Eupholidoptera prasina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 )

Ciplak, Battal, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard & Willemse, Fer, 2009, 2156, Zootaxa 2156, pp. 1-75 : 65

Eupholidoptera prasina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)

( Figures 46, 91, 137, 183, 223, 230, 234, 240, Appendix)

Thamnotrizon prasinus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 337 .

Olynthoscelis prasinus ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) ; Jacobson 1905: 404.

Pholidoptera prasina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) ; Ramme, 1930: 94–96.

Eupholidoptera prasina ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) ; Ramme, 1951: 198.

Type information: Holotype M, TURKEY: “ Smyrna ” (Izmir), labelled as “ prasinus m. det. Br. v. W., 5942”) ( NMW).

Material examined: TURKEY: Izmir: Holotype. Mugla: 1M, 1F, Güllük (37°14'N, 27°36'E), 6.4.1987 (M. Gebhardt) ( CH) (sound record); 1F, Agla, 25.7.1947 ( NHM); 2M, Marmaris, Cebiskiri (in Quercus ), 28.6.1959 ( NHM); 6M, 8F, Fethiye, Tuzbeli, Kırkmagaralar Mevki, 1650 m, 19.7.1997 (B. Çıplak)( AUZM); Denizli: 3M, Pammukale, 450m, 19.7.1986 (J. Tilmans); (+ 1 female B. Çıplak don.) ( CW); Manisa: 2M, 2F, W. Anatolien, Manisa dag b. Manisa, 3–900 m, 10– 11.8.1937 (W. Ramme) ( ZMB); 1F, Manisa Dagı, Sultan Yaylası, 800 m, 9.7.1977 (S. Salman) ( NHM); Burdur: 1M, Çayaǧzı, Ören, Kemer, 21.7.1987 (A. Demirsoy) ( AUZM); Antalya: 2M, 1F, Gazipaşa, Maha Yaylası, 1600 m, 12.7.1997 (B. Çıplak) ( AUZM); Karaman: 4M, 4F, road from Ermenek to Gülnar, 10 km after Bardat, 1645 m, 17.7.2005, N 36 24 932, E 033 09 882 (B.Ciplak, D.Sirin & M.S. Taylan) (in alcohol) (sound record) ( AUZM); Mersin: 5M, 3F, Kasyayla (oberhalb Anamur) (36°15'N, 32°54'E), 9.7.2002 (K.-G. Heller) ( CH) (sound record); 10M, 9F, Karaman-Gülnar Yolu 60. km, Görmel Yaylası, 1450 m, 12.7.1997 ( AUZM?); GREECE: Island of Samos: 1M, Marathokambos (v. Qertzen, Pholidoptera prasina Br. Ramme det.) ( NMW); 1M, Vathy, 31.6.1936 (F. Werner) ( ZMB); Island of Chios: 2M, 1F, (2M in NMW and 2M in ZMB). 1M, Chios (Coll. Werner) ( ZMB).

Distribution. E. prasina is the species with the largest range in the species group. Its range covers the southern half of Aegean Turkey and the western half of Mediterranean Turkey and to the east Aegean islands Chios and Samos. The old record of this species from Antalya, Güllük Daǧı by Karabag (1958) refers to E. karabagi .