Eremocharis maior Ramme, 1952

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 : 40

Eremocharis maior Ramme, 1952 stat. nov.

( Figs. 197–198 )

Eremocharis afghana maior Ramme, 1952: 194 .

Eremocharis subsulcata minor Cejchan, 1969 syn. nov.

Material examined. AFGHANISTAN: Charikar, 16.5.1935, 1♂ (Holotype), 1♂, 2♀ (Paratypes) (leg. Blanchard) ( MfN) .

Remarks. This species was described by Ramme (1952: 194) as a subspecies of E. afghana Ramme, 1928 , but it is more related to E. granulosa species group as well as the species E. granulosa by the larger body, the length of tegmina in both sexes and the coloration of hind legs. On the other hand Cejchan (1969: 238) described E. subsulcata minor , that is also related to E. granulosa species group and to the subspecies of E. granulosa by the smaller body, the coloration of hind legs and the length of tegmina. The type locality of Eremocharis subsulcata minor is E. Afghanistan, Nengrahar Prov., 2 km S.W. of Jalalabad, that is very close to the type locality of E. maior . Their characters are very similar, and it is almost impossible to distinguish them. Therefore they are here considered synonyms.

This taxon was cited by Shumakov (1963: 66) as subspecies of Eremocharis afghana Ramme, 1928 , but Presa & Garcia (1983: 9), probably erroneously, listed it as subspecies of Eremopeza afghana Uvarov, 1940 . Otte (1994: 144) and Eades et al. (2016) followed Presa & Garcia (1983).

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FIGURES 184 – 204. Body parts and habitus. 184 – 186 Eremocharis subsulcata beccalonii, 184 male pronotum; 185 female pronotum; 186 female hind leg. 187 Eremocharis subsulcata rosasea, male paratype; 188 Eremocharis subsulcata atripes, male paratype; 189 – 190 Eremocharis granulosa granulosa, 189 male; 190 female; 191 – 192 Eremocharis granulosa brachycera, 191 male; 192 female; 193 – 194 Eremocharis rufipes, 193 male; 194 female; 195 – 196 Eremocharis obscura, paratypes, 195 male; 196 female; 197 – 198 Eremocharis maior, 197 male holotype; 198 female paratype; 199 – 200 Eremocharis clavicornis, 199 male holotype; 200 female; 201 Eremocharis brachyptera uvarovi, female; 202 Eremocharis zaheri, male holotype; 203 – 204 Eremocharis afghana, 203 male holotype; 204 female paratype.