Glyphotmethis escherichi inermis ( Uvarov, 1934 )

Ünal, Mustafa, 2007, Revision of the genus Glyphotmethis Bey-Bienko, 1951 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae), Zootaxa 1581, pp. 1-36 : 23-25

Glyphotmethis escherichi inermis ( Uvarov, 1934)

( Figs. 9, 17; Table 1)

Tmethis heldreichi inermis Uvarov 1934 ; Karabağ 1949: 65, 101.

Asiotmethis heldreichi inermis: Uvarov 1943: 56 .

Asiotmethis inermis: Ramme 1951: 273 , 426.

Asiotmethis adaliae: Ramme 1951: 273 , 426.

Glyphotmethis escherichi inermis: Bey-Bienko 1951: 315 (1963: 336) ; Karabağ 1958: 113; Presa & Garcia 1984: 14; Otte 1994: 158.

Glyphotmethis escherichi escherichi: Karabağ 1958: 112 ; Weidner 1969: 155.

Glyphotmethis inermis: Cejchan 1965: 477 ; Weidner 1969: 155; Demirsoy 1977: 49; Ünal 2006: 21.

Glyphotmethis raggei Cejchan 1965: 475 , syn.n.

Glyphotmethis raggei: Weidner 1969: 155 ; Demirsoy 1977: 49; Presa & Garcia 1984: 15; Otte 1994: 159. Glyphotmethis adaliae angorensis Cejchan 1965: 483 , syn.n.

Glyphotmethis adaliae angorensis Weidner 1969: 156 ; Demirsoy 1977: 51; Presa & Garcia 1984: 14; Otte 1994: 158. Glyphotmethis heldreichi escherichi: Karabağ et al. 1971: 85 .

Glyphotmethis heldreichi inermis: Otte 1994: 158 .

Type locality: Turkey: N of Çankırı, Kay Daǧ (İndaǧı). Holotype: male ( NHM).

Previous records: Cejchan 1965: Asia Minor, Ankara: Baraj, 3– 4.7.1947, 3 ♂ (holo- and paratypes of G. adaliae angorensis ) (Nat. Mus. Prague); Weidner 1969: as G. escherichi escherichi : Ankara, Eymir Gölü, 31.6.1959, 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Çorum, İskilip, 28.6.1961, 1 ♂, leg. et det.T. Karabag (Zool. Mus. Hamburg) (not examined, see Remarks).

Material examined: 142 specimens. TURKEY: Çankırı, between Ankara and Changri [Çankırı], 10.8.1931 , 2 ♂, 6 ♀, leg. B.P. Uvarov (holo- and paratypes) ( NHM) , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (paratypes) ( ZMB); Anatolia , 1 ♂ (holotype of G. raggei ) ( NHM); Angora [Ankara], 1931 , 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Ankara, Emir [Eymir] Gölü , 22.6.1935 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Çorum, 8.1931 , 1 ♀, leg. Sureya (paratypes of G. adaliae angorensis ) ( ZMB). TURKEY: Çankırı, 24 km S of Çankırı , 24.7. 1962, 830 m, 4 ♂, 2 ♀, leg. K.M. Guichard & D.H. Harvey ( NHM); Çankırı, 16 km G, Kızılırmak yolu kavşaǧı, 5 km D, 670 m, 10.7.2001 , 1 ♂; Çankırı 5 km K, 10.7.2001 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Çankırı, Korgun, İndaǧı (Kaydaǧı), 1000 m, 40°45’900” K, 33°31’742” D, 27.7.2002 , 2 ♀; 28.7.2002, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, leg. M. Ünal & S. Mutun ( AIBUEM); Çorum, Alaca yolu, 20–40 km, 30.6.1966 , 1 ♂, leg. S. Balamir ( ZMMAE); Çorum, Hamdiköy , 24.6.2003 , 2 ♂, 4 ♀, leg. M. Ünal & S. Mutun ( AIBUEM); Yasgad [Yozgat] , 1 ♀ ( ZMB); Kırıkkale, 13 km W of Kırıkkale , 2800 ft, 30.6.1960 , 8 ♂, 5 ♀ ( NHM); Kırıkkale, 30 km E of Kırıkkale, Yenihan , 1.7.1960 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. K.M. Guichard & D.H. Harvey) ( MNHN); Kırıkkale, Bedesten-Yahşihan , 850 m, 23.6.1994 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 27.6.1996, 2 ♂; 26.6.1996, 2 ♂; Kırıkkale, Kılıçlar 1 km G, 4.7.1996 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kırıkkale, Yeşilyazı , 700 m, 7.7.1995 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kırıkkale, Bostanlı-Kahyalı , 650 m, 7.7.1995 , 1 ♂; Kırıkkale, Kılıçlar, 800 m, 6.7.1995 , 2 ♂, 2 ♀, leg. M. Ünal ( AIBUEM); Kırıkkale, Kılıçlar , 700 m, 13.7.2001 , 1 ♂; Kırıkkale, Delice, Alçılı , 650 m , 3 ♂, 2 ♀, leg. M. Ünal & S. Mutun ( AIBUEM); Ankara , 2 ♂, 2 ♀, leg. Sureya; Ankara, 10.8.1931 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. B.P. Uvarov ( NHM); Ankara , 1 ♂ ( ZMB); Ankara, 12.6.1940 , 1 ♀; 19.6.1940, 1 ♀; 5.7.1940, 1 ♂, 2.7.1940, 1 ♀; 2.8.1941, 1 ♀; 20– 21.6.1940, 2 ♂; 30.6.1948, 1 ♀; 2.8.1949, 2 ♀, leg. et det. T. Karabaǧ; Ankara, Ergazi , 9.8.1939 , 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Çubuk Barajı , 19.6.1939 , 2 ♀; Ankara, Telsiz civarı, Kireç ocaǧı, 15.6.1939 , 2 ♀; Ankara, Eymir Gölü , 4.8.1939 , 1 ♀; 28.6.1954, 2 ♀, leg. N. Şişli; 1950, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, leg. S. Özbaş (all AUZM); Ankara, Altındaǧ, Pursaklar Köyü , 5.7.1956 , 1 ♂; Ankara, Esenboǧa, Büyüksaray Köyü , 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Ankara, Kızılcahamam, Boǧaz mevki, 16.6.1056 , 1 ♀; 29.6.1956, 10 ♂, 9 ♀; 26.7.1956, 2 ♂, 1 ♀; 28.8.1956, 1 ♀; 28.6.1957, 4 ♂, 5 ♀; 11.8.1959, 3 ♂, 1 ♀, leg. S. Balamir (all ZMMAE); Ankara, Çubuk I Barajı , 885 m, 3.7.2003 , 1 ♂; Ankara, Kavaklı Köyü, 1180 m, 3.7.2003 , 1 ♂, leg. M. Ünal ( AIBUEM) .

Diagnosis: Pronotal tubercles ( Figs. 9a–d) blunt, indistinct or absent; prozona very low without or with indistinct lobes; lateral projections of mesozona indistinct or absent; metazona short and broad, its lateral margins straight or slightly convex; male tegmina ( Figs. 9a, c, e) very short reaching at most to 4th abdominal tergite in typical forms, its widest point in distal part; axillary 1 vein mostly indistinct, fused with axillary 2 in distal part of wing in typical forms, in some specimens the both veins separated; distal excision of dorsal carina of hind femur distinct, its ventral carina clearly wavy; inner side of hind femur red, slightly darkened with indistinct bluish macula; inner side of hind tibia pale red; male penis valves ( Figs. 9g, h) stout apically, their apices strongly curved upwards in lateral view, narrower than that of the previous two subspecies in posterior view; lophi ( Fig. 9i) with nearly 10 sparse spines, posterior margin of epiphallus ( Fig. 9i) with a rounded projection.

This subspecies is different from G. escherichi escherichi by the less distinct blunt pronotal tubercles, lower prozona, less distinct lateral projections of mesozona and lobes of prozona or their absence, shorter male tegmina, indistinct axillary 1 vein and distribution. It is different from G. escherichi elatior by the much less pronotal tubercles or their absence, lower prozona, much less distinct lateral projections of mesozona and lobes of prozona or their absence, shorter metazona, shorter male tegmina, lighter coloration of hind legs, smaller size and distribution. This taxon similar to G. adaliae by the general structure of pronotum in both sexes and the presence of less tubercles. But it is different from it by the shape of male penis, shorter and higher prozona, angular hind margin of metazona, narrower male tegmina, indistinct axillary 1 vein, darker red color of hind legs and clearly separated ditribution.

Distribution: ( Fig. 17). Çankırı, N and NE of Ankara, N and E of Kırıkkale, Çorum, Yozgat.

Remarks: Exact type locality of this taxon is: Turkey, N of Çankırı, Kai–Dagh (now İndaǧı), not as the label data (see Uvarov 1934: 31 and 1943: 56). The specimens collected from N and NE of Ankara (Kızılcahamam, Ergazi, Çubuk, Pursaklar, Esenboǧa etc.) are much nearer to this taxon rather than the nominotypical subspecies by the lower and longer prozona with indistinct lobes, the wider metazona with slightly convex lateral edges, less distinct lateral projections of mesozona, shorter male tegmina and the larger body size.

The specimens collected from Ankara: Ergazi were recorded as the nominotypical taxon ( Karabaǧ 1958). They belong to this subspecies.

Cejchan (1965) described G. adaliae angorensis after the type specimens collected from Çubuk Barajı, Ankara, Emir Gölü, Çorum and Adana (see Glyphotmethis spp. for Adana record). It is considered after the studies of a large material that G. adaliae angorensis is a junior synonym of this taxon. Moreover, some regions near to Ankara are contact zones between inermis and escherichi (see Remarks of G. escherichi escherichi ).

G.raggei was described after a single male ( Cejchan 1965: 475). Its exact type locality is uncertain (given as “ Asia Minor ”) in original description. This species has not been collected since its description. Some specimens collected from Kırıkkale are quite similar to the holotype of raggei . However, all those specimens are included to G. escherichi inermis . Because they, including the holotype of G. raggei , are placed within the variation limites of G. escherichi inermis .

One male recorded from Çorum: İskilip ( Weidner 1969) should be confirmed.