Eremopeza angusta ( Uvarov, 1934 ) Uvarov, 1934

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 : 26

Eremopeza angusta ( Uvarov, 1934) stat. nov.

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Tmethis cinerascus cyanipes Werner, 1939: 130 . syn. nov.

Material examined. IRAQ: Khanagin, 26.5.1932, 1♂ (Holotype), 2♂, 2♀ (Paratypes) (leg. B. P. Uvarov) ; Khanagin, R. Diala, 1♀ (leg. P. A. Buxton); Mesopotamia, Kizil Robat , 5.1919, 1♀ (leg. H. D. Peile) ; Khanagin , 3.6.1938, 1♂ (leg. B. L. Sage) ( NHMUK) ; Mesopotamia, Abi-Neft , 19.4.1914, 1♀ (leg. Nesterov) (det. as E. gibbera latus ) ; IRAN: Kasri-Shirin , 9.5.1962, 1♀ (leg. Shumakov) ( ZIN).

Remaks. The type specimens (♂ ♀) of Tmethis cinerascus cyanipes Werner, 1939 have not been found in the Museums during this study. Werner (1939) distinguished it from the other taxa by the light blue hind tibia and the greenish-white hind wings (he consulted to only the paper of Uvarov 1933). These characters agree only with Eremopeza angusta described by Uvarov (1934), which was not compared in Werner (1939).

Uvarov (1934) described this taxon as a subspecies of E. gibbera , but it should be considered a valid species by the shape of body, the very narrow dark band on hind wing and, the absence of apical dark spot, although it has similar hind tibia color with E. gibbera . It is also similar to E. reducta by the body shape and the similar shade of blue of tibia, but the wing coloration and the dark band are very different.

Figures

FIGURES 147 – 155. Habitus. 147 – 149 Prionotropis maculinervis, 147 male syntype dorsal; 148 ditto lateral; 149 female lateral. 150 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera, male; 151 Eremopeza gibbera lata, male holotype; 152 Eremopeza angusta, male holotype; 153 Eremopeza festiva, male; 154 Eremopeza saussurei saussurei, male; 155 Eromepeza saussurei cyanea, male paratype.