Paranothrotes buzuldagi Ünal, 2016

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 : 110-111

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5780987

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C24587A5-FF8B-4F3F-FF50-F8FC4518FBB0

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scientific name

Paranothrotes buzuldagi Ünal
status

sp. nov.

Paranothrotes buzuldagi Ünal View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 443 View FIGURES 439 – 460 , 471–473 View FIGURES 461 – 480 , 841 View FIGURE 841 )

Type locality. Turkey: Hakkari, Buzul Dağı. Holotype: female ( NMW).

Material examined. TURKEY: Hakiare [Hakkari], [ Buzul Dağı ], Mia Hvara ( Cennet-Cehennem ) Vadisi , [ca. 3000 m], 1♀ (Holotype) ( NMW) (det. Harz as Paranocarodes sulcatus ) (det. as Nocarodes (s.l.) sp.).

Description. Female (Holotype): Body ( Figs. 471, 472 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ) slender, small as for the genus; strongly compressed laterally and body surface almost smooth. Fastigium of vertex ( Fig. 471 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ), flat, not sloping, slightly elongated, connected to frontal ridge under right angle. Vertex between the eyes 1.1 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.4 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; convex in lateral view; carinulae on vertex weak; supraocular foveola visible, open type. Frontal ridge strongly narrowed and slightly incised just below the median ocellus, widening towards clypeus. Antennae with 13 segments. Pronotum ( Figs. 471, 472 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ) strongly compressed laterally, roofshaped; median carina convex in lateral view, with a distinct longitudinal sulcus along its length, not norrowing backwards; lateral carinae absent; anterior margin protruded wide triangularly, posterior margin slightly protruded in dorsal view. Prosternum triangularly raised with an acute, narrow, triangular median projection. Mesosternal interspace slightly wider than its length and narrower than mesosternal lobes. Arolium ( Fig. 443 View FIGURES 439 – 460 ) between the claws quite wide, almost triangular, reaching half of claws. Hind femur narrow, slender, 3 times longer than its height; dorsal margin almost straight in lateral view, very finelly serrated. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Abdomen ( Figs. 471, 472 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ) strongly compressed laterally, roof-shaped, with smooth surface, median carina of the tergites not raised and without posterior projection. Median carinae of mesonotum and metanotum not grooved. Tympanum slightly more than 2 times of the neighbour stigmal area. Subgenital plate as wide as its length ( Fig. 473 View FIGURES 461 – 480 ).

Male: unknown.

Coloration. Body greenish-grey and greyish-brown. Posterior half of head lightened with greenish-grey, anterior part darkened with greyish-brown. Antennae pale green. Typical light bands on paranota reaching to the median carina of pronotum. Posterior margins of the abdominal tergites with a narrow pale green band. All legs and the last abdominal tergite lightened with cream or creamish-grey. Inner and ventral surface of hind femur body color; its inner ventral genicular lobe yellow; inner surface of hind tibia bright lemon yellow with its spines, apical end (the part with the last 2 spines) turning to bright red. Tarsus bright red. Pronotal sternites reenish-brown, abdominal sternites and ovipositor yellowish.

Diagnosis. This new species is different from all known species of the genus by the small body, the large arolium (arolium very narrow and not reaching to half of the claws in all species of the genus), the shorter subgenital plate (much longer than wide in the other species). It is somewhat similar to P. opacus by the body shape compressed laterally and the smooth surface of body. But its elongated and horizontal fastigium of vertex (very wide, short and sloping in P. opacus ), the ungrooved median carinae of mesonotum and metanotum (grooved in P. opacus ), much smaller body, shorter subgenital plate and the larger arolium are different.

Measurements (mm). Holotype (female): body length 27.7; pronotum length 6.5; pronotum height 7; pronotum width anterior 5.2; pronotum width posterior 6.9; hind femur length 10.9; hind femur height 3.6.

Etymology. The “Buzul Dağ” is the type locality of this new species.

Remarks. Although only a single female is available, its unique characters described above and the comparisons of all known taxa in the genus are sufficient to consider it a separate species.

Because of the unique characters of the female it is not possible to include it in any species group. Male is necessary to determine its species group.

NMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Pamphagidae

Genus

Paranothrotes

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