Nocaracris cinerascens Ramme, 1951

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 : 156-157

Nocaracris cinerascens Ramme, 1951 sp. rev.

( Figs. 555, 568, 570 , 659–660 , 844 )

Nocaracris cinerascens n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 279, 303, 427.

Nocaracris cinerascens Ramme, 1951 : Karabağ 1958: 121; Weidner 1969: 160; Demirsoy 1973: 426, as syn. of acinosus ; Demirsoy 1977: 82, as syn. of acinosus ; Otte 1994: 172.

Paranocaracris rubripes acinosus Mistshenko, 1951 : Demirsoy 1973: 425, 426, partim; Demirsoy 1977: 83, partim; Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Paranocaracris citripes citripes (Uvarov, 1949) : Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Paranocaracris citripes sabulosa Ramme, 1951 : Mol et al. 2014: 138.

Type locality. Turkey: Sivas. Holotype: male ( MfN).

Material examined. TURKEY: Klein-Asien, Siras [Sivas], 7.1934, 1♂ (Holotype), 1♀ (Paratype) (leg. A. Rosenbohm) ( MfN) ; [Sivas], Zara , 26.5.1930, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocaracris sureyana ) (leg. Sureya Bey) ( MfN) ; Gümüşhane, Soğanlı Geçidi [now in Bayburt], 1900 m, 28.5.1962, 7♂, 9♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Gümüşhane area, 4000 ft, 12.7.1960, 1♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; [Trabzon], Zigana , 7000 ft, 14.8.1959, 7♂, 3♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard) (det. Cejchan, 1966 as Paranocaracris sp.n.) ( NHMUK) ; [Trabzon], Zigana Dağı , 6000–6500 ft, 10– 13.8.1959, 2♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard) ( NHMUK) ; Erzurum, 20 km İspir-İkizdere Rd. , 1700 m, 2.6.1962, 2♂, 2♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Erzurum, İspir , 1200 m, 31.5.1962, 1♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Trabzon, Zigana Dağı , 2500 m, 4.9.1956, 2♂, 2♀ (leg. T. Karabağ) ( NHMUK) ; Rize, İkizdere, Cimil-Başköy , 1800–2000 m, 29– 30.8.1956, 2♀ (leg. T. Karabağ) ( NHMUK) ; Erzurum, Kopdağı Geçidi , 6–7000 ft, 23.7.1960, 2♂, 1♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Erzincan, Tercan , 10.5.1960, 2♂, 1♀ (leg. E. S. Brown) ( NHMUK) ; Sivas, Şerefiye- Karabayır area , 4–6000 ft, 7.7.1960, 1♂, 4♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) ( NHMUK) ; Erzurum, Aşkale, Yeniköy-Kandilli , 7.6.2003, 1♂, 2♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ( MAZM) ; Erzincan, Refahiye , 19.4.2003, 1♂ (leg. A. Hasbenli); Erzurum-Erzincan, 1♂ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Gümüşhane, Kelkit, Akdağ Köyü , 1825 m, 20.5.2003, 1♀ (leg. A. Hasbenli) ; Gümüşhane, Kelkit, Güzyurdu Köyü , 1865 m, 21.4.2003, 2♀ nymphs (leg. A. Hasbenli) ( MAZM) ; Trabzon, Kadırga Yaylası , 20.7.1993, 1♀ (leg. K. Kuru) ( EMET) ; Rize, İkizdere, Ballık, Anzer Yaylası , 2.10.2013, 3♂, 3♀ nymphs in alcohol (leg. A. Erden) ; Tokat, Pazar, Akdağ , 1810 m, 3.7.2014, 16♂, 7♀, plus 4♂, 2♀ in alcohol ; 1700 m, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).

Distribution. Widely distributed in N.E. Turkey: Sivas, Tokat, Erzincan, Erzurum, Bayburt, Gümüşhane, Trabzon, Rize provinces ( Fig. 844 ).

Remarks. Demirsoy (1973: 426; 1977: 83) included the female allotype of N. sureyana Ramme in N. acinosus Mistshenko , but it certainly belongs to this species. Correspondingly the specimens given as N. acinosus from Sivas and Erzincan by Demirsoy (1973) probably belong to this species.

The records of Paranocaracris citripes citripes (Uvarov) from Rize Province and Paranocaracris citripes sabulosa Ramme from Kopdağı given by Mol et al. (2014) are not likely which probably refer to this species.

Although the male holotype has yellow tibia the males of this species have mainly red, orange-red hind tibia (see the key). Three males collected from Anzer Yaylası, Rize have yellow tibia as in the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 844. Distribution of the species of genus Nocaracris.

FIGURES 555 – 583. Body parts. 555 – 556 male head and pronotum, 555 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype; 556 Nocaracris ponticus, holotype. 557 – 558 female head, 557 Nocaracris tauricolus, holotype; 558 Nocaracris burri, topotype. 559 – 563 female prosternum, 559 Nocaracris burri; 560 Nocaracris sureyana; 561 and 562 Nocaracris tardus, paratypes; 563 Nocaracris emirdagi, paratype. 564 – 565 typical light band on pronotum in male, 564 Nocaracris tardus, holotype; 565 Nocaracris emirdagi, holotype, without light band. 566 – 568 male fastigium of vertex, lateral view, 566 Nocaracris cejchani, holotype; 567 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 568 Nocaracris cinerascens, holotype. 569 – 570 female pronotum, 569 Nocaracris bodenheimeri; 570 Nocaracris cinerascens. 571 – 574 longitudinal sulcus of pronotum in female, 571 Nocaracris demirsoyi; 572 Nocaracris cyanipes; 573 Nocaracris curtus, allotype; 574 Nocaracris ponticus, allotype. 575 – 576 female frons, lateral view, 575 Nocaracris cyanipes; 576 Nocaracris curtus, allotype. 577 – 579 female eye, 577 Nocaracris minutus, holotype; 578 Nocaracris karadagi, paratype; 579 Nocaracris van, paratype. 580 – 583 female prosternum, 580 Nocaracris palandoken, paratype; 581 and 582 Nocaracris karadagi, paratypes; 583 Nocaracris monticolus, paratype.

FIGURES 653 – 666. Habitus. 653 – 654 Nocaracris bodenheimeri, 653 male; 654 female. 655 – 658 Nocaracris cejchani, 655 male holotype; 656 ditto dorsal; 657 female paratype; 658 ditto dorsal. 659 – 660 Nocaracris cinerascens, 659 male holotype; 660 female paratype. 661 Nocaracris tauricolus, female holotype. 662 Nocaracris acinosus, female holotype. 663 – 664 Nocaracris rubripes, 663 male; 664 female. 665 – 666 Nocaracris ponticus, 665 male holotype; 666 female allotype.