Paranocarodes
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Paranocarodes

description: Key to species groups, species and subspecies of Paranocarodes
1 Tumida of zygoma absent (Figs. 42 a, b–46a, b)........................................ (P. straubei sp. group) … 2
- Tumida of zygoma present (Figs. 47 a, b–53a, b)........................................ (P. lubricus sp. group) … 6
2 Frontal ridge very narrow with a deep sulcus, strongly narrowed and distinctly incised just below the median ocellus (Fig. 392), connected to fastigium of vertex more angularly (Fig. 391); median carinae of pronotum and abdominal tergites strongly raised, abdominal tergites with long, sharp and high posterior projection (Figs. 413–416); body relatively large, strongly compressed laterally, quite high in lateral view................................................................. 3
- Frontal ridge wider with a clearly shallow sulcus, very slightly or not narrowed and not incised just below the median ocellus (almost flat) (Fig. 394), connected to fastigium of vertex roundly (Fig. 393); median carinae of pronotum and abdominal tergites slightly raised, abdominal tergites with shorter, blunter and lower posterior projection (Figs. 417–420); body smaller, less compressed laterally, distinctly lower in lateral view......................................................... 5
3 Tympanum absent or strongly reduced, always smaller than the neighbour stigmal area (Fig. 395); hind leg colors as in P. fieberi (see item 4 below); male phallic complex as in Figs. 44 a, b, c, d......................... P. karabagi (Demirsoy)
- Tympanum present, very large, always larger than the neighbour stigmal area (Fig. 396)............................ 4
4 Hind tibia bright red or orange in male, yellow or orange in female; apical valves of penis slender and longer (Figs. 42 a, b, d); body more compressed laterally........................................................... P. straubei (Fieber)
- Hind tibia black, dark blue, blue, reddish black (sometimes turning to dark pale red near apex), rarely body color with blue spots and reddish apex in female; apical valves of penis stouter and shorter (Figs. 43 a, b, d); body relatively less compressed laterally.............................................................................. P. fieberi (Brunner)
5 Body less compressed laterally, low in lateral view (Figs. 419–420); hind tibia bright red in male, if blackened in distal or proximal part then body surface reddish brown; light red in female (without any blue); male phallic complex as in Figs. 46 a, b, c, d......................................................................... P. tolunayi paphlagonicus Ramme
- Body more compressed laterally, high in lateral view (Figs. 417–418); hind tibia dark red, proximal part mostly blackened; body surface greyish brown or dark brown (never reddish) in male; female hind tibia distinctly darker, dorsal surface blue or proximal part blue turning to red in distal part, inner surface red with blue spots towards the base; male phallic complex as in Figs. 45 a, b, c.................................................................. P. tolunayi tolunayi Ramme
6 Hind femur strongly widened in basal half, dorsal and ventral margins almost parallel in proximal part then strongly sloping towards genicular lobes, forming a preapical notch (Figs. 397–398); abdominal tergites with blunt projections; body thickset, less compressed and with dense small tubercles (Figs. 435–436); male phallic complex as in Figs. 53 a, b, c..................................................................................................... P. beieri (Ramme)
- Hind femur in usual form, narrower in basal half, gradually narrowing towards genicular lobes, without preapical notch (Figs. 399–400); abdominal tergites with sharp projections; body with sparse tubercles...................................7
7 Tympanum small, as large as or slightly larger than the neighbour stigmal area (Fig. 401); abdominal tergites slightly raised with short, blunt and clearly less distinct posterior projection (Figs. 421–422); body more depressed dorso-ventrally; hind tibia red or orange in male, orange in female; male phallic complex as in Figs. 47 a, b, c; found in Bulgaria and Greece............................................................................................... P. chopardi Peshev
- Tympanum much larger than the neighbour stigmal area (Figs. 402–403); abdominal tergites more raised always with sharp and very distinct posterior projection (Figs. 423–424); body distinctly compressed laterally; found in Anatolian Turkey.... 8
8 Body very stout in the genus (male: 29–31 mm, female 47–53 mm), much high in lateral view (Figs. 423–424) and much wide in dorsal view (Fig. 404); hind tibia orange red in male, yellow in female; male phallic complex as in Figs. 48 a, b, c, d............................................................................................. P. turkmen Ünal
- Body distinctly slender (the body length of P. anatoliensis can be similar to P. turkmen, but much lower and narrower), lower in lateral view (Figs. 425–434) and narrower in dorsal view (Figs. 405–406); hind tibia red, blue or black (not orange in male, not yellow in female)................................................................................. 9
9 Body slender, strongly compressed laterally (Fig. 406); hind tibia slender, with 7–8 sparse inner spines (Figs. 407–408); hind tibia and tarsus red; male phallic complex as in Figs. 52 a, b, c............................... P. lubricus Mistshenko
- Body relatively stouter and less compressed laterally (Fig. 405, 428); hind tibia with 9–10 dense inner spines (Figs. 409–410); hind tibia dark red to black............................................................................ 10
10 Body relatively stouter and smaller; hind tibia completely black including its spines; male phallic complex as in Figs. 51 a, b, c; found in Konya and Karaman provinces of Turkey ............................................ P. brevipes Ramme
- Body large in typical forms; hind tibia red or proximal part creamy yellow turning to red and bluish at apex, or dark red with bluish-black base of spines; found in Antalya and Isparta provinces of Turkey ..................................... 11
11 Apodemes with distinct apical notch (Figs. 49 a, b); body larger; female hind tibia bluish or creamish in proximal part, turning to reddish apically; male phallic complex as in Figs. 49 a, b, c, d; found from Antalya to the Mt. Davraz........................................................................................ P. anatoliensis anatoliensis Demirsoy
- Apodemes narrow, without apical notch (Figs. 50 a, b); body smaller; female hind tibia dark blue along its length; male phallic complex as in Figs. 50 a, b, c; found along the Dedegöl Mts..................... P. anatoliensis anamas Ünal, ssp. nov.
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 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260