Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar
Author
Ünal, Mustafa
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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Asiotmethis turritus
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1833)
(
Figs. 129
,
221–222
)
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
Ramme, 1951
syn. nov.
Material examined.
AZERBAIJAN: Steppe Mugan, prov.
Baku
, 6–7.1913,
1♂
,
1♀
(
MfN
)
;
Margushevan
,
Terter
,
25.7.1935
,
1♂
,
1♀
(leg.
Veltistchev
) (det.
Miram
as
Asiotmethis jubatus
) (
MNCN
)
; IRAN:
Azerbaidjan
,
Moghan
steppe,
9.6.1958
,
6♂
,
5♀
(leg.
L.F.H. Merton
) (det.
Dirsh
, 1960) (
NHMUK
)
;
Rezaih
, 8.1949,
1♀
(leg.
Makoul
) (
NHMUK
)
;
ARMENIA
:
Eriwan
,
1♂
(
Holotype
of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
)
;
Armenia
, pr.
Eriwan
,
11.7.1924
,
1♀
(
Allotype
of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
)
;
Eriwan
,
3♂
,
1♀
(
Paratypes
of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
) (
MfN
)
; ibidem, 1♂ (Paratype of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
) (ZIN); ibidem, 1♂ (Paratype of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
) (NHMUK);
Erevan
,
13.6.2013
,
1♂
(leg.
A. G. Bugrov
&
I. E. Jetybayev
) (AİBÜEM);
TURKEY
: all specimens given in
Ünal
(2007b)
.
Remarks.
Ramme (1951: 410)
in describing this subspecies distinguished it from the nominotypical subspecies by the remarkably smaller body, the pronotum with less rough sculpture and slightly narrower dark band of the hind wings, differences present in the specimens studied by Ramme (
MfN
).
Nevertheless
, the comparison with other specimens collected from
Azerbaijan
,
Iran
and
Turkey
allowed to conclude that the differences observed by
Ramme
are not stable in accordance with the distributions of both subspecies.
Similarly
with the nominotypical subspecies, the size is large and the pronotal tubercles rough in the specimes collected from
Iğdır Province
of
Turkey
, very close to the
type
locality of
Asiotmethis turritus armeniacus
,
Erevan
,
Armenia
.
The
type
locality of this species is Karabagh uplands, W. of
Azerbaijan
(
Uvarov 1943: 55
).