Eremopeza gibbera gibbera (Stål, 1876)

(Figs. 7, 106, 150)

Eremobia gibbera Stål, 1876: 27; Saussure 1884: 231; I. Bolívar 1899: 595; Werner 1901: 281; Jacobson 1905: 282, sensu Bey- Bienko & Mistshenko 1951.

Tmethis gibber Stoll, 1876: Uvarov 1918: 48.

Tmethis gibber (Stål): Kirby 1910: 285; Uvarov 1916: 183; Uvarov 1930: 372.

Tmethis gibber gibber (St.): Uvarov 1934: 104.

Eremopeza gibbera gibbera (Stål, 1876): Uvarov 1943: 42, 43; Ramme 1951: 410, 426; Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 296; Karabağ 1958: 109; Weidner 1969: 153, 154; Karabağ et al. 1974: 11; Demirsoy 1977: 35; Presa & Garcia 1983: 10; Erman & Salman 1990: 112; Otte 1994: 145; Çıplak et al. 1996: 19; Sevgili & Çıplak 2000: 234.

Eremopeza gibbera gibbera Stâl: Karabağ et al. 1974: 11.

Type locality. Syria: Aleppo. Syntypes: (Unspecified host).

Material examined. TURKEY: Adıyaman, Kosmos Köyü, 21.6.1972, 1♂ (AİBÜEM) ( Karabağ et al, 1974); S.O. Anatolien, 50 km, Südl. Aintab [Gaziantep], 11.7.1937, 1♂ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM); S.O. Anatolien, Aintab [Gaziantep], 8 – 15.6.1937, 1♀ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM); Urfa and environs, 7.1931, 2♂, 3♀ (leg. Eshref Bey); Urfa, 1.7.1930, 1♀ (leg. Sureya); Elazığ, Sivrice, 1♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) (det. Uvarov) (NHMUK); SYRIA: Hameh, 26.6.1945, 3♂, 4♀ (leg. K. P. Whitehorn) ; Nr. Damascus, Sahl es Sahra, 15.7.1952, 3♀ (leg. A. R. Waterstone) ; 40 mls around Aleppo, 4.7.1919, 1♀ (leg. F. G. Aldous) (NHMUK); TURKEY: SO Anatolien, Aintab [Gaziantep], 8 – 15.6.1937, 4♂, 2♀ (leg. W. Ramme); 50 km Südl. Aintab, 11.7.1937, 4♂ (leg. W. Ramme) (Ramme, 1951: 410) (MfN); Söört [ Siirt] b . Bitlis, 1♀ (NMW); Marache [Maraş], 4♂, 2♀ (MNCN); Kahramanmaraş, Elbistan, 12.7.1952, 2♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) ; Elazığ, Sivrice, 25.6.1952, 1♂, 1♀; Sivrice, Helezür Köyü, 25.6.1952, 1♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) ; Elazığ, Pertek yolu, Har Köyü, 24.7.1964, 1♂ (leg. N. Şişli) (AÜZM).

Interstage forms: TURKEY: Urfa and environs, 7.1931, 2 males, 3 females (Eshref Bey) (NHMUK) ; Urfa, 1931, 1♂, 2♀ (leg. Sureya) (MfN). These specimens have more blackened basal part of hind wings, and nearer to the nominotypical form (see E. gibbera lata below).

Remarks. This species was recorded as Eremopeza gibbera (Stål, 1876) by Jabbari et al. (2015) from Khorasan, E. Iran, which should be confirmed. The distribution of this species does not cover eastern Iran.