Notostaurus anatolicus ( Krauss, 1896 )

Şirin, Deniz, Mol, Abbas, Taylan, Mehmet Saýt, Demýr, Eyüp & Kizilocak, Dýlan Hevra, 2017, The Gomphocerinae Tarbinsky, 1932 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) fauna of the Turkish Thrace, Zootaxa 4299 (3), pp. 361-383 : 367

Notostaurus anatolicus ( Krauss, 1896)

Stauronotulus anatolicus Krauss, 1896: 9 , 560. Dociostaurus anatolicus Uvarov, 1930: 359 .

Distribution in the Palaearctic region: Dagestan, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Greece ( Bei-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Soltani 1978; Mol & Zeybekoğlu 2013).

Distribution in the Turkish Thrace: ÇANAKKALE: Gelibolu, Bayırköy pasture, 10.VII.1969, 7 ♀♀; Sütlüce Village pasture, 10.VII.1969, 2 ♀♀; KIRKLARELI: Babaeski, 31.VIII.1993, 1 ♀♀, ( Karabağ 1971; Ünal 1999).

Material examined: ÇANAKKALE: Gelibolu, between Fındıklı-Değirmendüzü , 231m a.s.l, N: 40°24.903’ E: 26°31.873’, 24.VIII.2013, 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, leg.: D. Şirin & E. Bayram ( Fig. 7 A). Calling song recorded from one male at 30 ˚C in the laboratory conditions by D. Şirin.

Description of song: Male calling song consists of a series of phrases which range from 9 to12 in number with irregular gaps ( Fig. 7 B). The song generally starts with an initial phrase by the lowest amplitude and continues with a single phrase, then double phrases and two triple phrases ( Figs. 7 B–C). The song durations vary between 5 and 15 s., although the song consists of irregular gapped phrases, durations of 100–108 ms, and the number of syllables (4–6) is almost similar in a phrase ( Fig. 7 D). The pulse number also shows a variety (1–9) in each syllable of one phrase ( Fig. 7 D). The first and the last syllables of the phrase are always in low amplitude, whereas the others generally have similar amplitude modulation ( Fig. 7 D).

Published song data, used for comparison: Savitsky 2000.

Figures

FIGURE 7. The distribution of Notostaurus anatolicus populations in Turkish Thrace Region, circle represent the location of collected samples during this study and triangle represent the former records in material examined subtitle (A) and male calling song oscillograms at three different time scales (B, C and D).