Paranocarodes brevipes Ramme, 1951

Ünal, Mustafa, 2023, Recent findings of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from Turkey, Zootaxa 5277 (3), pp. 538-552 : 541

Paranocarodes brevipes Ramme, 1951

( Figs. 4, 6–7 )

Material examined. Karaman, Sarıveliler, Uğurlu Köyü , 1625 m, 30.6.2019, 1 male, 3 females , plus 2 females in alcohol; Karaman, Karadağ , 2210 m, 8.9.2015, 1 male ; Karaman, Akarköy, Özyurt Dağı , 1715–1730 m, 2.7.2018, 1 male, 1 female ; Konya, Taşkent , 1950 m, 15.7.2017, 2 females ; Antalya, Gündoğmuş, Geyik Dağları, Namaras yaylası Kuzeyi , 1950 m, 26.6.2018, Namaras yaylası, 2000 m, 27.6.2018, 2 females (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. This species is recorded from Antalya Province for the first time from the northern slopes of Geyik Mountains ( Fig. 4 ) where it is connected to the Central Anatolian fauna. In the same location Glyphotmethis holtzi turcicus Ünal, 2007 has been also found (see above), another evidence of the Central Anatolian elements, adapted to the dry climates, reaching to the highlands of the Taurus Mountains from the north.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. 1–2 Glyphotmethis holtzi pulchripes, 1 male and female, 2 locality, Avanos. 3–4 Glyphotmethis holtzi turcicus 3 female, 4 locality of G. holtzi turcicus and P. brevipes, Geyik Dağları: Namaras. 5 Paranocarodes anatoliensis anamas, female. 4, 6–7 Paranocarodes brevipes, 4 locality, Geyik Dağları, 6 male, 7 female. 8 Paranocarodes lubricus, female.