Pseudonothrotes levis 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 : 128-130

Pseudonothrotes levis Mistshenko, 1951 comb. rev.

( Figs. 62 , 358–359 , 513–514 , 842 )

Pseudonothrotes levis sp. nov.: Mistshenko 1951: 519.

Pseudonothrotes levis Mistshenko, 1951 : Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 343; Karabağ 1958: 118; Weidner 1969: 159. Paranothrotes levis (Mistshenko 1951) : Demirsoy 1973: 415, 418; Demirsoy 1977: 68, 72; Salman 1978: 67; Presa & Garcia 1983: 26; Otte 1994: 186.

Type locality. Turkey: Artvin, Lomaşeni. Holotype: male ( ZIN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Turkey, Artvinsk [Artvin], Lomaşeni , 9.6.1909, 1♂ (Holotype), ibidem, 2.7.1909, 1♀ (Allotype), ibidem, 9 – 15.6.1909, 3♂, 6♀ (paratypes), ibidem, 9.6.1910, 1♀ (Paratype) (leg. Nesterov) (ZIN); Artvinsk [Artvin], Lomaşeni , 15.6.1909, 1♀ (paratype) (leg. Nesterov) ; Artvin, Salolet , 1.7.1911, 1♀ (leg. J. Voronov) (det. as Eunothrotes derjugini ) ; Artvin, Yusufeli , 600 m, 7.6.1962, 1♂ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) .

Distribution. N.E. Turkey: Artvin Province ( Fig. 842 ).

Remarks. This species has not been recorded since its description. Guichard and Harvey found it from Yusufeli in 1962. It is found with Eunothrotes derjugini Adelung syntopically in Artvin, Salolet.

Figures

FIGURE 842. Distribution of the species of genera Paranothrotes, Pseudonothrotes and Eunothrotes.

FIGURES 55 – 68. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 55 Paranothrotes sulcatus; 56 Paranothrotes opacus opacus; 57 Paranothrotes eximius bitlis; 58 Paranothrotes gotvendicus; 59 Paranothrotes tenuicornis; 60 Paranothrotes margaritae; 61 Paranothrotes siirt; 62 Pseudonothrotes levis; 63 Eunothrotes derjugini; 64 Neoparanothrotes borumandi; 65 Nocaracris furvus kazdagi; 66 Nocaracris tunceli; 67 Nocaracris tardus; 68 Nocaracris emirdagi. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 344 – 374. Body parts. 344 – 353 tympanum, 344 Paranocarodes straubei, male; 345 ditto female; 346 Paranocarodes anatoliensis anatoliensis, male; 347 Paranocarodes chopardi, male; 348 ditto female; 349 Paranocarodes karabagi, female; 350 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, female without tympanum; 351 Nocaracris subrubratus, female without tympanum; 352 Nocaracris kosswigi, female; 353 Nocaracris judithae, female. 354 – 355 female abdominal tergites, 354 Paranocarodes karabagi; 355 Nocaracris judithae. 356 – 357 female vertex, 356 Neoparanothrotes borumandi; 357 Paranothrotes margaritae. 358 – 360 vertex dorsal view, 358 Pseudonothrotes levis, male; 359 ditto female; 360 Paranothrotes margaritae, female. 361 – 362 arolium of fore leg in male, 361 Eunothrotes dejugini; 362 Paranocarodes turkmen. 363 – 364 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in male, 363 Paranothrotes gotvendicus, syntype; 364 Paranocarodes anatoliensis anatoliensis. 365 – 366 fastigium of vertex in female, 365 Paranothrotes siirt; 366 Paranocarodes turkmen. 367 – 370 head and pronotum, 367 Ebnerodes toelgi, male; 368 ditto female; 369 Paranocarodes straubei, male; 370 ditto female. 371 – 374 head and pronotum, dorso-lateral, 371 Turkanocaracris levigatus, male holotype; 372 ditto female paratype; 373 Nocarodes balachowskyi, male; 374 ditto female. Abbreviations: nsa: neighbour stigmal area, s: stigma, t: tympanum.

FIGURES 509 – 521. Habitus and body parts. 509 – 510 Paranothrotes nigripes, 509 male; 510 female lectotype. 511 – 512 Paranothrotes ornatus, 511 male holotype; 512 female allotype. 513 – 514 Pseudonothrotes levis, 513 male holotype; 514 female allotype. 515 – 516 Eunothrotes derjugini, 515 male lectotype; 516 female paralectotype. 517 – 519 Neoparanothrotes borumandi, 517 male paratype; 518 female paratype; 519 ditto female head and pronotum. 520 – 521 Neoparanothrotes diamesus, female holotype, 520 habitus; 521 ditto head and pronotum.