Orchamus yersini davisi Uvarov, 1949 stat. nov.

(Figs. 269, 298–299)

Orchamus davisi spec. nov.: Uvarov 1949a: 8.

Orchamus davisi Uv.: Ramme 1951: 411, 426, partim (Makri).

Orchamus yersini (Br. v. W.): Ramme 1951: 412, partim (Samos).

Orchamus davisi Uvarov, 1949: Karabağ 1958: 125, partim; Otte 1994: 177; Sevgili et al. 2011: 644; Mol et al. 2014: 139.

Acinipe davisi (Uvarov, 1949): Weidner 1969: 162, partim; Demirsoy 1973: 427, partim; Karabağ et al. 1974: 11; Demirsoy 1977: 84, partim; Presa & Garcia 1983: 4; Önder et al. 1999: 164; Yalım & Çıplak 2002: 271.

Type locality. Turkey, Antalya, Termessos. Holotype: female (NHMUK).

Material examined. TURKEY: SW Turkey, nr . Antalya, Termessus, 1000 m, 12.8.1947, 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. P. H. Davis); SW Turkey , Denizli vilayet [Antalya], between Antalya and Korkudeli, 16.8.1947, 2♂ (Paratypes) (leg. P. H. Davis) ; Antalya, Kemer, Görnük, 30 m, 17.7.1949, 1♂ (leg. T. Karabağ) (det. as Orchamus davisi) ; Antalya, Termessus, 100–600 m, 19.7.1949, 1♂ (Topotype) (leg. T. Karabağ) (det. as Orchamus davisi) ; Muğla, Agla, 25.5.1947, 1♀ (det. as Orchamus davisi) (all in NHMUK) ; Muğla, Datça kuzeyi, 120 m, 20.5.2001, 1♂ (leg. A. Hasbenli) (MAZM) ; Denizli, Beyağaç, Topuklu Yaylası, 1373 m, 37.07.868 N, 28.51.380 E, 10.6.2011, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM); Makri [Fethiye, Muğla], 1♂, nr. 8231, (leg. D. Krüper) (det. Ramme as Orchamus davisi Uv. ?) (det. Massa as Orchamus davisi, but published as O. yersini in Massa, 2009); Kl. Asien, [Antalya], Güllik Dagh [Güllük Dağı], 1♀ (leg. A. Gahcis) (NMW) ; Muğla, Marmaris, 27.8.1969, 1♂ (leg. S. Karol) (AÜZM); GREECE : Greece, Dodecanese, W. side of Kalilimni [ Kalimnos], 100 m, 21.7.1950, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) (det. as Orchamus davisi) (NHMUK) .

Remarks. All studied males collected from S.W. Turkey including the paratypes and topotype of O. davisi have male genitalia undoubtedly agreeing with O. yersini . Thus, O. davisi is conspecific of this species, but the external diagnostic characters given by Uvarov (1949: 8) and the distribution localized mainly in S.W. and W. of Anatolia and some Greek islands near to Turkey are enough evidence to consider it as a subspecies of O. yersini . Massa (2009) considered the specimens, which have different genitalia from O. yersini, as O. davisi . Those specimens in fact are an undescribed species (see O. massai sp. nov. below).