Nocarodes urmianus Ramme, 1939

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 : 205

Nocarodes urmianus Ramme, 1939

( Figs. 775 , 820–821 , 848 )

Nocarodes serricollis F.W.: Uvarov 1918: 52, 55.

Nocarodes urmiana n. sp.: Ramme 1939: 135.

Nocarodes urmianus urmianus ( Ramme, 1939) : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 357; Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 60; Otte 1994: 174.

Nocarodes urmianus Ramme, 1939 : Presa & Garcia 1983: 18; Mirzayans 1998: 22; Hodjat 2012: 266.

Nocarodes urmianus carinatus Mistshenko subsp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 357. syn. nov.

Nocarodes urmianus carinatus Mistshenko, 1951 : Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 60; Presa & Garcia 1983: 18; Otte 1994: 174.

Type locality: Iran: Azerbaijan, Urmia , Danalu. Holotype: Male ( MfN) .

Material examined. IRAN: [Azerbaijan], lac. Urmia, Danalu , 26.5.1916, 1♂ (Holotype), 1♀ (Allotype), 1♀ (Paratype) (MfN); ibidem, 2♂, 2♀ [Topotypes]; Iran, Azerbaidjan , 23.5.1964, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. et det. M. Descamps) (ZIN); [ Iran, Azerbaijan], Baradost, Nazlu-čhaj [ Nazlı çay], 2.6.1916, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes urmianus carinatus ); Baradost, Nejčalon , 4.6.1916, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocarodes urmianus carinatus ) (Mus. Caucas Exp. Urmiana ) ( ZIN) .

Distribution. N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan Province, Danalu, Baradost, Nazlıçay, Tabriz, Khoroz-chah ( Fig. 848 ).

Remarks. Mistshenko ( Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 357) distinguished N. urmianus carinatus from the nominotypical subspecies by the depressed vertex, the longer middle segment of female antenna, the presence of a distinct rounded projection of ovipositor near the bases of ventral valves and the male hind tibia with 9 outer spines (with 8 spines in nominotypical form). Except the number of outer spines of the hind tibia which is also variable in females all the other characters are variable in the paratypes of N. urmianus urmianus . I concluded that both subspecies belong to the same taxon.

Figures

FIGURE 848. Distribution of the species of genera Nocarodes and Iranacris.

FIGURES 760 – 781. Body parts and habitus. 760 – 762 male hind femur, 760 Nocarodes corrugatus; 761 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 762 Nocarodes pullus. 763 – 764 male head lateral, 763 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 764 Nocarodes corrugatus. 765 – 766 male head dorsal, 765 Nocarodes scabiosus mistshenkoi; 766 Nocarodes corrugatus. 767 – 768 male habitus dorsal, 767 Nocarodes pullus; 768 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 769 – 770 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 769 Nocarodes ebneri; 770 Nocarodes znojkoi, without sulcus. 771 – 772 female mesosternum, 771 Nocarodes aserbus, holotype; 772 Nocarodes nodosus. 773 – 774 female hind femur, 773 Nocarodes crispus, paratype; 774 Nocarodes humerosus. 775 – 776 posterior part of phallus, 775 Nocarodes urmianus; 776 Nocarodes humerosus. 777 Nocarodes keredjensis, female holotype pronotum; 778 – 780 Nocarodes iranicus, female holotype, 778 pronotum; 779 ditto dorsal; 780 ditto hind femur. 781 Nocarosed humerosus, female holotype pronotum, dorsal view.

FIGURES 810 – 823. Habitus. 810 – 811 Nocarodes nodosus, 810 male holotype; 811 female. 812 – 813 Nocarodes crispus, 812 female holotype; 813 ditto dorsal. 814 – 815 Nocarodes keredjensis, 814 female holotype; 815 ditto dorsal. 816 – 817 Nocarodes iranicus, 816 male (paratype of N. specialis); 817 female holotype. 818 – 819 Nocarodes humerosus, 818 male; 819 female holotype. 820 – 821 Nocarodes urmianus, 820 male holotype; 821 female allotype. 822 – 823 Bufonocarodes robustus, 822 male holotype; 823 female allotype.