Nocaracris sureyana Ramme, 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 : 148-150

Nocaracris sureyana Ramme, 1951 sp. rev.

( Figs. 560 , 641–642 , 843 )

Nocaracris sureyana n.sp.: Ramme 1951: 302.

Nocaracris sureyana Ramme, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 121; Weidner 1969: 160, partim.

Paranocaracris rubripes burri Uvarov, 1949 : Demirsoy 1973: 425, 426, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 83, partim. Paranocaracris sureyana Ramme, 1951 : Demirsoy 1973: 426 as syn. of burri ; Demirsoy 1977: 83, as syn. of burri .

Type locality. Turkey, Kütahya. Holotype: male ( MfN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Kütahya, 15.6.1930, 1♂ (Holotype) (leg. Sureya Bey) ( MfN) ; Kütahya, Simav, Akdağ , 1900–1980 m, 4.7.2010, 3♂, 3♀ (leg. M. Ünal) ; ibidem, 1977 m, 20.6.2013, 5♂, 3♀, plus 2♂, 3♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal); Kütahya, Gediz, Akdağ ( Şaphane Dağı ), above 1900 m, 18.7.2003, 2♀ (leg. M. Ünal) ; ibidem, 2068 m, 21.6.2013, 3♂, 6♀ (leg. M. Ünal); ibidem, 2080 m, 17.6.2014, 1♂, 2♀ (leg. M. Ünal, A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev) (AİBÜEM).

Distribution. W. Turkey: Kütahya Province, Gediz, Simav, Akdağ ( Fig. 843 ).

Description of female: Body ( Fig. 642 ) depressed dorso-ventrally. Fastigium of vertex distinctly short and broad, slightly depressed, sloping. Vertex between the eyes 1.2 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.4 times transversal diameter of eye; vertex convex in lateral view. Supraocular foveola distinct, open type. Frontal ridge very indistinctly narrowed and not incised just below the median ocellus. Antennae with 12–13 segments. Pronotum ( Fig. 642 ) distinctly depressed dorso-ventrally, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina not raised with a distinct longitudinal sulcus, slightly narrowing backwards; slightly convex or straight in lateral view; anterior margin convex, posterior margin straight in dorsal view. Prosternum ( Fig. 560 ) with relatively raised, narrow triangular or very narrowly rounded anterior margin. Mesosternal interspace very wide, 3 times wider than its length and as wide as mesosternal lobes. Hind femur ( Fig. 642 ) 2.6 times longer than its height, dorsal margin slightly convex with fine denticles in lateral view. Hind tibia with dense and stout 9 inner and 10 outer spines. Arolium very narrow and small. Abdominal tergites ( Fig. 642 ) simple, median carina not raised. Tympanum absent, but in several specimens with a very reduced tympanum much smaller than the neighbour stigmal area. Subgenital plate short and broad, almost as wide as long.

Coloration. Body various shades of brown. Head and pronotum creamish-brown with some irregular black spots spread on body surface. Some females brown to dark brown. Inner surface of hind femur black with reddish basal part; outer part of ventral surface black, inner part reddish; inner ventral genicular lobe of hind femur and inner surface of hind tibia yellow, in some females slightly orange. Tarsus pinkish-red.

Measurements (mm) of both sexes. Body length: male 22.4–26.6, female 38.4–47.8; pronotum length: male 5–5.4, female 6.9–8.9; pronotum height: male 5.5–6.2, female 8.8–10.7; pronotum width anterior: male 4.9–5.4, female 7.5–8.8; pronotum width posterior: male 7–7.6, female 11.1–12.8; hind femur length: male 8.7–10.2, female 13–14.5; hind femur height: male 3.7–4.1, female 4.8–5.8.

Remarks. The type specimens of this species are 1 male and 1 female (MfN). Ramme labelled the male as holotype from Kütahya, but he reported in the description ( Ramme 1951: 302) two females, one of them from Kütahya as holotype. It is clear that this is a typing mistake in Ramme (1951) and the holotype of this species is the male collected from Kütahya ( MfN) . On the other hand female allotype from Sivas in fact belongs to N. cinerascens Ramme. Demirsoy (1973, 1977 ) included this female (allotype) to N. acinosus Mistshenko and synonymized N. sureyana and N. cinerascens with “ Paranocaracris rubripes acinosus Mistshenko ”.

Because of the the rules of the ICZN (Article 31.2.1) the gender ending of this species name is not changed. The previously unknown female of N. sureyana is described here.

Figures

FIGURE 843. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Neoparanothrotes and Nocaracris.

FIGURES 555 – 583. Body parts. 555 – 556 male head and pronotum, 555 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype; 556 Nocaracris ponticus, holotype. 557 – 558 female head, 557 Nocaracris tauricolus, holotype; 558 Nocaracris burri, topotype. 559 – 563 female prosternum, 559 Nocaracris burri; 560 Nocaracris sureyana; 561 and 562 Nocaracris tardus, paratypes; 563 Nocaracris emirdagi, paratype. 564 – 565 typical light band on pronotum in male, 564 Nocaracris tardus, holotype; 565 Nocaracris emirdagi, holotype, without light band. 566 – 568 male fastigium of vertex, lateral view, 566 Nocaracris cejchani, holotype; 567 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 568 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype. 569 – 570 female pronotum, 569 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 570 Nocaracris cinerascens. 571 – 574 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 571 Nocaracris demirsoyi; 572 Nocaracris cyanipes; 573 Nocaracris curtus, allotype; 574 Nocaracris ponticus, allotype. 575 – 576 female frons, lateral view, 575 Nocaracris cyanipes; 576 Nocaracris curtus, allotype. 577 – 579 female eye, 577 Nocaracris minutus, holotype; 578 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 579 Nocaracris van, paratype. 580 – 583 female prosternum, 580 Nocaracris palandoken, paratype; 581 and 582 Nocaracris karadagi, paratypes; 583 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype.

FIGURES 639 – 652. Habitus. 639 – 640 Nocaracris burri, 639 male topotype; 640 female topotype. 641 – 642 Nocaracris sureyana, 641 male; 642 female. 643 – 646 Nocaracris tardus, 643 male holotype; 644 ditto dorsal; 645 female paratype; 646 ditto female. 647 – 650 Nocaracris emirdagi, 647 male holotype; 648 ditto dorsal; 649 female paratype; 650 ditto female. 651 – 652 Nocaracris idrisi, 651 male; 652 female paratype.