Paranothrotes siirt Unal, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Paranothrotes
Paranothrotes siirt

description: Paranothrotes siirt Ünal, sp. nov.
(Figs. 61, 365, 440, 450, 458, 460–462, 502–505, 842)
Type locality. Turkey: Siirt Provice. Holotype: male (NMW).
Material examined. TURKEY: Söört [Siirt Province] b. Bitlis, 3♂ (including Holotype), 3♀ (leg. F. Sikora) (2 females det. by Brunner as Nocarodes opacus) (the others det. by Brunner as Nocarodes spec.); [Diyarbakır], Heine (Hyny) [Hani], 1♀ (leg. Pietschmann) (NMW).
Description. Male (Holotype): Body (Figs. 502, 503) large, compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex slightly depressed (almost flat) (Fig. 461). Vertex (Fig. 462) between the eyes narrow, as wide as transversal diameter and 1.3 times narrower than vertical diameter of eye; supraocular foveola distinct, open type; vertex slightly swollen; median carinula reaching the beginning of fastigium. Frontal ridge slightly narrowed and incised just below the median ocellus. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 461, 462) compressed laterally, tuberculated; median carina slightly raised, distinctly convex in lateral view, with a longitudinal sulcus along its length; lateral carinae slightly distinct; anterior and posterior margins triangularly protruded in dorsal view. Prosternum with an acute, narrow triangular projection. Mesosternal interspace narrow, almost as wide as its length and 1.7 times narrower than mesosternal lobes that is wider than its length. Hind femur (Fig. 450) short and wide, 2.4 times longer than its height; dorsal margin quite convex, with small denticles. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites (Fig. 502, 503) with raised median carinae which are not grooved; with distinct posterior projection. Median carinae of mesonotum and metanotum slightly raised with thin longitudinal sulcus. Tympanum large, 3.6 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area. Lateral aperture of the sheath of penis large, curved part of apical valves of penis clearly visible in lateral view; ventral margins of penis turning to lateral sides apically (Fig. 61 a); arch of zygoma long, narrow, sclerotized and strongly raised, much higher than posterior lobes of zygoma; basal valves of penis very wide; apodemes wide with apical notch (Figs. 61 a, b). Pseudolophi (Fig. 61 c) separated, with 15–19 spines.
Female: Body (Figs. 504, 505) large, high and strongly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex (Figs. 365, 458) short, wide and flat, distinctly tuberculated. Vertex (Fig. 458) between the eyes quite wide, 1.3 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.9 times wider than transversal diameter of eye. Supraocular foveola (Fig. 458) distinct, its borders irregular, partly closed, but in some females open. Frontal ridge as in male. Antennae with 12-14 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 504, 505) strongly compressed laterally, very high; median carina clearly convex in lateral view, with a longitudinal sulcus along its length, not narrowing backwards; lateral carinae indistinct. Metanotum (Fig. 504) with a raised median carina, distinctly grooved. Prosternum with a sharp triangular median projection, narrower in some females. Mesosternal interspace slightly wider than its length, distinctly narrower than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur (Figs. 440, 460) 2.7 times longer than its height; dorsal margin with small denticles. Hind tibia with 9 inner, 10 outer spines. Abdomen (Figs. 504, 505) compressed laterally; median carinae of the tergites raised with a sharp posterior projection. Tympanum 1.5 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area.
Coloration. Male body various shades of brown with some small black spots. Typical light bands on anterior, posterior and ventral margins of paranota distinct. Dorsal and outer surface of hind femur creamish-brown. Typical light band on abdomen distinct and wide. Between the pro- and metasternae darkened with blackish-brown; abdominal sternites yellowish, darkened both sides with brown. Inner surface of hind femur black, ventral surface brown; hind tibia black with its spines. Tarsus body color. Female body unicolor creamish-brown; inner surface of hind femur body color with weak pink, ventral surface body color; hind tibia partly and slightly pale blue, in one female inner surfaces of hind femur and tibia blackish, one female taken from alcohol discolored.
Diagnosis. This new species is most related to P. citimus by the general appearance, the raised median carina and posterior projection of abdominal tergites, the shape of hind femur and the coloration of hind legs. It is different by the larger body, the wider mesosternal interspace (almost half of mesosternal lobes in P. citimus), more convex pronotum in lateral view (pronotum straighter in P. citimus), the median carina of pronotum with weaker longitudinal sulcus (clearly more distinct longitudinal sulcus in P. citimus), the triangularly protruded anterior margin of pronotum (anterior margin of pronotum much blunter in P. citimus), the narrower arch of zygoma (distinctly wider apically in P. citimus), strongly widened basal valves of penis (narrower in P. citimus), the pseudolophi with 15–19 spines (13–14 spines in P. citimus) and more tuberculated body. It is also near to P. nigrolobus by the raised median carina and posterior projection of abdominal tergites and the black hind legs of male. But it is different by the hind femur with body color inner and ventral surfaces (black in P. nigrolobus), the higher and wider body (more compressed, narrow and low in P. nigrolobus), more convex pronotum (straighter in P. nigrolobus), the weaker longitudinal sulcus of the median carina of pronotum and general appearance of female. It is also related to P. margaritae by the characters of the species group (see key). But, the black hind tibia in male and blackish-blue in female (red in both sexes of P. margaritae), the shapes of arch of zygoma and apodemes, the larger body, and the female body shape are different.
Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 29.7; pronotum length 6.7; pronotum height 6.8; pronotum width anterior 5.6; pronotum width posterior 7; hind femur length 11.2; hind femur height 4.7. Paratypes: body length: male 27–30, female 48.9–50.4; pronotum length: male 6.5–7, female 10.5–13.8; pronotum height: male 6.8, female 11.9–14.7; pronotum width anterior: male 5.5–5.8, female 8.1–9.7; pronotum width posterior: male 7–7.8, female 12.5–13.6; hind femur length: male 11.2–11.8, female 16.1–18.7; hind femur height: male 4.6– 4.8, female 5.7–6.8.
Etymology. “ Siirt ” Province of Turkey is the type locality of this new species.
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 125-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260