Nocarodes corrugatus Mistshenko 1951
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Nocarodes
Nocarodes corrugatus

description: Nocarodes corrugatus Mistshenko, 1951
(Figs. 760, 764, 766, 792–793, 847)
Nocarodes serricollis Fisch. -Wald.: Uvarov 1921: 63.
Nocarodes corrugatus Mistshenko sp. n: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 362. Nocarodes corrugatus Mistshenko, 1951: Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 58; Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Otte 1994: 173; Hodjat 2012: 266.
Type locality. Iran: Gilan, Molla-Ali. Holotype: female (ZIN).
Material examined. IRAN: W. Persia, Gilyan [Gilan], Molla-Ali, 15.5.1904, 1♀ (Holotype); ibidem, 1♀ (Paratype); Gilyan, N. Rustem-abad, 18.5.1904, 1♀ (Paratype); Gilyan, 4♀ (Paratypes) (all leg. Zarudny) (ZIN); Gilan, Lahijan, 6.1936, 1♂ (leg. N. Lindsay) (NHMUK).
Description of male: Body (Fig. 792) compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex (Figs. 764, 766) slightly depressed and sloping. Frontal ridge narrow with a deep frontal sulcus, slightly narrowed just below the median ocellus. Vertex (Figs. 764, 766) between the eyes narrow, 1.2 times narrower than vertical diameter and 1.1 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; supraocular foveola distinct, closed type, but hind margin open; median carinula sharp and grooved; vertex slightly convex in lateral view. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum (Fig. 792) compressed laterally; lateral carinae very distinct and sharp; median carina distinctly raised with a very thin longitudinal sulcus, slightly wider in anterior part. Prosternum damaged, but anterior margin with a triangular, sharp median projection. Mesosternal interspace 1.6 times wider than its length and clearly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur (Fig. 760) 2.6 times longer than its height; preapical notch weak. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 9 outer spines. Abdominal tergites (Fig. 792) simple; median carina slightly raised; lateral carinae distinct. Tympanum absent. Phallus stout; arch of zygoma triangular, raised apically; posterior lobes of zygoma short; tumida of zygoma wide, not pointed; apodemes with weak apical notch; pseudolophi rounded, with 13–15 spines.
Coloration. Body creamish light brown, with cream, black and brown spots and patterns. Dorsal surface of head with small black spots. Eyes and antennae brown. Pronotum with cream tubercles and black spots. Typical light bands on paranota distinct, cream; metazona with a large brown spot just below the lateral carinae. Legs with sparse black spots. Typical light band on abdomen distinct, cream; lateral sides of abdomen darkened with brown, posterior half lightened with creamish-brown. Sternites yellowish-brown; last several segments and subgenital plate with a large brown spot on both sides of anterior margin. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur reddishbrown, dorsal margin of inner surface body color. Inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia blackish-brown in proximal part, turning to bright red in apical 1/3 with black tipped spines; outer spines yellowish. Tarsus bright red.
Measurements (mm). Male: body length 20.1; pronotum length 4.6; pronotum height 5.2; pronotum width anterior 4.3; pronotum width posterior 6.2; hind femur length 8.5; hind femur height 3.3.
Distribution. N.W. Iran: Gilan Province, Azerbaijan Prov. Gharasou (Fig. 847).
Remarks. The previously unknown male 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 196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260