Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim, 1846

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 : 191-194

Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim, 1846

( Figs. 82 , 382 , 747–748, 753, 755 , 782–783 , 847 )

Nocarodes serricollis Fischer : Fischer von Waldheim 1846: 268.

Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim 1846 : Fieber 1853: 127; Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882: 189, 191; Jacobson 1905: 200, 298, sensu Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Kirby 1910: 355; I. Bolívar 1912: 8; Stshelkanovtzev 1916: 2, 5, partim; I. Bolívar 1916: 25; Miram 1938: 49; Tarbinsky 1940: 34, 213, partim; Shumakov 1963: 59; Avakyan 1968: 102, 104; Presa & Garcia 1983: 18; Mirzayans 1998: 22; Hodjat 2012: 266.

Nocarodes serricollis serricollis Fischer-Waldheim : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 360; Otte 1994: 174; Stolyarov 1997: 69.

Nocarodes serricollis Fieb. : Ramme 1951: 279, 291, 427, partim.

Nocarodes armenus n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 279, 291. syn. nov.

Nocarodes armeniacus Rme : Ramme 1951: 427, misspelling of armenus . syn. nov.

Nocarodes armenus Ramme, 1951 : Shumakov 1963: 58; Avakyan 1968: 102; Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Stolyarov 1997: 69; Otte 1994: 173; Mirzayans 1998: 21; Hodjat 2012: 266.

Nocarodes fragosus Mistshenko sp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 358.

Nocarodes fragosus Mistshenko, 1951 : Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 58, as syn. of N. armenus ; Avakyan 1968: 102, as syn. of N. armenus .

Type locality. Azerbaijan: Karabagh. Holotype: female ( NMW).

Material examined. AZERBAIJAN: Cauc., Karabach [ Karabağ ], 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. M. Kolenati) (det. Fieber as Nocarodes serricollis ) (der. Br.v.W. as Nocarodes serricollis ) (det. Ramme as Nocarodes serricollis F.W. Typus!) ( NMW) ; ARMENIA: Eriwan, 4.5.1924, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes armenus ) ; Eriwan, 26.5.1924, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocarodes armenus ); vall. Araxia , 3.6.1923, 3♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes armenus ) ( MfN) ; Armenus , Arakse , 20.6.1942, 1♂ (Paratype of Nocarodes fragosus ) (leg. Rjabov) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme ); Val. Araxis, m. Sarai-bulag, 30.5.1930, 1♀, 8.6.1930, 2♂, 9♀, Serai-bulag, 20.4.1927, 1♂, Serai-bulag, 8.4.1927, 2♂, 1♀ ; Serai-bulag , 5000 ft, 8.6.1928, 1♀ ; Serai-bulag, Asny , 7.6.1930, 2♀ ; prope Beluk-vedi , 20.5.1927, 1♂ ; prope Beluk-vedi , 1.6.1926, 1♂, 3♀ (all leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (all in NHMUK) ; prope Belukvedi , 1.6.1926, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (det. Uvarov as Nocarodes serricollis F.W.) ( MNCN) ; Armenia, Sovetashena , 12.4.1975, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Prisny) ( ZIN) ; NAKHICHEVAN: Armenia, Vall. Araxia, Negram , 13.5.1923, 1♀ (Paratype of Nocarodes armenus ) ( ZIN) ; Ordubad, 1916, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes fragosus ) (leg. G. Vinokurov) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme. ) ; Ordubad, 24.6.1910, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocarodes fragosus ) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme. ) ( ZIN) ; Ordubad, 7.5.1934, 2♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes fragosus ) ( NHMUK) ; Prov. Nachičevan, m. Dary-dag , 7000 ft, 11.6.1929, 4♀ ; Val. Arax-Djulfa [Culfa], 10.7.1929, 1♀ ; Nachičevan, Ilanlu-dag , 7000 ft, 13.6.1929, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Schelkovnikov) ( NHMUK) ; Russ. Armenieu, Ordubad, 1913, 2♀ (leg. Komarek) (det. Ebner as Nocarodes serricollis ) ( NMW) ; Tschananab bei Ordubad, 10.5.1934, 1♀ (leg. M. Ter-Minasiyan) (det. Miram as N. serricollis ; det. E. Morales, 1960 as N. fragosus ) ( MNCN) ; IRAN: 95 km SO Macou [ Maku ], 1970, 1♀ (leg. Renl & Prilek) ( NMW) ; TURKEY: Iğdır, Aralık , 23.5.2012, 1♀ (A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal).

Distribution. Transcaucasia: Azerbaijan: Karabagh, Armenia: Yerevan, Arax Valley, Mt. Aragats, Nakhichevan: Arax Valley, Ordubad, N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan, Ardebil, N.E. Turkey: Iğdır province ( Fig. 847 ). New for Turkey.

Remarks. Fischer von Waldheim (1846: 268) described only a single female collected from Karabagh. Ramme (1951: 291) studied the “ type ” and confirmed the type locality, but he identified some specimens as N. serricollis , which actually belong to N. sanctidavidi and N. iranicus . Ramme (1951: 291) also described N. armenus from Erivan. Mistshenko ( Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 358) in the same year described N. fragosus from Ordubad. Later Mistshenko identified and labelled himself the type specimens of N. fragosus as N. armenus (ZIN). Shumakov (1963: 58) synonymized N. fragosus Mistshenko with N. armenus Ramme for the first time. Avakyan (1968: 102) unawarely synonymized N. fragosus Mistshenko with N. armenus Ramme again. On the other hand all the specimens identified as N. serricollis by Mistshenko in the ZIN actually belong to N. sanctidavidi . I had opportunities to study on all the materials including the type specimens listed above. As a result of this study N. fragosus Mistshenko and N. armenus Ramme are junior synonyms of N. serricollis Fischer von Waldheim , which is distinguished from N. sanctidavidi by the key characters.

This species is recorded from Turkey for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 847. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Araxiana and Nocarodes.

FIGURES 69 – 82. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 69 Nocaracris cejchani; 70 Nocaracris cyanipes; 71 Nocaracris judithae; 72 Nocaracris karadagi; 73 Nocaracris palandoken; 74 Nocaracris monticolus; 75 Nocaracris van; 76 Nocaracris karshitoros; 77 Nocaracris goektepe; 78 Nocaracris crassipes; 79 Turkanocaracris levigatus; 80 Turkanocaracris davisi; 81 Araxiana woronowi; 82 Nocarodes serricollis. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 375 – 394. Body parts. 375 – 376 female hind femur, 375 Nocarodes sanctidavidi; 376 Nocaracris tridentatus. 377 – 378 Iranacris dentatus, female holotype, 377 frontal ridge lateral; 378 prosternum. 379 – 380 Nocarodes sanctidavidi, female, 379 frontal ridge lateral; 380 prosternum. 381 – 382 female pronotum, 381 Bufonocarodes robustus, paratype; 382 Nocarodes serricollis. 383 – 384 lateral carinae of pronotum in male, 383 Bufonocarodes robustus, holotype; 384 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 385 – 388 head lateral, 385 Araxiana woronowi, male; 386 ditto female; 387 Nocaracris rubripes, male; 388 ditto female. 389 – 390 female metasternum, 389 Araxiana woronowi; 390 Nocaracris rubripes. 391 – 394 frontal ridge, 391 Paranocarodes straubei, male lectotype; 392 ditto frontal view in female; 393 Paranocarodes tolunayi paphlagonicus, male; 394 ditto frontal view in female.

FIGURES 743 – 759. Habitus and body parts. 743 – 744 Araxiana woronowi, 743 male, mirror view; 744 female. 745 – 746 female fastigium of vertex, 745 Nocarodes balachowskyi; 746 Nocaodes nodosus. 747 – 748 Nocarodes serricollis, male, 747 hind femur; 748 mesosternal lobes. 749 – 750 Nocarodes znojkoi, male, 749 hind femur; 750 mesosternal lobes. 751 – 752 female hind femur, 751 Nocarodes sanctidavidi; 752 Nocarodes balachowskyi. 753 – 754 frons, lateral view, 753 Nocarodes serricollis, holotype; 754 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus, paratype. 755 – 757 female hind femur, 755 Nocarodes serricollis; 756 Nocarodes geniculatus, holotype; 757 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus, paratype. 758 – 759 female vertex and pronotum, lateral view, 758 Nocarodes daghestanicus loripes; 759 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus.

FIGURES 782 – 795. Habitus. 782 – 783 Nocarodes serricollis, 782 male; 783 female holotype. 784 – 785 Nocarodes sanctidavidi, 784 male; 785 female. 786 – 787 Nocarodes daghestanicus daghestanicus, 786 male paratype; 787 female holotype. 788 – 789 Nocarodes daghestanicus loripes, 788 female holotype; 789 ditto dorsal. 790 – 791 Nocarodes geniculatus, 790 male paratype; 791 female holotype. 792 – 793 Nocarodes corrugatus, 792 male; 793 female holotype. 794 – 795 Nocarodes scabiosus scabiosus, 794 male holotype; 795 female allotype.