Poecilimon antalyaensis myrae Chobanov & Heller, 2018

Kaya, Sarp, Chobanov, Dragan, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Yahyaoğlu, Özgül, Uluar, Onur & Çiplak, Battal, 2018, Review of Poecilimon species with inflated pronotum: description of four new taxa within an acoustically diverse group, Zootaxa 4462 (4), pp. 451-482 : 472-473

Poecilimon antalyaensis myrae Chobanov & Heller subsp. n.

(G in Figures 3–6 and 9–11 , Figures 1C , 17C , 18 , 21 , 22 )

Material examined. Holotype, male. 1 M (collected as nymph), Antalya, south of Kemer 36.39273o N, 30.40127o E, 4.vi.2014 (CC).

Diagnosis. Smaller body size seems to be the main distinctive character of P. antalyaensis myrae at a first glance. The number of stridulatory teeth <77 (80–98 in P. a. antalyaensis and> 98 P. a. anemurium) and the shorter and robust male cerci with robust apex (relatively slender and with tapered apex in the other two) are main diagnostic characters of this subspecies (compare F, G and H in Figure 6 ). Male calling song of this species differs by temporal parameters from other two subspecies (see Figure 18 ). In addition P. antalyaensis myrae differs from P. antalyaensis anemurium (compare G with H in Figures 3–13 ) by the male subgenital plate with a concave caudal margin (convex in the other); the male cerci are shorter and incurved along their distal 3/4 (incurved in 1/ 4 in the other), their inwards directed part is shorter and their apices are robust (inward part is elongated and apex is tapered in the others; compare F, G and H in Figure 9 ).

Etymology. Named according to the antic city “Myra” in the district of Demre, a town belonging to Antalya Province of Turkey.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—Total range, B—P. inflatus inflatus, P. inflatus lyciae, P. martinae martinae, P. martinae tlos and P. cretensis, C—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, P. antalyaensis myrae, P. antalyaensis anemurius, D—P. isopterus and P. bilgeri.

FIGURE 3. Male pronotum from above in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 4. Male pronotum in profile Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 5. Male tegmina in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 6. Stridulatory file in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 7. Female pronotum from above in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C— P. martinae martinae, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri.

FIGURE 8. Female pronotum in profile in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 9. Male cerci in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 10. Male anal tergum and paraproct in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 11. Male subgenital plate in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, D—P. martinae tlos, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, G—P. antalyaensis myrae, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 12. Female subgenital plate in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 13. Female ovipositor in Poecilimon (P.) inflatus group: A—P. inflatus inflatus, B—P. inflatus lyciae, C—P. martinae martinae, E—P. cretensis, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, H—P. antalyaensis anemurium, I—P. isopterus, J—P. bilgeri

FIGURE 17. Oscillograms of male calling song with stridulatory movement [only A, E, F; synchronous registration of left tegmen movement and sound (upper line: upward deflection represents opening, downward closing; lower line: sound)] and female acoustical response of P. antalyaensis and its subspecies. A—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, B—P. antalyaensis anemurium, C—P. antalyaensis myrae, D, E, F—P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, duet between male and female; D upper line female, lower line male, E–F upper line female stridulatory movement, lower line sounds of male (blue) and female (details see text).

FIGURE 18. Important time parameters in the male calling song of the subspecies of P. antalyaensis. Each symbol represents measurements of one male (range of temperatures 19–27°C in P. antalyaensis antalyaensis, 21–25°C in P. antalyaensis anemurium and P. antalyaensis myrae).

FIGURE 21. Power spectra of the calling songs of the species and subspecies of the Poecilimon inflatus group.

FIGURE 22. Relationship of body size and middle peak frequency (given as mean of carrier frequencies at -10 dB below and above peak frequency) in the P. inflatus group. A- Peak frequency versus pronotum length, B- Peak frequency versus length of hind femur. Filled symbols mark data from identified individuals, for open symbols means of sizes were used. The black dots indicate the combinations known from other Poecilimon species (from Heller et al. 2006). X marks P. tschorochensis with huge inflated tegmina.