Polysarcus zacharovi (Stshelkanovtzev, 1910)

Taylan, Mehmet Sait, Şirin, Deniz, Sevgili, Hasan & Yeşilyurt, Fatih, 2021, A preliminary research and notes on Orthoptera (Insecta) Fauna of Hakkari Province, Zootaxa 5060 (1), pp. 45-70 : 51

Polysarcus zacharovi (Stshelkanovtzev, 1910)

Distribution in Turkey: Known from Eastern Anatolia ( Karabağ, 1958; Ünal, 2010, Sevgili et al. 2012)

Previous records: Hakkari, 2500 m, 30. VIII.1952, 4♂, 3♀, leg. C. Kosswig, ( Karabağ 1958) ; Karadağ , 2800 m, 15. VIII.1954 , 13♂, 3♀, leg. P.H. Davis, ( Karabağ, 1958); Karadağ , 3000 m, 04. VIII.1953 , 8♂, 4♀, 2500m, 5. VIII.1953 , 5♂, 3♀, leg. T. Karabağ , ( Karabağ, 1958); Şemdinli, 26. VI.1965, 1♂, 1♀ , leg. T. Karabağ , ( Karabağ et al. 1971) .

Material examined: Hakkari: Berçelan Plateu , 37°40´383´´N, 43°43´628´´E, 2829 m, 11.VIII.2020, 4♂, 2♀, 16.VI.2020, 1♂, (leg. M.S. Taylan & M. Mükemre) ( Fig. 2E ).

Notes: This taxon has some morphological differences with the type of P. zacharovi . It is suggested that a more detailed genetic and morphological study between other populations of taxa distributed in Eastern Anatolia .

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FIGURE 2. Some Orthoptera specimens of Hakkari Province (A: Apholidoptera kurda, B: Bradyporus latipes, C: Isophya hakkarica, D: Novadrymadusa karabagi, E: Polysarcus zacharovi, F: Uvarovistia zebra, G: Paranothrotes opacus, H: Pyrgodera armata).