Glyphotmethis escherichi elatior ( Ramme, 1951 )

Ünal, Mustafa, 2007, Revision of the genus Glyphotmethis Bey-Bienko, 1951 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae), Zootaxa 1581, pp. 1-36 : 20-21

Glyphotmethis escherichi elatior ( Ramme, 1951)

( Figs. 7, 17; Table 1)

Eremobia Escherichi : Werner 1901: 281; Kuthy 1907: 432.

Tmethis escherichi: Ebner 1919: 173 .

Asiotmethis escherichi elatior Ramme, 1951 .

Glyphotmethis escherichi elatior: Karabağ 1958: 114 ; Cejchan 1965: 472; Weidner 1969: 155; Demirsoy 1977: 49; Presa & Garcia 1984: 14; Otte 1994: 158.

Glyphotmethis escherichi coloripes Cejchan 1965: 473 , syn.n.

Glyphotmethis escherichi coloripes: Weidner 1969: 155 ; Demirsoy 1977: 49; Presa & Garcia 1984: 14; Otte 1994: 158; Ünal 1999: 93.

Glyphotmethis escherichi: Gümüşsuyu 1968: 120 ; Karabağ et al. 1974: 11.

Type locality: Turkey: Eskişehir. Holotype: male ( ZMB).

Previous records: Kuthy 1907: as Eremobia Escherichi : Eskişehir, July and August 1906, leg. A. Lendl (see Remarks); Cejchan 1965: Eskişehir, 8.1900, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, (paratypes) (Nat. Mus. Stockholm ) (not examined); Ankara, Dikmen , 3000 ft, 7.7.1959, 1 ♀, leg. K.M. Guichard (paratype of G. escherichi coloripes ) ( NHM) (probably lost) .

Material examined: 73 specimens. TURKEY: Anatolien, Eskischehir [Eskişehir], 1917 , 1 ♂, leg. La Baume (holotype); Eskiş. [Eskişehir], 10.6.1934 , 1 ♂, leg. Sureya; Eskişehir, Hachabene , 800 m, steppe , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. La Baume (paratypes) (all ZMB); Ankara, 3000 ft, 30.6 – 5.7.1959 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. K.M. Guichard (holo- and paratype of G. escherichi coloripes ) ( NHM). TURKEY: Kleinasien [Anatolia], Eskişehir, 1911 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. Fahringer; Asia Minor [ Anatolia], Eskişehir, 8.1900 , 2 ♀, leg. Werner; ( NMW) , 1 ♀ ( MNHN); Eskişehir, Kütahya yolu 30 km, Bozüyük kavşaǧı, 920 m, 18.6.2001 , 1 ♂; 8.6.2003, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Eskişehir, Alpu, Sevinç Köyü , 770 m, 18.6.2001 , 8 ♂, 4 ♀; Eskişehir, Seyitgazi yolu 13. km, 1100 m, 39°38’991” K, 30°33’239” D, 21.7.2003 , 4 ♂, 6 ♀, leg. M. Ünal & S. Mutun (all AIBUEM); Ankara: Beypazarı, Derven çiftliǧi, 2.7.1970 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Güdül – Beypazarı, Alagöz mevki, 23.7.1965 , 1 ♀, leg. İ. Gümüşsuyu ( ZMMAE); Ankara, Beypazarı , 640 m, 11.7.2002 , 10 ♂, 8 ♀, leg. M. Ünal; 25.7.2002, 10 ♂, 1 ♀; 21.8.2001, 1 ♀, leg. M. Ünal & S. Mutun; Ankara, Eskişehir yolu, 1060 m, 4.7.2003 , 2 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. M. Ünal; Ankara: Dikmen , 1300 m, 16.9.1995 , 1 ♀, leg. M. Ünal (all AIBUEM) .

Diagnosis: Pronotum ( Figs. 7a–d) with distinct tubercles; prozona high, its lobes distinct; lateral tubercles of mesozona distinct; metazona slightly raised, flat in some specimens; metazona long and broad, lateral margins slightly concave, hind margin narrow and rounded at apex; male tegmina ( Figs. 7a, c, e) reaching at most to genital region of abdomen, broad in middle and narrow to apex; axillary1 and axillary2 veins distinct and separated; distal excision of dorsal carina of hind femur distinct, its ventral carina clearly wavy; inner side of hind femur red, darkened with a large dark blue macula, ventral part red; inner side of hind tibia dark red; body large; Male penis valves ( Figs. 7g, h) stout apically, their apices strongly curved upwards in lateral view, widened in posterior view; lophi ( Fig.7i) with more than 15 dense spines, posterior margin of epiphallus ( Fig.7i) broadly rounded or straighter.

This subspecies is different from G. escherichi escherichi by the higher prozona with distinct lobes, more distinct lateral tubercles of mesozona, slightly raised longer and broader metazona, rounded hind margin and slightly concave lateral margins of metazona, longer male tegmina, darker coloration of hind legs, larger body size and distribution. It is different from G. escherichi inermis by the distinct pronotal tubercles, very distinct lateral projections of mesozona and lobes of prozona, longer metazona and male tegmina, separated axillary1 and 2 veins, darker coloration hind legs, larger body size and distribution. This subspecies is similar to G. dimorphus by the coloration of hind legs and shape of metazona. But it is different from it by the ratio of prozona to metazona (prozona longer in this taxon), broader metazona, shorter male tegmina and larger body size.

Distribution: ( Fig. 17). Turkey: Eskişehir, W and NWof Ankara.

Remarks: The specimens recorded by Kuthy (1907) as Eremobia Escherichi were not examined. Of which given from Eski–Tshehir (Eskişehir) may belong to this subspecies rather than the other taxa. Those specimens should be reidentified.

Cejchan (1965) described G. escherichi coloripes from Ankara, Dikmen after 1 male and 2 females. The stated differences are included into the variation limites of G. escherichi elatior . Moreover, according to Cejchan (1965: 473) “ one female specimen from the interstage to subsp. elatior ”.