Nocaracris latipes Uvarov, 1928

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 : 168

Nocaracris latipes Uvarov, 1928 comb. rev.

( Figs. 590 , 687–688 , 845 )

Nocaracris latipes sp. n.: Uvarov 1928: 151

Nocaracris latipes Uvarov 1928 : Tarbinsky 1940: 34.

Nocaracris (Paranocaracris) latipes Uv. : Bey-Bienko 1964: 251.

Paranocaracris latipes ( Uvarov, 1928) : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 352; Presa & Garcia 1983: 23; Otte 1994: 182; Heller et al. 1998: 61.

Type locality. Russia: N. Caucasia, N. Ossetia, Terek Province , Staryj Lars, S. slopes of Voroskaja Balka. Holotype: female ( ZIN).

Material examined. RUSSIA: N. Caucasus, Lars, Prov. Tersk [Terek], 21.5.1922, 1♀ (Holotype) ( ZIN) ; [ Caucasia ], Star. Lars, Voen., Gruz. Dor. Tersk., 8.4– 21.5.1922, 2♂, 3♀ (Paratypes) (leg. M. Rjabov) ( ZIN) ; Caucase , 1♀ (det. as Nocarodes cyanipes Motsch. ) ( MNCN) .

Distribution. Known from Russia: N. Caucasia, Ossetia ( Fig. 845 ).

Remarks. This species is also similar to N. curtus Mistshenko , of the species in this group, by the wide longitudinal sulcus of pronotum, but the coloration of hind legs, the characters given in the key are different.

Figures

FIGURE 845. Distribution of the species of genus Nocaracris.

FIGURES 584 – 610. Body parts. 584 – 585 female hind femur, 584 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 585 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype. 586 – 587 Nocaracris karadagi, female paratype, 586 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 587 pronotal carinae. 588 – 589 Nocaracris palandoken, female paratype, 588 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 589 pronotal carinae. 590 – 591 male hind femur, 590 Nocaracris latipes, paratype; 591 Nocaracris monticolus, holotype. 592 – 593 Nocaracris elegans, female, 592 vertex and eye; 593 prosternum. 594 – 595 Nocaracris tridentatus, female, 594 vertex and eye; 595 prosternum. 596 – 597 Nocaracris tecticollis, female holotype, 596 body high; 597 head frontal view; 598 Nocaracris citripes, paratype, body low. 599 – 600 female vertex, 599 Nocaracris citripes; 600 Nocaracris karshitoros, paratype. 601 – 602 male pronotal carinae, 601 Nocaracris sabulosus; 602 Nocaracris karshitoros. 603 Nocaracris dilekensis, female tympanum. 604 – 606 Nocaracris goektepe, 604 without tympanum, female; 605 male prosternum; 606 female prosternum. 607 – 609 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 607 without tympanum, female; 608 male prosternum; 609 female prosternum. 610 Nocaracris subrubratus, female prosternum.

FIGURES 681 – 694. Habitus. 681 – 682 Nocaracris karadagi, 681 male holotype dorsal; 682 female paratype dorsal. 683 – 686 Nocaracris palandoken, 683 male holotype; 684 ditto dorsal; 685 female paratype; 686 ditto dorsal. 687 – 688 Nocaracris latipes, 687 male paratype; 688 female holotype. 689 – 692 Nocaracris monticolus, 689 male holotype; 690 ditto dorsal; 691 female paratype; 692 ditto dorsal. 693 – 694 Nocaracris van, 693 male holotype; 694 female paratype.