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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,401,1513,1540]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="546">Nocaracris tauricola</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,386,1616,1642]" pageId="8" pageNumber="546">Material examined.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,441,1724,1750]" pageId="8" pageNumber="546">Description of Male.</emphasis>
Body (
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) stout, compressed laterally as in the members of
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<emphasis box="[1250,1436,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="546">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
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subgroup. Fastigium of vertex (
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) slightly depressed, sloping. Vertex between the eyes 1.1 times nar rower than vertical diameter of eye and slightly wider (1.07 times) wider than transversal diameter of eye. Eye 1.2 times longer than wide. Supra-ocular foveola distinct, closed
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. Frontal ridge distinctly (deeply) grooved, regularly widening towards clypeus, indistinctly narrowed just below the median ocellus. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum (
<figureCitation box="[280,417,1904,1930]" captionStart="FIGURES 4054" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[216,1373,185,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-15@12.[210,1377,181,1867]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 4054. Nocaracris tauricola, 4042 male habitus, 40 lateral view, 41 dorsal view, 42 dorso-lateral view. 4345 female habitus, 43 lateral view, 44 dorsal view, 45 dorso-lateral view. 4647 male head and pronotum, 46 lateral view, 47 dorsal view. 4849 female head and pronotum, 48 lateral view, 49 dorsal view. 5051 thorax (pro-, meso- and metasternae), ventral view, 50 male, 51 female. 5254 phallic complex, 52 epiphallus, dorsal view, 53 phallus, lateral view, 54 dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7890205" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7890205/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="546">Figs. 4647</figureCitation>
) slightly compressed laterally, with distinct lateral carinae; median carina raised slightly convex in lateral view, with longitudinal sulcus slightly narrowing backwards; the area between median and lateral carinae very shallowly depressed, so it is seen a little bit swollen. Prosternum raised, with tongue shapes median projection which is more sharp and more pointed in some males. Mesosternal interspace (
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) two times wider than long, clearly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur (
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) 2.42.5 times longer than its height, basal part widened and sharply narrowed in preapical part. Hind tibia with 89 inner, and 910 outer spines. All legs especially hind tibia broad. Abdomen (
<figureCitation box="[582,716,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURES 4054" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[216,1373,185,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-15@12.[210,1377,181,1867]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 4054. Nocaracris tauricola, 4042 male habitus, 40 lateral view, 41 dorsal view, 42 dorso-lateral view. 4345 female habitus, 43 lateral view, 44 dorsal view, 45 dorso-lateral view. 4647 male head and pronotum, 46 lateral view, 47 dorsal view. 4849 female head and pronotum, 48 lateral view, 49 dorsal view. 5051 thorax (pro-, meso- and metasternae), ventral view, 50 male, 51 female. 5254 phallic complex, 52 epiphallus, dorsal view, 53 phallus, lateral view, 54 dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7890205" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7890205/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Figs. 4042</figureCitation>
) slightly depressed dorso ventrally with weak lateral carinae and with distinct but not raised median carina; meso- and metasternae of pronotum and first 2 abdominal tergites wide which are seen slightly swollen as in pronotum. Tympanum as large as the neighbour stigmal area or slightly smaller in some males. Phallus (
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) elongated; arch of zygoma narrow and not raised; posterior lobes of zygoma short, wide, clearly swollen; tumida of zygoma short and blunt; apodemes wide with very distinct apical notch; basal valves of penis very wide; pseudolophi on epiphallus separated, with 1013 spines (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,351,438,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Colouration.</emphasis>
Body various shades of brown with some black, milky brown, cream stains, spots, and bands, in some males body more greyish brown. Dorsal half of head, between lateral and median carinae of pronotum, meso- and metasternae of pronotum and the first abdominal tergite brown with small irregular black spots. Frontal ridge with 3 short black bands, between them creamish brown which colour reaching to gena. Antennae, except the creamish brown first 3 segments, brown. Paranota with a large cream spot near to anterior part and with the typical light bands on anterior and posterior margins. Fore and mid legs light brown, with black spots only on femora. Hind femur milky brown, with small irregular black spots on outer surface; inner surface black except reddish-cream upper margin; ventral surface black with red outer margin. Inner, dorsal, and ventral surfaces of hind tibia including inner spines completely black; outer surface and outer spines from light to darker brownish cream; tips of outer spines brown. Hind tarsus red. Typical light band on abdomen distinct, milky brown; lateral surface of abdomen brown. Subgenital plate and anterior parts of abdominal sternites dark brown, broader posterior parts creamish milky brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,497,870,896]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Redescription of female.</emphasis>
Body and pronotum (
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,
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) relatively less compressed laterally in
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subgroup. Head (
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) large and protruding forward comparing the members of subgroup. Fastigium of vertex (
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) strongly sloping and depressed; Vertex between the eyes 1.13 times wider than vertical diameter of eye and 1.3 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; strongly convex with a grooved median carinula; supraocular foveola distinct, almost closed. Eye 1.1 times longer than wide.Antennae with 1213 segments. Prosternum (
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) distinctly raised with a narrow or wider tongue shaped median projection, not pointed sharply. Mesosternal interspace (
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) very wide, 3 times wider than its height and 1.5 times wider than mesosternal lobes. Tympanum practically absent, but in some females a vestigial one much smaller than the neighbour stigmal area. Abdominal tergites as in male. Hind femur (
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) 2.62.7 times longer than its height. Hind tibia with 910 inner and outer spines. Subgenital plate almost as long as wide, in some females slightly longer.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Colouration of female. Body greyish brown, in some females lighter greyish, with black, brown, and milky brown spots, stains and parts. Head mostly milky brown with black spots on vertex and frontal ridge. Eyes greyish light brown, the area around lateral ocelli blackened. Basal segments of antenna milky brown regularly darkening towards apex to blackish brown. Pronotum and abdomen greyish brown to brown with black spots and light milky brown stains on lateral surface of abdomen; typical light bands on paranota distinct on anterior and posterior margins. Fore and mid legs milky brown, darker in some females with irregular black spots. Hind legs as in male. Thoracic and abdominal sternites light brown, in some females, anterior margin of sternites with weak black or dark brown stains.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,456,1518,1545]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Measurements (mm).</emphasis>
Body length: male 20.122, female 3337.5; pronotum length: male 4.74.8, female 6.77.2; pronotum height: male 4.85.3, female 7.78.6; pronotum width anterior: male 4.75, female 7.17.5; pronotum width posterior: male 6.66.9, female 10.110.7; hind femur length: male 99.2, female 12.113; hind femur height: male 3.63.9, female 4.75.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1663,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[321,556,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">Nocaracris tauricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its synonym
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<emphasis box="[749,859,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">N. rigidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were described by
<bibRefCitation author="Ramme, W." box="[1073,1241,1662,1689]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547" pagination="1 - 431" refId="ref7303" refString="Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Sudost Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologie Museum in Berlin, 27, 1 - 431. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830270108" type="journal article" year="1951">Ramme (1951)</bibRefCitation>
and Mistschenko (1951), respectively. The
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specimens, all of which are females, were collected much earlier, in 1895 and 1904 by M. Holtz and W. Siehe from the same place Cilician Taurus (Bolkar Dağları) (
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). It has not been found again for 119 years. Ongoing extensive field trips this species was found after a century and the male sex for the first time. The
<typeStatus box="[319,367,1807,1833]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">type</typeStatus>
locality is a typical mountain steppe on stony and rocky ground in the alpine region of Bolkar Mountains. Because of the habitat destruction around the
<typeStatus box="[806,854,1843,1869]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">type</typeStatus>
locality by the heavy grazing it is found only from the restricted area near a summit. Therefore, it was not easy to find it. This may be the reason why this species could not be found in the previous trips to these Mountains. But it is the fact that finding the correct point (
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), not only in the huge mountain ridge but also in the
<typeStatus box="[701,749,1951,1977]" pageId="9" pageNumber="547">type</typeStatus>
locality (Dümbelek), was the most important reason for the rediscovery of this species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1917,1977]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,411,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">FIGURES 3239. 3233</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Karabag" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[418,592,1917,1941]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="548" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idrisi">
<emphasis box="[418,592,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">Nocaracris idrisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[606,631,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">32</emphasis>
male,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[701,726,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">33</emphasis>
female.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[816,879,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">3436</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[886,1100,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">Nocaracris tauricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1113,1138,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">34</emphasis>
male,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1208,1233,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">35</emphasis>
female,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1323,1348,1917,1941]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">36</emphasis>
locality, Bolkar Mts.: Dümbelek.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[404,467,1953,1977]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">3739</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Uvarov" baseAuthorityYear="1949" box="[473,670,1954,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="548" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="citripes">
<emphasis box="[473,670,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">Nocaracris citripes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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male,
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female,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[889,914,1953,1977]" pageId="10" pageNumber="548">39</emphasis>
locality, Akdağ.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">
The
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<emphasis box="[250,437,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. group is divided into two subgroups,
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<emphasis box="[902,993,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. burri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup (see the diagnosis of the new species,
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<emphasis box="[248,383,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. nebulosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, above) and
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<emphasis box="[534,722,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup by the item 14 of the key in
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. This species is a member of the
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<emphasis box="[459,647,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgroup, which is composed of
<taxonomicName authority="(Uvarov, 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Uvarov" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1029,1398,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bodenheimeri">
<emphasis box="[1029,1216,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Uvarov, B. P." box="[1232,1390,223,249]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" pagination="522 - 527" refId="ref7349" refString="Uvarov, B. P. (1940) Two new Orthoptera from Turkey. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 6 (36), 522 - 527. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745481.1940.9723708" type="journal article" year="1940">Uvarov, 1940</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authority="(Karabag, 1953)" baseAuthorityName="Karabag" baseAuthorityYear="1953" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idrisi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. idrisi</emphasis>
(Karabağ, 1953)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis box="[415,542,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Unal, M." box="[549,677,259,287]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" pagination="1 - 223" refId="ref7611" refString="Unal, M. (2016) Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolivar. Zootaxa, 4206 (1), 1 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4206.1.1" type="journal article" year="2016">Ünal, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis box="[688,852,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cinerascens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Ramme, W." box="[860,1017,258,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" pagination="1 - 431" refId="ref7303" refString="Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Sudost Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologie Museum in Berlin, 27, 1 - 431. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830270108" type="journal article" year="1951">Ramme, 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[1071,1207,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. tauricola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Ramme, W." box="[1213,1374,258,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" pagination="1 - 431" refId="ref7303" refString="Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Sudost Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologie Museum in Berlin, 27, 1 - 431. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830270108" type="journal article" year="1951">Ramme, 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">
This species was separated from all other species of the group by the large and protruding head of the female (
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). This relationship was also confirmed on the basis of the male sex. It can be compared with two related and geographically near species,
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<emphasis box="[524,718,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodemheimeri</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[952,1080,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Unal, M." box="[1088,1217,367,395]" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" pagination="1 - 223" refId="ref7611" refString="Unal, M. (2016) Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolivar. Zootaxa, 4206 (1), 1 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4206.1.1" type="journal article" year="2016">Ünal, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. It is different from these two species by the stouter body and legs (clearly more slender, and especially legs and hind tibia thinner in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Uvarov" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[183,373,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bodenheimeri">
<emphasis box="[183,373,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[434,565,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the sloping fastigium of vertex (flat and straight in
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Uvarov" baseAuthorityYear="1940" box="[1193,1383,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bodenheimeri">
<emphasis box="[1193,1383,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but more sloping in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Unal" authorityYear="2016" box="[343,474,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cejchani">
<emphasis box="[343,474,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the grooved frontal ridge indistinctly narrowing just below median ocellus (in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodemheimeri</emphasis>
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deeply grooved, but distinctly narrowed below the median ocellus; in
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<emphasis box="[1124,1253,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shallow groove and slightly narrowed below the ocellus), the slightly compressed pronotum laterally with less raised median carina and the less depressed area between the median and lateral carinae, so it is seen a little bit swollen (distinctly more compressed pronotum and more raised median carina, and the area between the median and lateral carinae clearly more depressed in
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<emphasis box="[362,549,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[603,731,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the prosternum similar to
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<emphasis box="[1044,1231,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but collar shaped in
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<emphasis box="[183,315,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the hind femur widened in basal part and sharply narrowing towards genicular lobes (regularly narrowing in
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<emphasis box="[309,499,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[560,691,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the wide abdomen, slightly depressed dorsoventrally with less distinct carinae (abdomen distinctly more compressed laterally, median and lateral carinae of abdomen raised, clearly more distinct in
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<emphasis box="[420,607,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[662,791,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the tympanum (absent in
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<emphasis box="[1102,1289,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and strongly reduced, a vestigial one much smaller than the neighbour stigmal area in
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<emphasis box="[955,1081,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the narrow and not raised arch of zygoma (narrow and raised in
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<emphasis box="[532,720,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, wider and not raised in
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<emphasis box="[1007,1136,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the wide apodemes with very distinct apical notch (apodemes narrower and with weak apical notch in
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<emphasis box="[1033,1221,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. bodenheimeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; apodemes narrow and distinct apical notch in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Unal" authorityYear="2016" box="[460,588,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Pamphagidae" genus="Nocaracris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="549" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cejchani">
<emphasis box="[460,588,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="549">N. cejchani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and, the larger male size.
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