Eremocharis bampura bampura Uvarov, 1933

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 : 42

Eremocharis bampura bampura Uvarov, 1933 stat. rev.

( Figs. 107 , 207–208 )

Material examined. IRAN: S.E. Persia, Bampur, Kuusha-Larumba , 6– 10.5.1901, 1♂ (Holotype), S.E . Persia, Bampur, Noukabad, Sargad , 1.5.1901, 1♀ (Paratype) (leg. N. A. Zarudny) ; plus 4♂, 10♀ (Paratypes) (ZIN); S.E. Persia, Bampur, Kuusha, Sargad , 3– 5.5.1901, 1♂, 1♀ (Paratypes) (leg. N. A. Zarudny) ; nr. Khush , Baluchistan, 4.1951, 4♂, 1♀ ; Iran, Gew , Baluchistan, 4.1951, 1♂ (leg. G. B. Popov) ; Iran, Saravan , 5.1950, 3♂, 2♀ (leg. Salavatian) ; Saravan, Bamposcht , 4.5.1950, 1♂ (leg. Salavatian) (all in NHMUK); S.E . Persia, Bampur, Kuusa, Sargad , 2.5.1901, 1♂, 1♀ (Paratypes) (leg. N. A. Zarudny) ; Iran, Baluchestan, Crouche , 2.6.1955, 1♂ (leg. G. Remaudiere) ( MNCN) ; PAKISTAN: Baluchistan, Khuzdar , 23.4.1979, 1♂ (leg. G. B. Popov) ( NHMUK); W . Pakistan, between Surab and Khuzdar, + 5000 ft, 16.6.1963, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. G. B. Popov) ( NHMUK).

Remarks. As stated by Uvarov (1933: 216) in the description of this taxon the size, the structure and coloration are variable. The hind wing is mainly greenish, but in some specimens bluish-green. A couple of specimens from Pakistan and some within the paratypes from Iran have blue hind wings, but all of them may be considered to belong to a single taxon. It was described as an independent species ( Uvarov 1933: 216). Uvarov (1943: 50) listed it as subspecies of E. granulosa . Subsequent authors ( Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Mirzayans 1959: 15; Bey-Bienko & Richter 1960: 9; Shumakov 1963: 67; Descamps & Donskoff 1965: 498; Presa & Garcia 1983: 9; Otte 1994: 143; Mirzayans 1998: 11; Hodjat 2012: 267) followed Uvarov (1943). Here “ bampura ” is considered a valid species closely related to E. bampura khorasana Uvarov.

Figures

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 205 – 220. Habitus. 205 – 206 Eremocharis ancestralis, 205 male holotype; 206 female paratype. 207 – 208 Eremocharis bampura bampura, 207 male paratype; 208 female paratype. 209 – 210 Eremocharis bampura khorasana, 209 male paratype; 210 female paratype. 211 – 212 Dhofaria splendens, 211 male paratype; 212 female paratype. 213 Tuarega insignis, male. 214 – 215 Tmethis pulchripennis (asiaticus), 214 male; 215 female. 216 Tmethis cisti (gracilis). 217 – 218 Atrichotmethis semenovi, 217 male; 218 female. 219 – 220 Melanotmethis fuscipennis fuscipennis, 219 male; 220 female.