Eremotmethis carinatus (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 36

Eremotmethis carinatus (Fabricius, 1775)

( Figs. 13 , 116 , 177 )

Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: Jidda , 24.2.1926, 1♂ (Neotype), 1♀ (leg. J. Philby) ( NHMUK) ; IRAN: Persia, Shiraz to Bushin , 1.5.1927, 1♂ (Paratype of Tmethis moritzi ) (leg. M. M. Siazov) ; 2♀ (Paratypes of Tmethis moritzi ) (NHMUK); EGYPT: Sinai, 1♂, 1♀ (ex. Coll. Staudinger) (coll. R. Ebner) (det. as Eremobia carinata Fabr. ) ( NMW) ; IRAN: Dehloran, 10.5.1973, 1♂ (leg. A. A. Soltani) (NHMUK); Nr. Bampur, 4.1951, 1♂, 1♀; Nr. Kerman, 5.1951, 2♂, 1♀ ; 25 mls. N. of Bandar Abbas, 1.4.1950, 2♂, 2♀ ; Iran, Lingeh, Chac Musallam , 8.4.1950, 1♂ ; Lingeh , 8.4.1950, 1♂ ; Lar , 4.5.1950, 1♂ ; nr. Kerman, 5.1951, 1♂ (all leg. G. B. Popov); Saravan, Suran, 5.1950, 2♂, 1♀ (leg. Salavatian) ; Tehran, Khar , 7.1949, 1♂, 1♀ (Baktasch) ( NHMUK); Iran, Sabzawaran , 6.6.1950, 1♀ (Östr. Iran Exped.) ( NMW) ; Persia, Kain , 31.5.1928, 1♂ (Holotype of Tmethis moritzi ); E . Persia, Khorasan prov., 1♀ (Paratype of Tmethis moritzi ) (leg. Ofshar) ( ZIN) ; SYRIA: Basira , 25.5.1946, 2♀ (leg. E. S. Brown) ; Syria, 35° 10’ N, 40° 10’ E to 35° 50’ N, 40° 35’ E, 13.5.1982, 1♂ ; JORDAN: Jordanien, 18.6.1950, 2♀ (Östr. Iran Exped. 1950) ( NMW) ; AFGHANISTAN: Farah, 13– 15.5.1973, 3♂, 3♀ (leg. G. B. Popov); Dashli-i- Zindenzhain , 25.7.1974, 1♀ (all in NHMUK).

Remarks. Popov (1997: 132) designated the neotype (male) from Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 16. Male phallic complex. a phallus lateral, b phallus dorsal, c epiphallus, d phallus posterior view. 6 Prionotropis maculinervis; 7 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera; 8 Eremopeza festiva; 9 Eremopeza saussurei saussurei; 10 Eremopeza kashmirensis; 11 Eremopeza soltanii; 12 Iranotmethis persa zagrosi; 13 Eremotmethis carinatus; 14 Eremocharis subsulcata beccalonii; 15 Eremocharis granulosa granulosa; 16 Tuarega insignis. Scales 1 mm (short scale for a, b, c; long scale for d).

FIGURES 106 – 128. Body parts. 106 – 108 male pronotum, 106 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera; 107 Eremocharis bampura bampura; 108 Asiotmethis limbatus. 109 – 110 male arolium, 109 Prionotropis hystrix; 110 Tuarega insignis. 111 – 114 subtympanal lobe in female, 111 Prionotropis maculinervis; 112 Prionotropis hystrix; 113 Iranotmethis cyanipennis iranicus; 114 Eremocharis subsulcata beccalonii. 115 – 116 female hind femur, 115 Iranotmethis cyanipennis iranicus; 116 Eremotmethis carinatus. 117 – 118 female vertex, 117 Iranotmethis persa zagrosi; 118 Eremopeza reducta. 119 – 120 male pronotum, 119 Eremocharis granulosa brachycera; 120 Tuarega insignis. 121 – 124 male vertex, 121 and 122 Tmethis pulchripennis (asiaticus); 123 and 124 Atrichotmethis semenovi. 125 – 126 female pronotum, 125 Atrichotmethis semenovi; 126 Melanotmethis fuscipennis fuscipennis. 127 – 128 metazona of pronotum in female, 127 Glyphanus obtusus; 128 Pezotmethis tartarus tartarus.

FIGURES 168 – 183. Habitus and body parts. 168 – 171 Eremopeza kashmirensis, male holotype, 168 habitus dorsal; 169 head and pronotum; 170 ditto lateral; 171 head frontal view. 172 – 173 Iranotmethis cyanipennis iranicus (holo- and paratype of the syn. I. cyanipennis cyanipes), 172 male; 173 female. 174 Iranotmethis cyanipennis kurdus, female holotype; 175 – 176 Iranotmethis persa zagrosi, 175 male; 176 female; 177 Eremotmethis carinatus; 178 – 179 Eremocharis subsulcata subsulcata habitus, 178 male; 179 female; 180 – 183 Eremocharis subsulcata beccalonii, 180 male holotype; 181 female paratype; 182 head and pronotum in male; 183 basal part of hind tibia in male.