Songs in the genus Uromenus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Ephippigerini): A review with new information about some species
Author
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Author
Puskás, Gellért
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Author
Szövényi, Gergely
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Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1117, Hungary; gergely. szovenyi @ ttk. elte. hu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9632 - 4066
Author
Chobanov, Dragan P.
0000-0002-1642-0363
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. dchobanov @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1642 - 0363
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-23
4991
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4991.1.4
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Uromenus melillae
Nadig, 1994
MOROCCO
, E of
Zaio
,
N 34.95247
,
W 002.59960
,
115 m
a.s.l.
,
03 vi 2013
, leg.
D. Chobanov
The male stridulatory file carries about 73 teeth (
Fig. 7
;
Tab. 2
). In the middle of the file the inter-tooth intervals are about
63 µm
.
Morphology.
The species was compared to
U. finoti
by
Nadig (1994)
and based on this resemblance placed in the same subgroup. Our specimens clearly resemble
U. finoti
by the shape of the male 10th tergum and epiproct (
Fig. 10E
1
), while cerci differ by the possession of a longer, backward pointing sharp process ending with a black tooth (
Fig. 10E
1
) (lacking in
U. finoti
—see
Fig. 10A
2
).
Ecology. The species was collected in the valley of
Moulouya river
in a xeric semiruderal habitat of
Mediterranean
type
(
Fig. 1Q
). The locality fits the Köppen climate
type
BSh (Hot semi-arid)(
Verner
et al
. 2018
)
.