Poecilimon tuncayi, KARABAG, 1953

Boztepe, Zehra, Kaya, Sarp & Çiplak, Battal, 2013, Integrated systematics of the Poecilimon luschani species group (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): radiation as a chain of populations in a small heterogeneous area, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (1), pp. 43-69 : 61

POECILIMON TUNCAYI KARABAĞ, 1953 STAT. REV.

Poecilimon tuncayi Karabag ˘, 1953: 179.

Poecilimon ledereri Ramme ; Ünal, 2005: 439. Type information: Holotype – male; Turkey, Aydın Province, Bölüntü (Natural History Museum, London) (not examined).

Material examined: Specimens used for morphological, bioacoustic, and molecular studies are listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 1 . Further specimens identified as P. tuncayi in the collection of K. G. Heller (K. G. Heller, pers. comm.) are as follows ( Fig. 1 ). Eight males and two females, Turkey – Mug ˘ la Province, Labranda, 37°24′N, 27°42′E, 2.v.1985 (legitat K. G. Heller); two males, Turkey – Aydın Province, 10 km south of Bozdog ˘ an, 37°35′41 " N, 28°20′52 " E, 3.vi.2005 (legitat K. Reinhold) .

Description: For morphology see Table S1, Figures 8 , 26 , 34 , 52 , 70 ; for song see Table 2A Figures 78 , 82–84 . Additional description can be found in Karabag˘ (1953) and Bei-Bienko (1954).

Distribution ( Fig. 1 ): In addition to the type locality, this species has been recorded from Savas¸tepe, Balıkesir (Karabag˘, 1964), and the road to Zeytinköy, Aydın (Karabag˘, Gümüs¸suyu & Tutkun, 1981). The records by Ünal (2005) from Aydın (1, Bozdog˘an; Kemer; 2, Çakirbeyli; and 3, Çamköy) are also indicative of P. tuncayi . Both earlier records and localities listed in the Material examined section indicate that this species has a narrow range in the Aegean lowlands in the southern parts of Aydın Province (bordered by the Büyük Menderes River and Aydın Dag˘ları mountains in the north) and northern parts of Mugla Province. We think that the record by Karabag˘ (1964) from Savas¸tepe (Balıkesir Province) is possibly not P. tuncayi as this locality is in the north of Bozdag˘ and the Aydın Dag˘ları mountain ranges are the region inhabited by P. ledereri .

Remarks: Ünal (2004) suggested that this species is very similar, and possibly synonymous, to P. luschani ; later, he synonymized it with P. ledereri ( Ünal, 2005) . As presented in the Results section, the Aydın population constitutes a distinct phylogroup. Additionally, this population differs from the others by having the lowest average impulse number per syllable. Thus, we think it is a distinct and independent reproductive unit and we re-establish it at a species rank. For diagnosis, see P. ledereri and P. luschani .

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of the Poecilimon luschani species group (filled circles indicate the specimens used for morphology, song, and DNA studies, see Table 1; open circles indicate the material in the collection of K.G. Heller; taxa names are according to the results of this study).

Figures 4–21. Male pronotum from dorsal in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 4, İzmir; 5, Balkan; 6, Balıkesir; 7, Kütahya; 8, Aydın; 9, Akdag˘; 10, Erentepe; 11, Es¸en1; 12, Es¸en2; 13, Es¸en3; 14, Patara; 15, Kalkan; 16, Demre; 17, Olympos; 18, Kemer; 19, Tahtalıdag˘; 20, Termessos; 21, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 22–29. Male pronotum from profile in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (scale bar = 4 mm): 22, İzmir; 23, Balkan; 24, Balıkesir; 25, Kütahya; 26, Aydın; 27, Demre; 28, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 29, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 30–47. Male cerci in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 30, İzmir; 31, Balkan; 32, Balıkesir; 33, Kütahya; 34, Aydın; 35, Akdag˘; 36, Erentepe; 37, Es¸en1; 38, Es¸en2; 39, Es¸en3; 40, Patara; 41, Kalkan; 42, Demre; 43, Olympos; 44, Kemer; 45, Tahtalıdag˘; 46, Termessos; 47, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 48–65. Male subgenital plate in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 48, İzmir; 49, Balkan; 50, Balıkesir; 51, Kütahya; 52, Aydın; 53, Akdag˘; 54, Erentepe; 55, Es¸en1; 56, Es¸en2; 57, Es¸en3; 58, Patara; 59, Kalkan; 60, Demre; 61, Olympos; 62, Kemer; 63, Tahtalıdag˘; 64, Termessos; 65, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 66–73. Female genitalia from profile in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (scale bar = 4 mm): 66, İzmir; 67, Balkan; 68, Balıkesir; 69, Kütahya; 70, Aydın; 71, Demre; 72, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 73, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 74–81. Male calling song in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (A, a syllable sequence; B, details of a syllable): 74, İzmir; 75, Balkan; 76, Balıkesir; 77, Kütahya; 78, Aydın; 79, Demre; 80, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 81, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 82–84. Plots showing results of Tukey’s analyses applied to four song parameters from Poecilimon luschani species group given in Table 2. 82, syllable duration; 83, impulse number per syllable; 84, impulse period.