Poecilimon luschani subsp. birandi, Boztepe & Kaya & Çiplak, 2013

Boztepe, Zehra, Kaya, Sarp & Çiplak, Battal, 2013, Integrated systematics of the Poecilimon luschani species group (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): radiation as a chain of populations in a small heterogeneous area, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (1), pp. 43-69 : 63

POECILIMON LUSCHANI BIRANDI KARABAĞ, 1950 STAT. NOV.

Poecilimon birandi Karabag ˘, 1950: 150.

Type information: Holotype – male; Turkey – Antalya Province, Tahtalıdag ˘ (Natural History Museum, London). Photos given in OSF2 ( Orthoptera Species File v.2.0) were examined.

Material examined: Specimens used for morphological, bioacoustic, and molecular studies are listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 1 . Further specimens identified as P. luschani birandi (as P. birandi ) in the collection of K. G. Heller (K. G. Heller, pers. comm.) are as follows. Two males and two females, Turkey – Antalya Province, Bakırlı Dag ˘, 2020 m, 24.vii.2011 (legitat Dragan Chobanov) ; three males and two females, Turkey – Antalya Province, Saklıkent (c. 10 km below the village), 36°53′N, 30°24′E, 26.vi.2002 (legitat K. G. Heller) ; ten males and one female, Turkey – Antalya Province, Termessos (c. 25 km north-west of Antalya), 36°58′N, 30°30′E, 31.v.2000 (legitat K. G. Heller) ; three males and three females, Turkey – Antalya Province, 10 km east of Kumluca (c. 70 km south-west of Antalya) 36°23′N, 30°22′E, 300 m, 4.vi.2000 (legitat K. G. Heller) .

Description: For morphology see Table S1, Figures 17–21 , 29 , 43–47 , 61–65 , 73 ; for song see Table 2 and Figures 81 , 82–84 . Further description can be found in Karabag˘ (1950), Bei-Bienko (1954), and Sevgili (2001).

Distribution: This subspecies is endemic to the western part of Antalya Province ( Fig. 1 ). Ünal (2004) reported this subspecies (as P. birandi ) from the Isparta (road to Senirkent) Province of Turkey; however, no specimens of P. birandi were observed although we visited the locality (on 03-04.vii.2011, searching an altitudinal range of 1000–1750 m). The P. birandi record by Karabag˘ (1958) from Mug˘la Province, Fethiye, and that by Sevgili (2001) from Burdur Province, Altınyayla, are probably P. luschani chobanovi ssp. nov. From our extensive field studies we conclude that P. luschani birandi occurs only on the southern slopes of Western Taurus, not in the north of Antalya Province.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of the Poecilimon luschani species group (filled circles indicate the specimens used for morphology, song, and DNA studies, see Table 1; open circles indicate the material in the collection of K.G. Heller; taxa names are according to the results of this study).

Figures 4–21. Male pronotum from dorsal in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 4, İzmir; 5, Balkan; 6, Balıkesir; 7, Kütahya; 8, Aydın; 9, Akdag˘; 10, Erentepe; 11, Es¸en1; 12, Es¸en2; 13, Es¸en3; 14, Patara; 15, Kalkan; 16, Demre; 17, Olympos; 18, Kemer; 19, Tahtalıdag˘; 20, Termessos; 21, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 22–29. Male pronotum from profile in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (scale bar = 4 mm): 22, İzmir; 23, Balkan; 24, Balıkesir; 25, Kütahya; 26, Aydın; 27, Demre; 28, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 29, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 30–47. Male cerci in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 30, İzmir; 31, Balkan; 32, Balıkesir; 33, Kütahya; 34, Aydın; 35, Akdag˘; 36, Erentepe; 37, Es¸en1; 38, Es¸en2; 39, Es¸en3; 40, Patara; 41, Kalkan; 42, Demre; 43, Olympos; 44, Kemer; 45, Tahtalıdag˘; 46, Termessos; 47, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 48–65. Male subgenital plate in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a population (scale bar = 2 mm): 48, İzmir; 49, Balkan; 50, Balıkesir; 51, Kütahya; 52, Aydın; 53, Akdag˘; 54, Erentepe; 55, Es¸en1; 56, Es¸en2; 57, Es¸en3; 58, Patara; 59, Kalkan; 60, Demre; 61, Olympos; 62, Kemer; 63, Tahtalıdag˘; 64, Termessos; 65, Bakırlıdağ.

Figures 66–73. Female genitalia from profile in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (scale bar = 4 mm): 66, İzmir; 67, Balkan; 68, Balıkesir; 69, Kütahya; 70, Aydın; 71, Demre; 72, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 73, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 74–81. Male calling song in Poecilimon luschani species group, each representing a phylogroup suggested by the phylogenetic tree (A, a syllable sequence; B, details of a syllable): 74, İzmir; 75, Balkan; 76, Balıkesir; 77, Kütahya; 78, Aydın; 79, Demre; 80, west phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range; 81, east phylogroup of the Antalya + Mug˘la range.

Figures 82–84. Plots showing results of Tukey’s analyses applied to four song parameters from Poecilimon luschani species group given in Table 2. 82, syllable duration; 83, impulse number per syllable; 84, impulse period.