Nocaracris acinosus (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 : 158

Nocaracris acinosus (Mistshenko, 1951) comb. nov.

( Figs. 662 , 844 )

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

Paranocaracris acinosus Mistshenko, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 124; Weidner 1969: 161.

Paranocaracris rubripes acinosus Mistshenko, 1951 : Demirsoy 1973: 425, 426, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 82, 83, partim; Presa & Garcia 1983: 23; Otte 1994: 182.

Paranocaracris rubripes acinosus f. flavitarsalis f. n.: Demirsoy 1973: 426; Demirsoy 1977: 83.

Type locality. Turkey, Artvin, Ardanuç , Opiza Manastırı. Holotype: female ( ZIN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Artvinsk [Artvin], Opiza-Porta [ Opiza Monastery ], 20.7.1909, 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. Nesterov) ( ZIN).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 844 ).

Remarks. This species is known from only a single female. It is similar to N. rubripes . But it is distinguished from it by the median carina of pronotum with a distinct longitudinal sulcus along its length, very slightly narrowing backwards (anterior part of sulcus distinct, clearly narrowing or disappearing backwards in N. rubripes ), the hind femur with red inner and ventral surfaces (black in N. rubripes ) and the yellow hind tibia (not unicolor yellow in N. rubripes ). It is distinguished from N. ponticus Ramme and N. demirsoyi (Ünal) by the median carina of pronotum with a wide longitudinal sulcus along its length, slightly narrowing backwards (very narrow or disappeared backwards in N. ponticus and N. demirsoyi ), the yellow hind tibia (hind tibia black or bluish- or greenish black in N. ponticus and N. demirsoyi ), the hind femur with reddish inner and ventral surfaces (black in N. ponticus and N. demirsoyi ). It is also near to N. cinerascens Ramme. But the clearly more dorso-ventrally depressed body and pronotum (compressed laterally in N. cinerascens ), the hind femur with red inner and ventral surfaces (black in N. cinerascens ), the yellow hind tibia (light to dark blue, rarely with yellowish-reddish distal part in female of N. cinerascens ) are different, but in the future it should be compared again with newly collected material.

The specimens given by Demirsoy (1973) from Sivas and Erzincan probably belong to N. cinerascens Ramme which was synonymized by him with this species. The specimens given as a new form of N. acinosus ( Demirsoy 1973: 426) from Palandöken should be confirmed.

Figures

FIGURE 844. Distribution of the species of genus Nocaracris.

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.