Nocaracris ponticus 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 : 159-160

Nocaracris ponticus Ramme, 1951 sp. rev. et comb. rev.

( Figs. 556, 574 , 665–666 , 844 )

Nocaracris pontica n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 279, 299, 427.

Paranocaracris rubripes rigidus Mistshenko, 1951 : Demirsoy 1973: 425, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 82, partim; Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Nocaracris pontica Ramme, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 120; Weidner 1969: 160; Demirsoy 1973: 425, partim, as syn. of rigidus ; Demirsoy 1977: 82, as syn. of rigidus ; Otte 1994: 172.

Paranocaracris rubripes rigida (Mistshenko, 1951) : Weidner 1979: 288.

Type locality. Turkey: Rize, Demir Dağ-Varşambek Dağ. Holotype: male ( MfN).

Material examined. TURKEY: NO Anatolien, [Rize]: zw. Demir Dagh u. Varsambek dagh, 2800 m, 1934, 1♂ (Holotype), 1♀ (Allotype) (leg. Neuhäuser) ; Sivas, 30.7.1932, 1♀ (Paratype) (leg. Sevket) ( MfN) ; Erzurum, 25 kms İspir-İkizdere Rd. , 2000 m, 1.6.1962, 1♂ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Trabzon, Soğanlı Geçidi , 2600 m, 26.5.1962, 1♂, 2♀, 7–7500 ft, 25.7.1960, 1♂ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Giresun, Karagöl Dağı , 2730 m, 8.8.2005, 3♀, 2500 m, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM) ; Gümüşhane, Torul, Küstere Köyü , 2210 m, 40.40.33 N, 39.21.15 E, 27.6.2008, 1♀ (leg. N. İkinci) (AİBÜEM) ; Erzincan, Çayırlı, Çilhoroz Köyü , 4.6.2003, 1♂, 6♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzurum, Aşkale-Yeniköy, Kandilli , 7.6.2003, 2♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Sivas, İmranlı, Piredede Köyü , 1727 m, 10.6.2011, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzincan, Yeniyol Köyü , 2363 m, 22.6.2011, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzincan, Tercan, Mustafabey Köyü , 1892 m, 25.6.2011, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzincan, Refahiye, Koçyatağı Köyü , 2608 m, 21.6.2011, 1♀ nymph (leg. A. Hasbenli) ( MAZM).

Distribution. This species is found in the high altitudes of the Mountains in N.E. of Turkey: Rize, Trabzon, Erzurum, Erzincan, Gümüşhane, Giresun provinces ( Fig. 844 ).

Remarks. The type locality of this species was given by Karabağ (1958) and Demirsoy (1974, 1977) in Gümüşhane Province, but Demirdağ and Varşambek Dağ are in Rize Province as stated by Weidner (1966). Varşambek is also the name of an old Monastery in the highlands of Rize Provice.

Weidner (1979) gave some records of Paranocaracris rubripes rigidus Mistshenko from Rize Province and Mol et al. (2014) from Gümüşhane Province which probably refer to this species.

According to the ICZN (Articles 31.2, 34.2) the species name of this taxon is combined.

Figures

FIGURE 844. Distribution of the species of genus 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 653 – 666. Habitus. 653 – 654 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, 653 male; 654 female. 655 – 658 Nocaracris cejchani, 655 male holotype; 656 ditto dorsal; 657 female paratype; 658 ditto dorsal. 659 – 660 Nocaracris cinerascens, 659 male holotype; 660 female paratype. 661 Nocaracris tauricolus, female holotype. 662 Nocaracris acinosus, female holotype. 663 – 664 Nocaracris rubripes, 663 male; 664 female. 665 – 666 Nocaracris ponticus, 665 male holotype; 666 female allotype.