Neoparanothrotes diamesus ( Bey-Bienko, 1957 )

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 : 131

Neoparanothrotes diamesus ( Bey-Bienko, 1957) comb. nov.

( Figs. 520–521 , 843 )

Paranothrotes diamesus sp. n.: Bey-Bienko 1957: 1701.

Paranothrotes diamesus Bey-Bienko, 1957 : Mirzayans 1959: 16; Shumakov 1963: 53; Presa & Garcia 1983: 25; Otte 1994: 185; Hodjat 2012: 267.

Type locality. Iran, Zandjan. Holotype: female ( ZIN).

Material examined. IRAN: Zandjan, 6.1954, 1♀ ( Holotype) (leg. Alai) ( ZIN) . Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Zanjan province of Iran ( Fig. 843 ). Remarks. Because of the characters of the female shared with N. borumandi Mirzayans , this species is included in the genus Neoparanothrotes Mirzayans (see key to genera). Of course the male is needed for exact determination.

Figures

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

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.