2156
Author
Ciplak, Battal
Author
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
Author
Willemse, Fer
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-07-13
2156
1
75
journal article
11755334
Eupholidoptera werneri
Ramme, 1951
(
Figures 16
,
61
,
107
,
153
,
197
,
237
, Appendix)
Eupholidoptera werneri
Ramme, 1951: 201–202
.
Type information:
Holotype
M,
SYRIA
,
Abde
,
19.5.1935
(
F. Werner
) (
NHW
)
;
Paratype
1M, same data as holotype;
Paratype
1M (labelled as “Typus von
chabrieri
II
”) (
ZMB
)
.
Material examined:
Paratype
1M (
ZMB
)
.
Distribution
: This species is known only from the
type
material from
Syria
,
Lebanon
and
Jordan
.
Remarks.
Ramme (1951)
described
E. werneri
from Abde,
Syria
. The description was based only on males and the original description only lists males (
holotype
,
paratype
) under material examined. Although Ramme did not mention any female there is a figure of a female subgenital plate in
Ramme (1951
: p. 202). In NHW there are two more specimens of
E. werneri
: (1F with the 4 labels (i–iv) (i) coll. Br. V. W. = coll Lederer, Beirut; (ii) 1874; (iii) 1874 Chabrieri nach Fieber, and (iv)
Eupholidoptera werneri
Rme, Ramme
det.; 1M with 2 labels (i–ii); (i) Saida Oberthuer, Coll. B. v. W, and (ii)
Eupholidoptera werneri
Rme, Ramme
det.) (Susanne Randolf; personal communication) which were identified as
E. werneri
by Ramme, though not mentioned in the original description.
Salman (1983)
reported this species from South
Anatolia
(
Hatay
) assuming to describe the female for the first time (but see above). Later,
Naskrecki & Ünal (1995)
reported
six juveniles
and
two males
assigned to
E. werneri
from the same province of
Turkey
. However, later Salman (personal communication) decided that the specimens from South
Anatolia
(
Hatay
) which he identified as
E. werneri
in fact did belong to a new species (After examination of
2 males
and
2 females
of these specimens we support his opinion) and the occurrence of
E. werneri
in
Turkey
remains doubtful. The specimens from
Naskrecki & Ünal (1995)
were used to describe
E. akdeniz
Ünal & Naskrecki, 2002
.
E. werneri
and
E. cypria
are two closely related species both of which are described in the same publication by
Ramme, 1951
.
Salman (1983)
described the mainland population of
E. cypria
from
Hatay
,
Turkey
as a separate subspecies (
E. cypria turcica
) and this subspecies was later recorded from
Latakia
,
Syria
(see above). The main differences between
E. werneri
and its close relative
E. cypria
are the shape of female subgenital plate (compare
Figures 197, 198
) and the long unfused apical arms of the titillators (compare
Figures 153
and
154
). Since there were no females of
E. werneri
available during this study it was not possible to determine if the female subgenital plates are different as figured by
Ramme (1951)
. Since
Ramme (1951)
described both
E. cypria
and
E. werneri
in the same publication the second species is treated here on the basis of his figures and description. However, the confirmation of
E. werneri
as a distinct separate species requires new material from the
type
locality.