Paranothrotes nigripes ( Stshelkanovtzev, 1916 )

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 : 127-128

Paranothrotes nigripes ( Stshelkanovtzev, 1916)

( Figs. 448 , 468–469 , 509–510 , 842 )

Nocarodes opacus var. nigripes n.: Stshelkanovtzev 1916: 1, 2.

Paranocarodes opacus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1882 : Tarbinsky 1940: 34, 215, 216.

Paranocarodes opacus f. nigripes Stshelk. : Tarbinsky 1940: 34, 215, 216 as syn. of opacus .

Paranothrotes opacus nigripes ( Stshelk. 1916) : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 347; Mirzayans 1959: 16; Stolyarov 1997: 69; Hodjat 2012: 267.

Paranothrotes nigripes ( Stshelk. 1916) : Shumakov 1963: 55.

Paranothrotes opacus nigripes ( Stshelk. 1916) : Descamps & Donskoff 1965: 500; Presa & Garcia 1983: 26; Otte 1994: 186.

Type locality. Azerbaijan: Orant , Zuvant. Lectotype: female ( ZIN), here designated.

Material examined. [ AZERBAIJAN]: Lenkoransky, Orant , Zuvant , 1♀ (Lectotype) ; Transcauc. Or., Marajurd, Suward [ Zuvant ], 1♀ (Paralectotype) ; without locality label but with cotype label, 1♀ (Paralectotype); Transcauc. Or., Mara-jurd, Suward , 1♂ (paralectotype) ; Azerbaijan, Lerik dist., environs of vill. Chiladara , 2470 m, 18.6.1961, 20♂, 13♀ (leg. Buliginskaya) ( ZIN); Transcauc. Or., Mara-jurd, Suward, 1♂, 1♀ (paralectotypes) (det. Stshelkanovtzev) ( NHMUK).

Distribution. Azerbaijan: Lenkoran, Zuvant Mts., Lerik, N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan, Ardebil provinces ( Fig. 842 ).

Remarks. Stshelkanovtzev (1916) described this species after 28 males and 23 females. There are 22 males and 16 females in the ZIN, but 3 females are labelled as syntypes. One female with syntype label is designated as lectotype in the ZIN. A couple of paralectotypes are in the NHMUK.

Figures

FIGURE 842. Distribution of the species of genera Paranothrotes, Pseudonothrotes and Eunothrotes.

FIGURES 439 – 460. Body parts. 439 – 442 female hind femur, 439 Paranothrotes dentatus, holotype; 440 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype; 441 Paranothrotes ocellatus; 442 Paranothrotes opacus opacus. 443 – 444 arolium of fore leg in female, 443 Paranothrotes buzuldagi, holotype; 444 Paranothrotes margaritae. 445 – 446 female vertex, 445 Paranothrotes ocellatus, holotype; 446 Paranothrotes opacus rectus, allotype. 447 – 448 dorsal view of abdomen in male, 447 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, holotype; 448 Paranothrotes nigripes. 449 – 450 male hind femur, 449 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 450 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype. 451 – 454 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in male, 451 Paranothrotes eximius eximius, holotype; 452 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis, paratype; 453 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 454 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, holotype. 455 – 456 male head, 455 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 456 Paranothrotes tenuicornis, paratype. 457 – 458 female vertex, 457 Paranothrotes nigrolobus; 458 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype. 459 – 460 female hind femur, 459 Paranothrotes nigrolobus; 460 Paranothrotes siirt, paratype.

FIGURES 461 – 480. Body parts and habitus. 461 – 462 Paranothrotes siirt, male holotype, 461 typical light band on pronotum; 462 ditto longitudinal sulcus of pronotum; 463 – 466 Paranothrotes citimus, male, 463 pronotum in paratype; 464 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in holotype; 465 phallus in paratype; 466 epiphallus in paratype. 467 – 468 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in male, 467 Paranothrotes schelkovnikovi, paralectotype; 468 Paranothrotes nigripes. 469 – 470 epiphallus, 469 Paranothrotes nigripes; 470 Paranothrotes ornatus. 471 – 473 Paranothrotes buzuldagi, female holotype, 471 habitus lateral; 472 ditto dorsal; 473 ditto subgenital plate. 474 – 476 Paranothrotes dentatus, female holotype, 474 habitus lateral; 475 ditto dorsal; 476 head and pronotum. 477 – 480 Paranothrotes sulcatus, habitus, 477 male syntype; 478 male not a type; 479 female syntype; 480 female not a type.

FIGURES 509 – 521. Habitus and body parts. 509 – 510 Paranothrotes nigripes, 509 male; 510 female lectotype. 511 – 512 Paranothrotes ornatus, 511 male holotype; 512 female allotype. 513 – 514 Pseudonothrotes levis, 513 male holotype; 514 female allotype. 515 – 516 Eunothrotes derjugini, 515 male lectotype; 516 female paralectotype. 517 – 519 Neoparanothrotes borumandi, 517 male paratype; 518 female paratype; 519 ditto female head and pronotum. 520 – 521 Neoparanothrotes diamesus, female holotype, 520 habitus; 521 ditto head and pronotum.