Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus montandoni ( Burr, 1898 ) Burr, 1898

Ünal, Mustafa, 2017, Revision of the genus Bradyporus Charpentier, 1825 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae), Zootaxa 4272 (4), pp. 491-528 : 497-501

Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus montandoni ( Burr, 1898) stat. nov.

( Figs. 3, 3 a, 19, 19a, 35, 51, 67, 83, 99, 115, 137–140, 193)

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Callimenus montandoni , sp. n.: Burr 1898: 47, 51.

Callimenus montandoni Burr, 1898 : Shugurov 1906: 178, 179, 181; Shugurov 1907: 250, 271-273; Kis 1962: 120; Ebner & Beier 1964: 64; Harz 1969: 619; Otte 1997: 24; Heller et al. 1998: 21.

Callimenus Restrictus Fisch. Waldh. : Kirby 1906: 176, partim.

Derallimus montandoni Burr, 1898 : Caudell 1912: 21.

Bradyporus montandoni ( Burr, 1898) : Uvarov 1934: 73; Uvarov 1935: 82; Ramme 1951: 80; Bey-Bienko 1964: 211.

Bradyporus (Callimenus) montandoni ( Burr, 1898) : Ünal 2011: 6; Tatu & Tauşan 2012: 488.

Type locality. Romania: Bucharest, Comana Vlasca. Holotype male ( OUMNH).

Material examined. Romania: Roumanie, (Bucharest) Comana, Vlasca , 1 male, 1 female nymph (leg. A. L. Montandon) ( NHMUK) ; Roumanie, Comana Vlasca , 1 male (Holotype), 1 female (not a type) (leg. A. L. Montandon), 1 female nymph (without locality label) ( OUMNH) ; Valachie, Comana , 1 male (leg. A. L. Montandon); Moldova: Moldovya CCP, Morozen , 20.7.1956, 1 female (det. Bey-Bienko); [ Moldova, Chisinau], Kayani [Gayany] , 1.7.1912, 10 males, 1 female (ZIN).

Distribution. ( Fig. 193 ). S. Romania, Moldova. Romania: Bucharest: Comana Vlasca ( Burr 1898); Romania: Tiere: Plenita, Segarcea, Perişoru, Rast, Greci, Plopşor, Comana, Sineşti ( Kis 1962); Romania, Moldova: Bessarabia ( Ebner & Beier 1964); Moldova, S. Romania ( Bey-Bienko 1964); Romania: Danube River, Oltenia, Muntenia, Moldova ( Harz 1969); Romania: Greci, Olt, Plopşor, Dolj ( Tatu & Tauşan 2012).

Measurements (mm). Length of body: male 48–53, female 48–60; pronotum: male 17.5–19, female 16–17; hind femur: male 19–21, female 20–21.5; ovipositor: 15–20 ( Burr 1898; Shugurov 1906; Harz 1969).

Remarks. Uvarov (1935) selected the adult female in the OUMNH as lectotype. But, it is clear from the Burr’s (1898) description that he did not describe a type series, but used one male that must be the only type. Therefore, Uvarov’s designation is invalid (ICZN). There are 2 males with the same original label, one of which is in the OUMNH and the other in the NHMUK. One of them must be the holotype. I have compared them with the original description and labelled the most appropriate male in the OUMNH as the type (holotype) of this species. One more male in the ZIN collected by Montandon was labelled as “typus”. But this also cannot be a type.

Burr (1898) compared this species with B. macrogaster and B. dilatatus , but not with B. multibuberculatus which is the most related taxon. After comparison with B. multituberculatus I have concluded that they are undoubtedly conspecific. There is no distinct difference in titillators. But, because of some characters in female subgenital plate and male cerci (see the key) it is considered as a subspecies of B. multituberculatus (compare all figures provided herein).

While grouping the species in my previous paper ( Ünal 2011) it was included in the B. oniscus sp. group according to the literature. But it is placed with B. multituberculatus and B. karabagi in B. multituberculatus sp. group (see the key).

This species is in “Critically Endangered” status in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2016–3) and in the European Red List of Orthoptera ( Hochkirch et al. 2016) with which I definitely agree.

Figures

FIGURE 193. Distribution of the species and subspecies of Bradyporus s. str. and B. multituberculatus sp. group.

FIGURES 1 – 16. Male cercus, dorso-inner view, 1 a – 16 a. ditto ventro-outer view. 1, 1 a Bradyporus (s. str.) dasypus; 2, 2 a Bradyporus (C.) multituberculatus multituberculatus; 3, 3 a Bradyporus (C.) multituberculatus montandoni; 4, 4 a Bradyporus (C.) karabagi; 5, 5 a Bradyporus (C.) oniscus; 6, 6 a Bradyporus (C.) macrogaster macrogaster; 7, 7 a Bradyporus (C.) macrogaster longicollis; 8, 8 a Bradyporus (C.) skopjensis; 9, 9 a Bradyporus (C.) latipes; 10, 10 a Bradyporus (C.) picurka; 11, 11 a Bradyporus (C.) toros; 12, 12 a Bradyporus (C.) dilatatus; 13, 13 a Bradyporus (C.) avanos; 14, 14 a Bradyporus (C.) sureyai; 15, 15 a Bradyporus (C.) gocmeni; 16, 16 a Bradyporus (C.) conophallus. Scales 1 mm.