Paraeuryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout de Barneville, 1852)

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 : 82-83

Paraeuryparyphes quadridentatus (Brisout de Barneville, 1852)

Material examined. LIBYA: Tripolis , 1♀ (leg. S. Quedenfeldt) ( MfN) ; Tripolitania, Suani ben Adem, 8.4.1946, 1♂ (leg. E. S. Brown) ( NHMUK); Tripolitania, Sidi Benour, 40 mls E. of Tripoli , 25.5.1952, 2♂, 2♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard) (NHMUK); Tripolitania, Ain Zara , 6 mls S.E. of Tripoli, 5– 18.4.1946, 5♂, 5♀ , 23.3.1946, 9♂, 16♀ (leg. E. S. Brown) (NHMUK); Tripolitania , 1946, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. E. S. Brown); Tripolitania, Castel Benito , 10.4.1946, 1♀ (leg. E. S. Brown) ( NHMUK); ALGERIA : Algier, Fidi-bel-Abbes , 1♂, 1♀ (det. Werner as Eunapius 4– dentatus ) ( NMW) ; Algeria, Boghari , 4.1942, 1♀ , 3.5.1942, 2♀; Bou Sada, 24.6.1934, 1♂ (leg. M. N. Korsakoff) (NHMUK).

Remarks. The apical valves of aedeagus are very sharp-pointed at apex in the male from Fidi-bel-Abbes, but rounded in La Greca (1993). The coloration of hind legs is variable. The specimens in the NHMUK have hind tibia blue in proximal part, yellow apically; inner side of hind femur is body color with blue spots. In one female in the main collection of the NHMUK the inner side of hind femur blue, hind tibia red between both rows of tibial spines. In the single female in the material examined given as “Tripolis” the inner side of hind femur body color, hind tibia completely yellow. In the specimens from Fidi-bel-Abbes, the inner side of hind femur blackish-blue, inner side of hind tibia black, turning to red apically. It is possible that this species includes more than one taxon especially according to the male genitalia.