Utubius syriacus (Bolívar, 1893), Bolivar, 1893

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 : 53

Utubius syriacus (Bolívar, 1893)

( Figs. 24 , 141 , 233–234 )

Utubius syriacus zahrae Uvarov, 1936 confirmed syn.

Material examined. SYRIA: Syria, [Palmyra], Barrovi, Terre Sainte ; 1♀ (Holotype) ( MNCN) ; IRAQ: Qa’ara depression, Nr. H-2, 4.5.1950, 1♀ (leg. Y. Lazar) ( NHMUK) ; SYRIA: 35° 10’ N, 40° 10’ E, to 35° 50’ N, 40° 35’ E, 3.6.1982, 1♂ ( NHMUK) ; SAUDI ARABIA: Hail, 15.4.1971, 1♂ (leg. G. Popov) ( NHMUK) ; KUWAIT: Arabia, Kuwait, 1♂ (Holotype of Utubius syriacus zahrae ), 1♀ (Paratype of Utubius syriacus zahrae ) (leg. Z. Y. Dickson) ( NHMUK) ; E. Arabia, Kuwaid , 5.1936, 1♂; ibidem, 15.5.1939, 1♀ (det. Uvarov as Utubius syriacus zahrae ) ( ZIN) .

Remarks. Popov (1997: 133) synonymized the subspecies, U. syriacus zahrae Uvarov, 1939 with the nominotypical subspecies, with which I fully agree. But it was overlooked by subsequent authors. Massa & Fontana (1998: 73) recorded the nominotypical subspecies from Jordan. It is given as a valid taxon by Eades et al. 2016. Therefore I confirm here that it is a synonym of the nominotypical taxon.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 31. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 17 Tmethis pulchripennis (asiaticus); 18 Atrichtmethis semenovi; 19 Melanotmethis fuscipennis fuscipennis; 20 Pezotmethis tartarus tartarus; 21 Glyphanus obtusus; 22 Asiotmethis limbatus; 23 Glyphotmethis escherichi escherichi; 24 Utubius syriacus; 25 Strumiger desertorum desertorum; 26 Thrinchus campanulatus campanulatus; 27 Filchnerella beicki; 28 Mongolotmethis gobiensis gobiensis; 29 Beybienkia lithophila; 30 Eotmethis nasutus; 31 Haplotropis brunneriana. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 129 – 146. Body parts. 129 – 130 male first abdominal tergite, 129 Asiotmethis turritus; 130 Glyphotmethis dimorphus dimorphus. 131 – 132 female head lateral view, 131 Filchnerella beicki; 132 Rhinotmethis beybienkoi. 133 – 134 male pronotum, 133 Beybienkia songorica, holotype; 134 Filchnerella alashanicus, holotype. 135 – 136 apical part of hind tibia in female, 135 Filchnerella beicki, left tibia; 136 Mongolotmethis gobiensis gobiensis, right tibia. 137 – 138 female frontal groove, 137 Mongolotmethis gobiensis gobiensis, paratype; 138 Filchnerella alashanicus, paratype. 139 – 140 male frontal ridge, 139 Rhinotmethis hummeli; 140 Eotmethis nasutus, paratype. 141 – 142 female frontal ridge, 141 Utubius syriacus; 142 Thrinchus campanulatus campanulatus. 143 – 144 male pronotum, 143 Strumiger desertorum desertorum; 144 Thrinchus arenosus arenosus. 145 – 146 male prosternum, 145 Strumiger desertorum desertorum; 146 Thrinchus campanulatus campanulatus.

FIGURES 221 – 236. Habitus. 221 – 222 Asiotmethis turritus, 221 male; 222 female. 223 – 224 Glyphotmethis adaliae, 223 male; 224 female. 225 – 226 Glyphotmethis efe, 225 male; 226 female. 227 – 228 Glyphanus obtusus, 227 male; 228 female. 229 – 230 Pezotmethis tartarus tartarus, 229 male; 230 female. 231 – 232 Pezotmethis karatavicus karatavicus, 231 male; 232 female. 233 – 234 Utubius syriacus, 233 male (holotype of U. syriacus zahre); 234 female. 235 – 236 Strumiger desertorum desertorum, 235 male; 236 female paralectotype.