Nocaracris elegans (Mistshenko, 1951) Mistshenko, 1951

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 : 181

Nocaracris elegans (Mistshenko, 1951) comb. nov.

( Figs. 592–593 , 717–718 , 846 )

Paranocaracris elegans Mistshenko sp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 354.

Paranocaracris elegans Mistshenko, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 124; Weidner 1969: 161; Presa & Garcia 1983: 23; Otte 1994: 182. Paranocaracris elegans elegans (Mistshenko, 1951) : Demirsoy 1973: 422, 423; Demirsoy 1977: 80; Salman 1978: 69; Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Type locality. Turkey: Erzurum, Olur. Holotype: male ( ZIN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Kars, Koban-Olor [ Olur in Erzurum Province], 6.7.1910, 1♂ (Holotype) ( ZIN) ; Karsk [Kars], Panjuret pass [now in Göre , Ardahan Province], 5.7.1910, 1♂ (Paratype); Karsk [Kars], N. Koban, Oltinsk [Oltu in Erzurum Province], 6.7.1910, 1♀ (Allotype); ibidem, 1♀; Oltu, Olur, Panjuret, Gurzhany pass, Tausker, 2♂, 17♀ (Paratypes) (all leg. Nesterov) ( ZIN) ; Artvin, Ersis , 12.7.1971, 1♂ (leg. A. Demirsoy) (AİBÜEM) ; Artvin, Yusufeli, Kayakura mah., 610 m, 16.5.2004, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzurum, Oltu , 2.6.1974, 1♂ ( EMET) ; Erzurum, Tortum , 1550 m, 10.6.1962, 1♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) .

Distribution. N.E. Turkey: Kars, Artvin, N. of Erzurum provinces ( Fig. 846 ).

Figures

FIGURE 846. Distribution of the species of genera Nocaracris and Turkanocaracris.

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 709 – 722. Habitus. 709 – 710 Nocaracris karshitoros, 709 male holotype dorsal; 710 female paratype dorsal. 711 – 714 Nocaracris goektepe, 711 male holotype; 712 ditto dorsal; 713 female paratype; 714 ditto dorsal. 715 – 716 Nocaracris subrubratus, 715 male holotype; 716 female paratype. 717 – 718 Nocaracris elegans, 717 male holotype; 718 female allotype. 719 – 720 Nocaracris tridentatus, 719 male holotype; 720 female allotype. 721 – 722 Nocaracris niethammeri, 721 male; 722 female holotype.