Pseudonothrotes 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 : 128

Genus: Pseudonothrotes Mistshenko, 1951 gen. rev.

Mistshenko 1951: 518. Type species: Pseudonothrotes levis Mistshenko, 1951 .

Pseudonothrotes Mistshenko, 1951 : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 289, 342; Karabağ 1958: 118; Weidner 1969: 157, 159; Demirsoy 1973: 406, 414, as syn of Paranothrotes ; Demirsoy 1977: 57, 67, as syn of Paranothrotes . Paranothrotes Mistshenko, 1951 : Demirsoy 1973: 406, 414; Demirsoy 1977: 57, 67.

Remarks. Mistshenko (1951: 518) in describing this monotypic genus distinguished it from Paranothrotes Mistshenko by the narrower vertex between eyes in male is less than the transversal diameter of eye, in female equal to it (in males equal to, or 1.25–1.5 times wider than the transversal diameter of eye, in females twice the diameter in Paranothrotes ). Demirsoy (1973: 414; 1977: 67) synonymized it with Paranothrotes , without the specimen examination ( Demirsoy 1977: 72). Here Pseudonothrotes is confirmed as a distinct genus by the narrower vertex, and but also the unique male phallic complex. This highlights the importance of the male phallus at generic level. It is not possible to distinguish it from Paranothrotes by the external characters except the narrow vertex, which may be assumed a species character, but the male phallus and epiphallus easily distinguish it from not only Paranothrotes but also all genera of Nocarodeini ( Figs. 62 , a, b, c, d).

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 68. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 55 Paranothrotes sulcatus; 56 Paranothrotes opacus opacus; 57 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis; 58 Paranothrotes gotvendicus; 59 Paranothrotes tenuicornis; 60 Paranothrotes margaritae; 61 Paranothrotes siirt; 62 Pseudonothrotes levis; 63 Eunothrotes derjugini; 64 Neoparanothrotes borumandi; 65 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi; 66 Nocaracris tunceli; 67 Nocaracris tardus; 68 Nocaracris emirdagi. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).