Prionotropis hystrix (Germar, 1817)

Massa, Bruno, Ünal, Mustafa & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2015, Revision of the genus Prionotropis Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae: Thrinchinae), Zootaxa 4059 (3), pp. 499-524 : 503-506

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5669590

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scientific name

Prionotropis hystrix (Germar, 1817)
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Prionotropis hystrix (Germar, 1817) View in CoL

Prionotropis hystrix sontiaca Uvarov, 1923 View in CoL , confirmed synonym

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Material examined. Croatia, Krk Is. 29.VII.1998, A. Foucart (13♂, 7♀) ( MNHN); Croatia, Krk Is. 29.VII.1998, A. Foucart (2♂, 2♀) ( CBGP); Slovenia, Col de Brod, Azam (1♂, 1♀) ( MNCN); Dalmatia (1♀); Slovenia, Carniola (1♂, 1♀); Bosnia (1♂, 1♀); Croatia, Fiume (3♂, 1♀); Croatia, Istria, ex Brunner (4♀); Slovenia, Veliki Dol VI.1909 (2♀) (identified as P. s o nt i a c a) ( MNHN); Croatia, Grobnik III.1877, Krauss (1♀); Croatia, Pola [Pula] III.1877, Krauss (1♂); Croatia, Pola (2♂, 1♀); Croatia, Rovinj, Kaltenbach (1♂); Croatia, Zengg [Senj] (3♀); Croatia (1♀ nymph); Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar (1♂) ( NMW); Croatia, Senj (Adria), VIII.1929, W. Ramme (1♂, 1♀) (AİBÜEM); Italy, "Österreichisches Küstenland", Görzer Karst 1909, Ebner (1♂ holotype, 3♀, 1♀ nymph paratypes of P. hystrix sontiaca Uvarov, 1923 ) ( NMW); Italy, Carso Triestino VII.2012, P. Fontana (1♂, 1♀) ( BMCP); Italy, Gabrovizza (Carso Triestino) 9.VIII.1929, Stolfa (5♂, 5♀); same locality 16.VII.1958, Solari (1♂); Italy, Duino (Trieste) 12.VII.1936, A. Schatzmayr (1♂, 2♀); Italy, Mt. San Michele (Carso Triestino) 5.VII.1936, F. Capra (1♂); Italy, Monfalcone, loc. Redipuglia (Gorizia) VII.1958 (1♂); Italy, Sistiana (Trieste) 15.VIII.1930 (1♂, 1♀); Croatia, Rovigno 17.VI.1929, A. Schatzmayr (1♂); Slovenia, Comeno 17.VII.1926, A. Schatzmayr (1♀) (identified as P. hystrix sontiaca ) ( MSNG).

FIGURES. 6–9. Lateral view of males of Prionotropis azami (6), P. rhodanica (7), P. hystrix (8) and P. sontiaca (9); the latter is here synonymized with P. h y s t r i x.

Remarks. P. hystrix was described from specimens collected in the Veglia Is., actually Krk Is. Even if it was not possible to examine the type, we were able to study a long series from the type locality, collected by A. Foucart. Specimens from the "Görzer Karst" (= Carso Goriziano; see above and Uvarov 1923) were described as a separated subspecies, P. hystrix sontiaca Uvarov, 1923 , that we consider synonym of hystrix .

The tegmina of males exceed the 3rd tergite, their maximum width lies before the centre, tegmina of females exceed just the 1st tergite and are rounded and apically cut. According to Uvarov (1923), tegmina of males of “ sontiaca ” exceed the 2nd tergite, those of the females reach just the 1st tergite and have parabolic apex and hind margin convex. However, female tegmina of " sontiaca " specimens examined by us clearly exceed the 1st tergite and lie within the variability of hystrix ( Figs 24, 25 View FIGURES 22 – 25 , 32, 33 View FIGURES 30 – 33 ); indeed Harz (1975) synonymized it with the latter taxon. The epiphallus is rather different from that of the other species, it is short and pseudolophi are parabolically placed, the posterior edge is clearly raised ( Figs 38 View FIGURES 38 – 44 , 45 View FIGURES 45 – 51 ); penis valves are of intermediate length between those of P. appula / P. willemsorum n. sp. and P. rhodanica / P. az a m i ( Figs 52, 54, 55, 56, 57 View FIGURES 52 – 58 ).

More recently Ingrisch & Böhme (2011), examining the photo of a female specimen collected about 20 km North-West of Trieste (Carso Triestino), found a shorter tegmina than conspecific from Dalmatian area, and proposed detailed studies of more material to solve the question of synonymy proposed by Harz (1975). We compared also the phallic complex of specimens from Carso Triestino and found the same characteristics of specimens originating from Krk Is., namely the parabolic position of pseudolophi, the raised posterior edge and the shape of the penis valves. Although P. hystrix is smaller in size than " sontiaca " ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ; no statistical differences were found), from the biometrical point of view, " sontiaca " lies within the range of hystrix ( Figs 67 View FIGURE 67 a, 67b). We highlight that the comparison between hystrix and " sontiaca " corresponds to that of insular and continental populations; small differences in size are quite normal in such cases. Thus, we confirm the synonymy of P. hystrix sontiaca with P. hystrix hystrix ; the species consequently is monotypical.

Measurements. see Table 1 View TABLE 1 . Biometric ratios lie within the group flexuosa / maculinervis / azami / appula / willemsorum (males) and rhodanica / azami / flexuosa (females), and do not show any important sexual dimorphism in the length of tegmina ( Fig. 68 View FIGURE 68 ).

Distribution. It is a Balkanic species present in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia (including several islands) and reaching Italy province of Trieste and Gorizia (Carso Triestino and Goriziano) ( Fontana et al. 2005, Ingrisch & Böhme 2011; see material examined).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

NMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

MSNG

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria'

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Pamphagidae

SubFamily

Thrinchinae

Genus

Prionotropis

Loc

Prionotropis hystrix (Germar, 1817)

Massa, Bruno, Ünal, Mustafa & Verde, Gabriella Lo 2015
2015
Loc

Prionotropis hystrix sontiaca

Uvarov 1923
1923
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