Nocaracris furvus furvus (Mistshenko, 1951) Mistshenko, 1951

Ünal, Mustafa, 2016, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar, Zootaxa 4206 (1), pp. 1-223 : 136-140

Nocaracris furvus furvus (Mistshenko, 1951) comb. nov.

( Figs. 538, 541, 549 , 618–620 , 843 )

Nocarodes cyanipes Fisch de W.: Werner 1901: 282, partim.

Oronothrotes furvus sp. nov.: Mistshenko 1951: 520.

Nocaracris burri obscurata n. subsp.: Ramme 1951: 300, 427. syn. nov.

Nocaracris burri obscurata Ramme, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 120; Otte 1994: 172.

Paranocaracris burri obscurata ( Ramme, 1951) : Weidner 1969: 162.

Oronothrotes furvus Mistshenko, 1951 : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 348; Karabağ 1958: 119; Weidner 1969: 159; Demirsoy 1973: 414, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 67, partim; Salman 1978: 66; Presa & Garcia 1983: 20; Otte 1994: 178.

Type locality. Turkey: İzmir, Bozdağ. Holotype: male ( ZIN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Anatolien , 1869, 1♂ (Holotype) (leg. Lederer) ( ZIN) ; Asia Minor, [İzmir], Odemis, Mt. Bos Dagh [ Bozdağ ], c. 5500 ft, 27.6.1938, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocaracris burri obscurata ), 2♂, 2♀ (Paratypes of Nocaracris burri obscurata ) (leg. R. E. Gathorne-Hardy) ( NHMUK) ; Anatolia, Odemis [Ödemiş], Boz dag, 1300–1900 m, 16.8.1950, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) ( NHMUK) ; İzmir, Bozdağ , 1500–2000 m, 12.6.2014, 6♂, 2♀, plus 2♂, 1♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal, A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev) (AİBÜEM) ; Denizli, Babadağ , 1580– 1600 m, 13.6.2014, 10♂, 3♀, plus 4♂, 1♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal, A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev) (AİBÜEM); [İzmir], Bos-Dagh [Bozdağ], 1♂ (leg. Lederer) (det. Cejchan, 1967 as Paranocaracris burri obscurata ) ( NMW) ; Bos-Dagh b. Smyrna [ Bozdağ , İzmir], 2♀ (leg. Lederer) (det. Br. v.W. as Nocarodes cyanipes ) (det. Ramme as Nocaracris burri and det. Cejchan, 1967 as Paranocaracris burri obscurata ) ( NMW) ; Amasia, 1♂ (det. Ramme as Nocaracris burri ) ( NMW) .

Distribution. W. Turkey: İzmir: Bozdağ, Denizli: Babadağ ( Fig. 843 ).

Remarks. Mistshenko (1951a: 520) described this species from one male from Anatolia without exact locality. Demirsoy (1973: 414; 1977: 66) recorded and described one female from Ersis, Artvin province in N.E . Turkey. According to Salman (1978: 66) the female recorded by Demirsoy is a nymph of Paranocaracris elegans Mistshenko and thereby Oronothrotes furvus might be a synonym of P. elegans . Both authors assumed that Oronothrotes furvus is found in the northeastern end of Turkey. On the other hand Ramme (1951: 300) described Nocaracris burri obscurata Ramme, 1951 with both sexes from Bozdağ, İzmir Province, W . Turkey. The study on the type material of N. burri obscurata in the NHMUK allowed to ascertain that it is certainly conspecific with Oronothrotes furvus . Thus the exact location of this species appeares to be in the western end of Turkey, contrary to previous expectations. Mistshenko (1951a) has the priority over Ramme (1951) (see Material methods). There are several specimens in the NMW (see Material examined) collected by Lederer from Bozdağ , İzmir. Very probably the holotype of this species collected by Lederer ( ZIN) was also found in Bozdağ , İzmir. Moreover I have collected the typical forms of this species from Bozdağ. Therefore I propose the type locality of this species is Bozdağ, in İzmir Province of Turkey .

Nocaracris burri obscurata Ramme, 1951 was overlooked by Demirsoy (1973, 1977) and Presa & Garcia (1983). Although no author published this subspecies as “ Paranocaracris rubripes obscurata ( Ramme, 1951) ” Eades et al. (2016) gave it in this combination.

Ramme (1951) in describing N. burri obscurata did not mention its tympanum despite the type specimens have distinct tympanum. He distinguished it from N. burri by the coloration.

One male from Amasya agrees with this species, it is impossible to be in Amasya province, the label must be mistakenly attached (see also the Remarks sections of P. straubei and N. burri ).

Figures

FIGURE 843. Distribution of the species and subspecies of genera Neoparanothrotes and Nocaracris.

FIGURES 522 – 554. Body parts. 522 – 527 hind femur, 522 Nocaracris niethammeri, male; 523 ditto female; 524 Nocaracris crassipes, male holotype; 525 ditto female paratype; 526 Nocaracris subrubratus, male paratype; 527 Nocaracris karshitoros, female paratype. 528 – 531 pronotal carinae in female, 528 Nocaracris bicoloripes; 529 Nocaracris dilekensis, holotype; 530 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 531 Nocaracris burri. 532 – 536 female tympanum, 532 Nocaracris tunceli, paratype; 533 Nocaracris kosswigi; 534 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, without tympanum; 535 Nocaracris judithae; 536 Nocaracris minutus. 537 – 540 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 537 Nocaracris bulgaricus; 538 Nocaracris furvus furvus; 539 Nocaracris kosswigi; 540 Nocaracris tunceli, paratype. 541 – 544 female tympanum, 541 Nocaracris furvus furvus; 542 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, paratype; 543 Nocaracris bulgaricus; 544 Nocaracris istanbul, holotype, without tympanum (right side). 545 – 546 Nocaracris istanbul, female holotype, 545 prosternum; 546 fastigium of vertex; 547 – 548 Nocaracris bulgaricus, 547 prosternum; 548 fastigium of vertex. 549 – 552 prosternum, 549 Nocaracris furvus furvus, male; 550 ditto female; 551 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, male paratype; 552 ditto female paratype. 553 – 554 male fastigium of vertex, 553 Nocaracris rimansonae, lectotype; 554 Nocaracris tunceli, holotype.

FIGURES 611 – 624. Body parts and habitus. 611 – 613 male hind femur, 611 Nocaracris goektepe, holotype; 612 Nocaracris subrubratus, paratype; 613 Nocaracris bicoloripes. 614 – 615 male fastigium of vertex, lateral, 614 Nocaracris bicoloripes, 615 Nocaracris subrubratus, paratype. 616 – 617 male eye, 616 Nocaracris niethammeri; 617 Nocaracris crassipes, holotype. 618 – 620 Nocaracris furvus furvus, 618 male holotype; 619 male, not a type; 620 female, not a type. 621 – 624 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi, 621 male holotype; 622 ditto dorsal; 623 female paratype; 624 ditto dorsal.