Paranothrotes margaritae Miram 1938
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Paranothrotes
Paranothrotes margaritae

description: Paranothrotes margaritae (Miram, 1938)
(Figs. 60, 357, 360, 444, 499–500, 842)
Nocarodes straubei Fieb.: Stshelkanovtzev 1916: 1, 2.
Paranocarodes straubei Fieber, 1853: Tarbinsky 1940: 34.
Nocaracris margaritae sp. n.: Miram 1938: 51.
Nocaracris armeniaca Bey-Bienko, 1941: 157, sensu Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Avakyan 1968: 94, as syn. of P. opacus margaritae.
Paranocarodes armeniacus Bei-Bienko: Ramme 1951: 278, 427.
Paranocarodes aserbeidshanicus n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 278, 285, 427. syn. nov.
Paranocarodes aserbeidshanicus Ramme, 1951: Presa & Garcia 1983: 24; Otte 1994: 184; Stolyarov 1997: 69.
Paranocarodes margaritae (Miram): Ramme 1951: 278, 427.
Paranothrotes opacus margaritae (Miram, 1938): Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 346; Mirzayans 1959: 16; Avakyan 1968: 94; Presa & Garcia 1983: 26; Otte 1994: 186; Stolyarov 1997: 69; Hodjat 2012: 267.
Paranothrotes margaritae (Miram, 1938): Shumakov 1963: 54; Mirzayans 1998: 19, partim; Hodjat 2012: 267.
Type locality. Nakhichevan: Paşalı. Holotype: female (ZIN).
Material examined. NAKHICHEVAN: Pashalu [Paşalı] 40 km, S. Nakhich., 11.7.1934, 1♀ (Holotype), 2♀ (Paratypes) (leg. Margarita Ter-Minasiyan) (ZIN); AZERBAIJAN: Vadi Araxia, Ara, 25.5.1923, 1♀ (Holotype of Paranocarodes aserbeidshanicus), 1♀ (Paratype of Paranocarodes aserbeidshanicus) (Mus. Armen. Exped. Arax. 1923) (MfN); ARMENIA: pr. Arzakend, 27.7.1930, 4♂, 5♀; Zangezur, pr. Astazur, 8000 ft, 9.7.1929, 1♂, 2♀; Prov. Megry, prope Karčevan, 27.6.1929, 1♂; Kegart, 29.5.1927, 1♂, 4♀; Armenia, Zangezur, Baštan, 6500 ft, 13.6.1929, 1♂; Armenia, Kotaik, Mt. Gadia, 6000 ft, 1.7.1926, 4♀; Armenia, Megry, prope Bugakiar, 6000 ft, 2.7.1926, 2♀; Megry, prope Lišvas, 3.7.1929, 4♀ (all leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (all in NHMUK); Nr. Gegard, 8.6.2013, 1♀ (leg. A. G. Bugrov & I. E. Jetybayev) (AİBÜEM); Armenia, Arax, 8.7.1931, 3♀ (leg. Rjabov) (ZIN).
Distribution. Nakhichevan: Paşalı, Armania: Zangezur, Kotaik, Megry, Gegard, Arax Valley, Azerbaijan: Arax Valley, N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan, Ardebil provinces and Georgia (Fig. 842).
Remarks. Ramme (1951) described Paranocarodes aserbeidshanicus after two females. I had the opportunity to compare it with the rich material of P. margaritae in the ZIN. P. aserbeidshanicus Ramme has a slightly smaller body and yellow hind tibia, but some specimens of P. margaritae collected from Arax Valley have a similar body size and yellow tibia or basal half of the tibia yellow, turning to reddish apically in some. Moreover both taxa are found in the same valley Arax, Nakhichevan. After the comparison with the type specimens I have concluded that both taxa are synonyms.
On the label of P. aserbeidshanicus there is the word “ara”. Ramme (1951) correctly recorded it as “Aza (Arastal)” in Nakhichevan.
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 pages 123-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260