Nocaracris elegans (Mistshenko, 1951) comb. nov.

(Figs. 592–593, 717–718, 846)

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

Paranocaracris elegans Mistshenko, 1951: Karabağ 1958: 124; Weidner 1969: 161; Presa & Garcia 1983: 23; Otte 1994: 182. Paranocaracris elegans elegans (Mistshenko, 1951): Demirsoy 1973: 422, 423; Demirsoy 1977: 80; Salman 1978: 69; Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Type locality. Turkey: Erzurum, Olur. Holotype: male (ZIN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Kars, Koban-Olor [ Olur in Erzurum Province], 6.7.1910, 1♂ (Holotype) (ZIN) ; Karsk [Kars], Panjuret pass [now in Göre, Ardahan Province], 5.7.1910, 1♂ (Paratype); Karsk [Kars], N. Koban, Oltinsk [Oltu in Erzurum Province], 6.7.1910, 1♀ (Allotype); ibidem, 1♀; Oltu, Olur, Panjuret, Gurzhany pass, Tausker, 2♂, 17♀ (Paratypes) (all leg. Nesterov) (ZIN) ; Artvin, Ersis, 12.7.1971, 1♂ (leg. A. Demirsoy) (AİBÜEM) ; Artvin, Yusufeli, Kayakura mah., 610 m, 16.5.2004, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Erzurum, Oltu, 2.6.1974, 1♂ (EMET) ; Erzurum, Tortum, 1550 m, 10.6.1962, 1♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) (NHMUK) .

Distribution. N.E. Turkey: Kars, Artvin, N. of Erzurum provinces (Fig. 846).