Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey with key to genera and descriptions of six new species
Author
Ünal, Mustafa
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-08
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4432.1.1
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Pezodrymadusa affinis
(
I.Bolívar, 1899
)
Pezodrymadusa striolata ziyaretensis
Koçak & Kemal, 2010
syn. nov.
Material
examined.
TURKEY
: [
Kahramanmaraş
],
Bimbogha-Dagh
,
1 female
(leg.
M. Escalera
) (
holotype
) (
MNCN
);
Antitaurus
,
Maras
[
Kahramanmaraş
],
Göksun
,
Binboza
[
Binboğa
] dag,
1500 m
, in steppe,
14.7.1952
,
4 females
; Maras, Göksun, Below Yalak and foot of Binboga dag,
1500 m
, in steppe,
14.7.1952
,
1 female
; Maras, Çardak, Berit Dag,
1800–2000 m
,
25.7.1952
,
1 male
,
2 females
(all leg.
P.H. Davis
) (
NHMUK
)
;
Sivas
,
Gürün
,
Ziyaret Geçidi
,
1900–1930 m
,
15.7.2008
,
4 males
,
1900 m
,
9.9.2013
,
2 females
, in alcohol,
1900–2000 m
,
13.9.2016
,
1 female
,
1 female
nymph, plus
1 female
in alcohol (leg.
M. Ünal
) (AİBÜEM).
Remarks.
This species was described after a single female which must be the
holotype
(
I.Bolívar, 1899: 601
).
Koçak & Kemal (2010)
described a new taxon as a subspecies of
P. striolata
after a single female from
Sivas
: Ziyaret Geçidi. It is strongly similar to the females studied here. I identified this population as
P. affinis
and described the male sex (
Ünal 2006
).
Koçak & Kemal (2010)
did not compare
P. striolata ziyaretensis
with the other taxa in this species rich genus and separating it from the nominotypical subspecies used the shorter tegmina and the coloration. These are not confident characters especially for the female sex of this genus and are variable even in the same habitat. For instance, in the original description of
P. striolata
Ramme, 1951
the length of female tegmina was given in a broad range (as
3.7–7 mm
) in one population. The specimens listed here and previously studied ones (
Ünal 2006: 162
) collected from the
type
locality of
P. striolata ziyaretensis
have variable length of female tegmina and coloration as well. I confirm my previous identification and consider the synonymy of
Pezodrymadusa striolata ziyaretensis
Koçak et Kemal, 2010
with this species.