Ebnerodes toelgi (Ebner, 1919)

(Figs. 54, 367–368, 437–438, 841)

Nocarodes tölgi n. sp.: Ebner 1919: 173.

Ebnerodes tölgi Ebner: Ramme 1951: 279, 288, 427; Weidner 1969: 159; Demirsoy 1977: 57. Paranothrotes tölgi (Ebner, 1919): Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 344; Karabağ 1958: 118; Mirzayans 1998: 19. Ebnerodes toelgi (Ebner, 1919): Demirsoy 1973: 409; Presa & Garcia 1983: 8. Ebnerodes tolgi Ebner, 1919: Otte 1994: 191.

Type locality. Turkey, Niğde, Bolkar Dağı (see Remarks). Holotype: male (NMW).

Material examined. TURKEY: Kleinasien, Konia [Konya], 6.1913, 1♂ (Holotype) (leg. Tölg) (det. Ebner as Nocarodes tölgi type!) (det. Ramme as Ebnerodes tölgi) (NMW) ; Niğde, Ulukışla, Bolkar Dağı, Medetsiz Tepesi, 2600 m, 12.7.2008, 3♂, 4♀ (leg. M. Ünal & A. Erden) (AİBÜEM) ; Niğde, Çiftehan (Cilicia), Bulgar Dag [ Bolkar Dağı], nr. Sarıtepe Yayla, 2500–2700 m, 2.9.1949, 1♂ (P. H. Davis) (NHMUK) .

Description of female: Body (Fig. 438) stout, relatively small and compressed laterally. Head (Fig. 368) large comparing pronotum. Fastigium of vertex depressed and sloping (Fig. 368). Ocelli quite weak. Frontal ridge slightly narrowed and incised just below the median ocellus. Vertex narrow, as wide as vertical diameter and 1.1 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; median carinula slightly grooved in basal part; supraocular foveola weak; vertex swollen, narrowly and strongly convex in lateral view. Eye (Fig. 368) wide, 1.1 times longer than wide. Antenna (Fig. 368) very short, not reaching to ventral margin of labrum and half of pronotum; mainly with 12 segments, the subdivision of the 3rd and 4th segments weak. Pronotum (Fig. 368) compressed laterally, roofshaped, without lateral carinae; median carina not raised, straight in lateral view, with a very weak and thin longitudinal sulcus; anterior margin protruded triangularly, posterior margin slightly protruded. Prosternum slightly raised, with a small spiniform projection. Mesosternal interspace 2 times wider than its length and slight ly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind legs short and stout. Hind femur 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin slightly convex and finelly serrated, ventral margin strongly convex. Hind tibia with 8–9 inner, 9–10 outer spines. Arolium very narrow and small. Abdomen (Fig. 438) long, always surpassing half of tibia or reaching its apex; abdominal tergites (Fig. 438) simple, median carina slightly raised with very small and blunt posterior projection. Tympanum distinct, 2 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area, or slightly smaller in some females. Subgenital plate as long as wide or slightly longer.

Coloration. Body unicolor creamish brown or greyish brown. Apical half of antenna darkened. Eye light brown. Sternites darkened, with brown or blackish-brown. Inner surface of hind femur mainly cream with weakly and partly pale orange, dorsal margin of inner surface body color, ventral margin with black denticles; ventral surface blackened in the middle, inner margin orange, outer margin yellowish. Inner surface of hind tibia faintly pale orange, all remaning parts yellowish with black tipped spines. Tarsus as in tibia.

Measurements (mm) of both sexes. body length: male 25.1–26.8, female 32.7–38.9; pronotum length: male 5.4–5.7, female 7–8.6; pronotum height: male 6–6.3, female 8.5–9.8; pronotum width anterior: male 5.2–5.6, female 6.8–7.7; pronotum width posterior: male 6.7–7.2, female 9.1–10.2; hind femur length: male 9.2–9.7, female 11–12.2; hind femur height: male 3.7–3.8, female 4.2–4.8.

Distribution. S. Turkey. Known only from the Bolkar Mountains (Fig. 841).

Remarks. The type locality of this species was given as “Konia” (Ebner 1919: 174), but in 1913 the Konya province covered larger areas, and it would not be correct to consider Konya as its type locality. There is no record of this species since its description. I tried to find the exact locality of this species by following the railways as they were that time, because most of the trips took place using the railways by foreigners such as Prof. Dr. F. Tölg, the collector of this species. After extensive field searches in the mountains along the railways I have finally found this species in the alpine zone of the Bolkar Mountains. Interestingly I have also found Paranocarodes beieri Ramme in the same Mountains, that was known only between Konya and Kayseri as given in the original description, without exact locality (Ramme 1951). Later, I found a single male of E. toelgi in the unidentified material of the NHMUK collected from the Bolkar Mountains by P. H. Davis. This is the second evidence that E. toelgi is found in the highlands of this Mountain. I think Tölg probably collected it from Bolkar Mountains as well. The type locality must be the Bolkar Mountains, between the present Niğde and Mersin provinces of Turkey.

The presence of this species is not likely in Iran. The records given from East Azerbaijan, Hamadan and Lorestan provinces of Iran by Mirzayans (1998: 19) probably refer to the genus Paranothrotes .

The correct spelling of the species name must be “ toelgi ” according to the ICZN (Article 32.5.2).

The previously unknown female is described here for the first time.