Eremopeza gibbera gibbera ( Stål, 1876 ), Stal, 1876

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 : 25

Eremopeza gibbera gibbera ( Stål, 1876)

( Figs. 7 , 106 , 150 )

Eremobia gibbera Stål, 1876: 27 ; Saussure 1884: 231; I. Bolívar 1899: 595; Werner 1901: 281; Jacobson 1905: 282, sensu Bey- Bienko & Mistshenko 1951.

Tmethis gibber Stoll, 1876 : Uvarov 1918: 48.

Tmethis gibber (Stål) : Kirby 1910: 285; Uvarov 1916: 183; Uvarov 1930: 372.

Tmethis gibber gibber (St.) : Uvarov 1934: 104.

Eremopeza gibbera gibbera ( Stål, 1876) : Uvarov 1943: 42, 43; Ramme 1951: 410, 426; Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 296; Karabağ 1958: 109; Weidner 1969: 153, 154; Karabağ et al. 1974: 11; Demirsoy 1977: 35; Presa & Garcia 1983: 10; Erman & Salman 1990: 112; Otte 1994: 145; Çıplak et al. 1996: 19; Sevgili & Çıplak 2000: 234.

Eremopeza gibbera gibbera Stâl : Karabağ et al. 1974: 11.

Type locality. Syria: Aleppo. Syntypes: (Unspecified host).

Material examined. TURKEY: Adıyaman, Kosmos Köyü, 21.6.1972, 1♂ (AİBÜEM) ( Karabağ et al, 1974); S.O. Anatolien, 50 km, Südl. Aintab [Gaziantep], 11.7.1937, 1♂ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM); S.O. Anatolien, Aintab [Gaziantep], 8 – 15.6.1937, 1♀ (leg. W. Ramme) (AİBÜEM); Urfa and environs, 7.1931, 2♂, 3♀ (leg. Eshref Bey) ; Urfa, 1.7.1930, 1♀ (leg. Sureya) ; Elazığ, Sivrice, 1♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) (det. Uvarov) ( NHMUK); SYRIA: Hameh , 26.6.1945, 3♂, 4♀ (leg. K. P. Whitehorn) ; Nr. Damascus, Sahl es Sahra , 15.7.1952, 3♀ (leg. A. R. Waterstone) ; 40 mls around Aleppo , 4.7.1919, 1♀ (leg. F. G. Aldous) ( NHMUK); TURKEY: SO Anatolien, Aintab [Gaziantep], 8 – 15.6.1937, 4♂, 2♀ (leg. W. Ramme); 50 km Südl. Aintab, 11.7.1937, 4♂ (leg. W. Ramme) ( Ramme, 1951: 410) ( MfN); Söört [ Siirt ] b . Bitlis, 1♀ ( NMW); Marache [Maraş], 4♂, 2♀ ( MNCN) ; Kahramanmaraş, Elbistan , 12.7.1952, 2♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) ; Elazığ, Sivrice, 25.6.1952, 1♂, 1♀; Sivrice, Helezür Köyü , 25.6.1952, 1♂ (leg. Ö. K. Gülen) ; Elazığ, Pertek yolu , Har Köyü, 24.7.1964, 1♂ (leg. N. Şişli) ( AÜZM).

Interstage forms: TURKEY: Urfa and environs, 7.1931, 2 males, 3 females (Eshref Bey) ( NHMUK) ; Urfa, 1931, 1♂, 2♀ (leg. Sureya) ( MfN). These specimens have more blackened basal part of hind wings, and nearer to the nominotypical form (see E. gibbera lata below).

Remarks. This species was recorded as Eremopeza gibbera ( Stål, 1876) by Jabbari et al. (2015) from Khorasan, E. Iran, which should be confirmed. The distribution of this species does not cover eastern Iran.

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 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.