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

description: Nocaracris goektepe Ünal, sp. nov.
(Figs. 77, 604–606, 611, 711–714, 846)
Type locality. Turkey: Karaman, Ermenek, Göktepe. Holotype: male (AİBÜEM).
Material examined. TURKEY: Karaman, Ermenek, Göktepe, 36.37.374 N, 32.34.377 E, 1925–1980 m, 5.6.2012, 6♂ (including Holotype), 2♀, plus 3♂, 3♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal); Ermenek, Karamanbey Geçidi, 1893 m, 36.49.536 N, 32.57. 0 15 E, 6.6.2012, 1♂, plus 1♂, 3♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).
Description. Male (Holotype): Body (Figs. 711, 712) compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex clearly depressed and sloping. Vertex swollen with distinct sharp carinulae; supraocular foveola open type; median carinula long, weakly grooved; distinctly convex in lateral view; vertex between the eyes narrow, 1.1 times narrower than vertical diameter and 1.3 times narrower than transversal diameter of eye. Frontal ridge narrow, indistinctly narrowed just below the median ocellus. Antennae with 12 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 711, 712) compressed laterally, almost roof-shaped; lateral carinae very weak; median carina very slightly raised, with a distinct longitudinal sulcus wider in anterior part; straight in lateral view, slightly convex in some males; anterior and posterior margins slightly protruded. Anterior margin of prosternum (Fig. 605) raised, broad collar-shaped, slightly sinuous, narrowed as a broad triangular in some males, not pointed. Mesosternal interspace 2.3 times wider than its length and narrower than mesosternal lobes. Mesonotum and metanotum with slightly grooved median carinae. Hind femur (Fig. 611) short and broad, 2.4 times longer than its height, basal half widened, then sharply narrowing towards genicular lobes, but not form a preapical notch on dorsal margin which finelly serrated. Hind tibia with 8–9 inner, 9–10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites (Figs. 711, 712) simple, indistinctly raised median carinae, not protruded posteriorly. Tympanum practically absent, a vestigial one visible, much smaller than the neighbour stigmal area. Arch of zygoma wide, elongated; posterior lobes of zygoma very narrow and short; apodemes narrow, with indistinct apical notch; basal valves of penis wide (Figs. 77 a, b); pseudolophi (Fig. 77 c) separated with 11–17 spines.
Female: Body (Figs. 713, 714) compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex depressed and sloping. Frontal ridge as in male but with wider frontal groove. Vertex as in male but wider, between the eyes 1.1 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.5 times wider than transversal diameter of eye. Antennae with 12–13 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 713, 714) compressed laterally, roof-shaped; lateral carinae almost absent; median carina not raised or slightly raised, with a distinct longitudinal sulcus, slightly wider in anterior part. Mesonotum and metanotum with grooved median carinae, more distinct anteriorly. Prosternum (Fig. 606) as in male, not pointed. Mesosternal interspace 3 times wider than its length and as wide as mesosternal lobes. Hind femur (Fig. 713) 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin very slightly convex (almost straight) and finelly serrated, these denticles more distinct than that of male. Hind tibia with 9–10 inner, 10 outer spines. Abdominal tergites (Figs. 713, 714) as in male. Tympanum (Fig. 604) practically absent. Subgenital plate longer than wide.
Coloration. Male: Blackish brown, with black and creamish pattern. Gena to clypeus, middle part of frons and eyes creamish light brown, eyes with small brown spots. Dorsal surface of head blackened, carinulae partly cream. Pronotum blackish-brown, typical light bands on paranota yellowish-cream. Fore legs light brown; mid legs brown with black spots. Outer surface of hind femur creamish light brown with irregular black spots, much denser on genicular lobes; inner surface of hind femur black including genicular lobes, its ventral margin dark red, dorsal margin mainly body color with red tinge along its length; inner and outer margins of ventral surface dark red, between them black. Inner surface of hind tibia completely black with inner spines, outer side of dorsal surface body color with outer spines. Tarsus body color, in some males indistinctly red tinge. Female: Body unicolor brown, with weak black spots. Outer surface of hind legs body color with sparse black spots, in the other female lighter and much denser black spots. All sternites pale dark yellow. Inner surface of hind femur black, its ventral margin dark red, dorsal margin body color; inner margin of vetral surface red, outer margin body color between them black. Inner surface of hind tibia black slightly turning to dark bluish-green dorsally, outer half of dorsal surface yellowish-cream, all spines yellow with black tips. Tarsus body color with red tinge.
Diagnosis. This new species is clearly a member of the N. tridentatus sp. group by the distinctly compressed body and the absence of lateral carinae of pronotum and the tectiform pronotum. It is near to N. subrubratus Ramme by the male hind leg coloration and less similar female leg coloration. But it is different by the shape of fastigium (less depressed and horizontal in N. subrubratus), strongly swollen vertex (slightly convex in N. subrubratus), the stouter body (clearly slender in N. subrubratus), the shape of hind femur (more slender, much less widened proximal part in N. subrubratus), the broad collar-like prosternum (sharply pointed in N. subrubratus). It has similar shape of prosternum, hind femur and the black legs in both sexes with N. bodenheimeri (Uvarov) and somewhat with N. cejchani sp. nov. both of which are in the N. bodenheimeri sp. group, but have compressed body (body clearly more depressed dorso-ventrally in these two species), tectiform pronotum and absence of lateral carinae (pronotum not tectiform and lateral carinae distinct in both species). Additionally it is very different from N. cejchani by the wider apodemes almost without apical notch (narrower and with apical notch in N. cejchani), the narrow posterior lobes of zygoma (distinctly wider in N. cejchani) (see also key and the Diagnosis of N. cejchani sp. nov.).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 22; pronotum length 4.9; pronotum height 5.3; pronotum width anterior 4.8; pronotum width posterior 6.7; hind femur length 9.2; hind femur height 3.8. Paratypes: body length: male 20–22, female 32.8–37.7; pronotum length: male 4.4–4.9, female 7–7.7; pronotum height: male 4.8– 5.3, female 8.7–9; pronotum width anterior: male 4.4–4.8, female 6.8–7.3; pronotum width posterior: male 6.1–6.7, female 10.3–10.6; hind femur length: male 8.5–9.5, female 12.8–13.8; hind femur height: male 3.3–3.8, female 4.7–5.1.
Etymology. “Göktepe” 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 178-179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260