Poecilimon armeniacus ( Uvarov, 1921 )

Chobanov, Dragan P., Sevgili, Hasan & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2020, Bioacoustics of poorly known Poecilimon taxa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae with redescriptions of P. pechevi and P. stschelkanovzevi, Zootaxa 4890 (4), pp. 535-553 : 544

Poecilimon armeniacus ( Uvarov, 1921) (armeniacus -group)

TURKEY: Malatya, Arapgir , 14.07.2002, leg. H. Sevgili, 1 male recorded; Erzurum, Askale–Tercan yolu, 11.07.2002, leg. H. Sevgili, 2 males recorded ; Erzurum, Pasapinar , 11.07.2002, leg. H. Sevgili, 1 male recorded ( Fig. 6 ) ; Tokat / Sivas prov. border, Çamlibel pass, 1600 m (39.6300ºN, 36.5075ºE), 10.07.2011, leg. D. Chobanov, B. Çıplak, S. Kaya, CC, 1 male recorded ( Fig. 7 ) ; Agrı, Taslıcay, under Balık lake , 2200 m (39.7300ºN, 43.4856ºE), 16.07.2011, leg. D. Chobanov, B. Çıplak, S. Kaya, CC, 1 male recorded, stridulatory file studied ; Agrı, Saclıdag , 2160 m, 16.07.2011 (39.8747ºN, 42.3856ºE), leg. leg. D. Chobanov, B. Cıplak, S. Kaya, CC, 1 male recorded .

The song is quite similar to that of P. pechevi . The males were active at night and produced series with a duration of 5.6± 3,7 s (n=62; range 0.8– 18.7 s) at intervals of 12.9± 10.8s (n=28) s. After a short, soft and irregular beginning ca. 60 syllables followed (SRR 10.8 Hz; T =23.5–28ºC; Fig. 6 ). The syllables had a duration of 64±8.2 ms (n=28) and contained 8.25±1.2 (n=18) impulses, resulting in a mean interval of 9.1 ms between the impulses ( Fig. 7 ).

For details of the stridulatory file see Table 2 , Fig. 5 .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Stridulatory files of Poecilimon species; a—P. ataturki, b—P. armeniacus, c—P. harveyi, d—P. haydari, e—P. doga, f—P. excisus, g—P. davisi, h—P. guichardi.

FIGURE 6. Oscillograms of male calling songs of Poecilimon species, an overview. Name of taxa and air temperature during recording provided below each oscillogram. Time scale in the lower right corner.

FIGURE 7. Oscillograms of male calling songs of Poecilimon species, details. Name of taxa and air temperature during recording provided below each oscillogram. Time scale in the lower right corner.