Prionotropis azami Uvarov, 1923

Massa, Bruno, Ünal, Mustafa & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2015, Revision of the genus Prionotropis Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae: Thrinchinae), Zootaxa 4059 (3), pp. 499-524 : 512-513

Prionotropis azami Uvarov, 1923 new status

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Material examined. France, Broves (♂ holotype, 1♂, 5♀ paratypes); France, Broves 2.VII.1906 (coll. Azam) (5♂); France, Broves 2.VIII.1906 (1♂); France, Broves 1924, Berland (1♂); France, Broves VII.1905 (5♀); France, Broves 5.VII.1964 (1♀); France, Var, Les Arc, G. de Vichet (1♂); France, Plan des Canjuers VII.1947, Delmas (1♂, 1♀); France, Plan des Canjuers 14.VII.1907 (coll. Azam) (8♂, 3♀); France, Plan des Conjuers 29.VII.1962, G. Colas (2♂); France, Plan des Conjuers, Aiguines 8.VII.1955 (7♂, 3♀); France, Plan des Conjuers, Aiguines 18.VI.1991, A. Foucart (2♂, 4♀); France, Rhone delta, Mt St Victoire, Col des Perves 15.VI.1991, A. Foucart (8♂, 10♀) ( MNHN); France, Rhone delta, Mt St Victoire 16–18.VI.1991, A. Foucart (5♂, 7♀) ( CBGP); France, Broves 14.VII.1907 (1♂, 1♀ paratypes) (NHM); France, Var, North of Pzin, Poumiels 15.VI.1991, A.

Foucart (2♂); France, Var, Plan des Conjuers, Aiguines VI.1991, A. Foucart (2♂, 5♀); France, Bouches du Rhône, Vicraine 18.VI.1991, A. Foucart (6♂, 1♀); France, Bouches du Rhône, Sambuc 16.VI.1991, A. Foucart (2♂, 5♀); France, Bouches du Rhône, Panves 16.VI.1991, A. Foucart (3♀); France, Var, Riani 15.VI.1991, A. Foucart (1♂) (NHM).

Remarks and distribution. See also P. rhodanica . This taxon differs from the nearby occurring P. rhodanica by pronotum shape, tegmina shape and length, and spines of abdominal tergites, both in males and females. Actually, we believe that P. a z am i, P. rhodanica , P. hystrix , P. appula and P. willemsorum n. sp. constitute a group of related species, very probably of Balkanic origin.

Measurements. see Table 1 . Biometric ratios lie in the group hystrix / flexuosa / maculinervis , but the ratio length of tegmina of males/length of tegmina of females is similar only to that of P. hystrix and P. rhodanica ( Figs 65–68 ). For the considerations reported above, we think that P. az a m i is not really related to P. hystrix and may be considered a valid species, well separated from the nearly cohabiting P. rhodanica .

Figures

FIGURES 65 – 66. Biometrics of the genus Prionotropis. Ratio length of pronotum / length of hind femora (PL / HFL), length of hind femora / length of tegmina (HFL / TGL), length of pronotum / length of tegmina (PL / TGL) and total length of body / length of tegmina (TL / TGL) in males (65) and in females (66) of Prionotropis appula, P. willemsorum n. sp., P. rhodanica, P. azami, P. hystrix, P. flexuosa, and P. maculinervis.

FIGURE 67. Scatterplot of the first two factors resulting from the PCA analysis of biometrics of Prionotropis appula, P. willemsorum n. sp., P. rhodanica, P. azami, P. hystrix, its synonym P. sontiaca, P. maculinervis and P. flexuosa males (a) and females (b).

FIGURE 68. Length of tegmina of males and females of Prionotropis appula, P. willemsorum n. sp., P. rhodanica, P. azami, P. hystrix, P. flexuosa and P. maculinervis.