Nocaracris tecticollis Ramme 1951
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Nocaracris
Nocaracris tecticollis

description: Nocaracris tecticollis Ramme, 1951
(Figs. 596–597, 703–704, 846)
Nocarodes cyanipes Fisch. -Waldh.: Ebner 1919: 175, partim.
Nocaracris tecticollis n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 279, 303, 427.
Nocaracris tecticollis Ramme, 1951: Karabağ 1958: 121; Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Otte 1994: 173. Paranocaracris citripes citripes (Uvarov, 1949): Ünal 1999: 247.
Type locality. Turkey: Bilecik, Karaköy. Holotype: female (NMW).
Material examined. TURKEY: Kleinasien, Anatolien, [Bilecik], Karakeüy [Karaköy], Frühjahr 1910, coll. Fahringer, 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. Betsch) (det. Ebner as Nocarodes cyanipes) (det. Ramme Nocaracris tecticollis) (det. Cejchan, 1967 as Paranocaracris tecticollis) (NMW); Bilecik, Osmaneli, 170 m, 1.5.1962, 13♂, 8♀ (leg. K. M. Guichard & D. H. Harvey) (NHMUK); Sakarya, Pamukova, 110 m, 25.4.1992, 1♂ (leg. M. Ünal) (det. Ünal as P. citripes) (Ünal 1999); Bilecik, Gölpazarı, Gökçeler Köyü, Hasan Dağı, 1250 m, 21.6.2007, 2♀ (leg. M. Ünal); Eskişehir, Mihalıççık, Yeşilyurt Köyü, Yaylaçal Tepesi, 1550 m, 21.6.2008, 5♂, 4♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM); Eskişehir, Sündiken Dağları, Taştepe, 1685 m, 28.6.2014, 1♀ (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).
Distribution. N.W. Anatolia: Bilecik, Sakarya, Eskişehir provinces of Turkey (Fig. 846).
Description of male: Body (Fig. 703) strongly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex slightly elongated, sloping and depressed. Frontal ridge narrow, slightly narrowed just below the median ocellus. Vertex narrow, 1.2 times narrower than vertical diameter and as wide as transversal diameter of eye; median carina long and grooved; supraocular foveola distinct, open type; vertex convex in lateral view. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum (Fig. 703) distinctly compressed laterally, distinctly roof-shaped; lateral carinae quite weak; median carina very slightly raised, with a thin longitudinal sulcus, wider at anterior end, convex in lateral view. Prosternum slightly raised, with a small, sharp, narrow triangular median projection. Mesosternal interspace 1.7 times wider than its length and distinctly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Abdominal tergites simple; median carina slightly raised, without posterior projection. Tympanum absent. Hind femur (Fig. 703) 2.7 times longer than its height; proximal part widened and sharply narrowing towards genicular lobes, dorsal margin straight in proximal part, then sloping backwards, finelly serrated; ventral margin convex. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Arch of zygoma wide; posterior lobes of zygoma short and broad; apodemes wide with weak apical notch; epiphallus short and wide, posterolateral projection long, pseudolophi oval, separated with 6–11 spines.
Coloration. Body brown with black and cream spots and pattern. Gena and ventral half of head cream with black spots; dorsal half greyish-brown with black spots. Pronotum with black and cream spots; typical light bands on paranota distinct, cream, posterior margin with black spots. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur black, dorsal margin of inner surface body color; dorsal surface of genicular lobes with small black spots. Inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia yellow (slightly greenish dirty yellow to yellow) with black tipped spines; inner side of basal end of tibia with a large black spot. Typical light band on abdomen distinct. Sternites light brown, anterior half of abdominal sternites yellowish-cream, in some males sternites lightened.
Measurements (mm) of both sexes. body length: male 20.3–24.8, female 28.1–32.6; pronotum length: male 5–6, female 8–9.2; pronotum height: male 5.4–6.4, female 9.3–10.5; pronotum width anterior: male 4.4–5.2, female 6.4–7.3; pronotum width posterior: male 5.8–6.7, female 9–10.4; hind femur length: male 8.4–9.8, female 12–13.5; hind femur height: male 3.1–3.8, female 4.4–5.1.
Remarks. Weidner (1969) and Demirsoy (1973, 1977) overlooked this species in their publications on the Turkish species.
The previously unknown male of this species is described here.
description: Published as part of Ünal, Mustafa, 2016, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar, pp. 1-223 in Zootaxa 4206 (1) on page 174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260