos in OSF2, Cigliano et al. (2020))