A preliminary research and notes on Orthoptera (Insecta) Fauna of Hakkari Province Author Taylan, Mehmet Sait Department of Biology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Hakkari University, Hakkari, TURKEY. Author Şirin, Deniz 0000-0001-5475-173X Department of Biology, Faculty of Art & Science, Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, 59030, Tekirdag, TURKEY. denizsirin 19 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5475 - 173 X denizsirin19@gmail.com Author Sevgili, Hasan Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Art & Science, Ordu University, Ordu, TURKEY. Author Yeşilyurt, Fatih 0000-0002-4181-6546 Department of Biology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Hakkari University, Hakkari, TURKEY. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4181 - 6546 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-10-28 5060 1 45 70 journal article 3790 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.2 4353db42-e7ee-458d-9410-9516fc5ec8ce 1175-5326 5606753 C82F77E8-021F-445F-AAD9-7657823EA0DE Paranothrotes opacus opacus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) Distribution in Turkey : Known only from Hakkari Province ( Ünal, 2016 ) Previous records : Hakkari, Şemdinli-Hakkari , 25.VI.1965 , 1♀ ; Hakkari, Kırkbulak Yaylası. , 3200 m , 03.VIII.1953 , 3♂ , 1♀ , leg. T . Karabağ ; around Hakkari Province , 1700 m , 2.VIII.1953 , 2♂ , 4♀ , leg. T . Karabağ ; Karadağ , 2800 m , 15.VIII.1954 , 6♂ , 4♀ , leg. P. H. Davis ; Çölemerik , 1700 m , 04.IX.1954 , 5♂ , 4♀ , leg. P.H. Davis ; Cilo Mountain ( Buzul Mountain ), 2700–3000 m , 07.VIII.1954 , 3♂ , 5♀ , leg. P.H. Davis ; İkiyaka Mountains , 1♀ ( NMW ) ; Şemdinli , near Hazne Karakolu , 1300 m , 6.VII.1963 , 19♂ , 4♀ , leg. K. İnan ; Hakkari , 10.VII.1969 , 1♂ , near Zapsuyu river , 10.VII.1969 , 1♀ , leg. B. Mursaoğlu ( Ünal, 2016 ). Material examined : Hakkari: Hakkari-Çukurca way, after 5 km Şine tepesi, 37°24´429´´N , 43°30´57´´E , 980 m , 31.V.2018 , 1♂ , 1♀ (leg. M.S. Taylan ); Çukurca , Üzümcü location, 37°29´185´´N, 43°36´455´´E, 1253 m , 29.VI.2019 , 1♂ , (leg. M.S. Taylan ); Demirtaş , Yağmurlu grassland, 37°43´917´´N, 43°59´984´´E, 2210 m , 29.VI.2019 , 3♂ , 1♀ , (leg. M.S. Taylan , C. Yılmaz & M. Erdek ) ( Fig. 2G ) .