Eremopeza saussurei saussurei ( Uvarov, 1918 )

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 : 28

Eremopeza saussurei saussurei ( Uvarov, 1918)

( Figs. 9 , 154 )

Tmethis saussurei sp. n: Uvarov 1918: 47, 49.

Tmethis saussurei Uvarov, 1918 : Uvarov 1934: 106; Tarbinsky 1940: 33.

Eremopeza saussurei saussurei ( Uvarov, 1918) : Uvarov 1943: 42, 43; Karabağ 1958: 109; Weidner 1969: 153, 154; Demirsoy 1977: 34; Otte 1994: 145.

Eremopeza saussurei cyanea Bey-Bienko, 1951 : Presa & Garcia 1983: 10.

Eremopeza saussurei ( Uvarov, 1918) : Kemal & Koçak 2016a: 24.

Type locality. N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan Prov., Danalu. Lectotype. Syntypes (Unspecified host).

Material examined. TURKEY: Söört [ Siirt ] - Bitlis, 1♂, 2♀ (leg. F. Sikora) (det. Br. v.W. as Tmethis gibbera St ) ( NMW) ; Söört [ Siirt ] , Bitlis, 1♂ (leg. F. Sikora) (det. Br. v.W.) ( NHMUK) ; Hakkari civarı, 1700 m, 22.8.1953, 1♀ (leg. et det. T. Karabağ) , Hakkari, 27.8.1952, 1♀ (leg. C. Kosswig) ( AÜZM) ; IRAN: N.W. Persien, Sir bei Urmia , 1904, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. Zugmayer) (det. Uvarov as “ Tmethis saussurei Uv. ?” and Uvarov, 1929 as “ Tmethis saussurei ”) ( NMW) ; Iran, Gudure Surkh , 4.6.1957, 1♂, 3♀ (leg. G. B. Popov) ( NHMUK) .

Remarks. The subspecies of E. saussurei are well separated distributionally. The nominotypical subspecies is distributed mainly in E. Turkey and N.E. Iran. The width of black band and the color of the disc on hind wing are more similar to E. saussurei cyanea , but it can be diagnosed by the bright dark blue disc (pale light blue or cyan in E. saussurei cyanea ; pinkish-blue or violet in E. saussurei violacea ). The dark band on hind wing is narrower and apical macula very distinct in E. saussurei saussurei and E. saussurei cyanea (median band clearly wider and apical macula weaker in E. saussurei violacea ). According to Garai (2010: 411) the distributions of the nominotypical subspecies and E. saussurei violacea overlap in Fars Province of Iran. I think that the identification of specimens collected from Fars Province as E. saussurei saussurei should be confirmed. It should be considered that some specimens of this species may have the colorless or very pale yellowish basal disc of hind wings (e.g. the specimens from Siirt-Bitlis in Turkey and from Urmia in Iran have colorless disc, and are undoubtedly E. saussurei saussurei ; see also Material and methods).

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 147 – 155. Habitus. 147 – 149 Prionotropis maculinervis, 147 male syntype dorsal; 148 ditto lateral; 149 female lateral. 150 Eremopeza gibbera gibbera, male; 151 Eremopeza gibbera lata, male holotype; 152 Eremopeza angusta, male holotype; 153 Eremopeza festiva, male; 154 Eremopeza saussurei saussurei, male; 155 Eromepeza saussurei cyanea, male paratype.