Eremopeza bicoloripes (Moritz, 1928)

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 : 31

Eremopeza bicoloripes (Moritz, 1928)

( Fig. 162 )

Material examined. IRAN: Persia, Turbeti [ Torbat Eydariyeh ], 20.6.1927, 1♂ (Holotype), ibidem , 2.7.1927, 1♀ (Paratype) (ZIN); Persia, Shirvan , 11, 20.6.1927, 1♂, 1♀ (Paratypes) ; Persia, 29.5.1928, 1♀ (Paratype); Turbeti Kheidariah , 23.6.1928, 3♂ (leg. O. Seufigi); E. Persia, Khorasan, 1♂ ; Khorasan, Torbat-heydari , 5.1950, 2♂ ; Khorasan, Maschad , 5.1950, 1♂ (leg. Salavatian) ; AFGHANISTAN: nr. Herat, 200–1700 m, 18– 20.5.1973, 8♂, 11♀ (leg. G. B. Popov) (all in NHMUK).

Remarks. This species is distinguished from E. cinerascens cinerascens by the bicolor hind tibia of which proximal part is blue, turning to orange-red apically (hind tibia unicolor pinkish red in E. cinerascens cinerascens ). The disc of hind wing is variable from greenish to yellow. Mirzayans (1959: 14) listed this taxon as species and all subsequent authors ( Bey-Bienko 1963: 266, Shumakov 1963: 62, Bey-Bienko 1967: 427, Presa & Garcia 1983: 9, Otte 1994: 144, Mirzayans 1998: 7, Hodjat 2012: 267) followed Mirzayans (1959). I also agree with them.

Figures

FIGURES 156 – 167. Male habitus and body parts. 156 Eremopeza saussurei violacea, syntype; 157 Eremopeza gigas; 158 Eremopeza cinerascens cinerascens; 159 Eremopeza cinerascens virescens; 160 Eremopeza cinerascens aurantipes; 161 Eremopeza cinerascens afghana, holotype; 162 Eremopeza bicoloripes, paratype; 163 Eremopeza reducta; 164 – 167 Eremopeza soltanii, holotype, 164 habitus dorsal; 165 habitus dorso-lateral; 166 head and pronotum dorsal; 167 head frontal view.