Glyphotmethis Bey-Bienko 1951
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Glyphotmethis

description: Key to species of Glyphotmethis   
 1 Apices of apical valves of penis very thin or delicate and produced upwards, reaching far beyond the valves of cingulum (Figs. 13g, h); lophi of epiphallus mostly with less than 10 sparse spines (Fig. 13i); metazona (Figs. 13a, b) short and narrow in both sexes (see measurements), hind margin angular; hind tibia pinkish-red; male tegmina and hind wings as in Figs. 13a, c; slender species; found in the inner Aegean Region of Turkey (Fig. 5).......................................................................................... efe Ünal, sp.n.   
 - Apices of apical valves of penis very short and relatively thick, reaching at most just beyond the valves of cingulum (Figs. 1 –12, 14: g, h); lophi of epiphallus mostly with more than 10 dense spines except G. adaliae and G. escherichi inermis............................................................................................................... 2   
 2 Apical valves of penis slender, their apices slightly recurved, narrow in posterior view (Figs. 12g, h); lophi of epiphallus mostly with less than 10 sparse spines (Fig. 12i); male tegmina (Figs. 12a, c) short, reaching to 1/4 of hind femur, broadly rounded; hind margin of metazona mostly rounded (Figs. 12a, b); hind tibia light red; known from the W Mediterranean Region of Turkey (Fig. 15) .......... adaliae (Uvarov)   
 - Apical valves of penis stouter, their apices strongly bent upwards, broad in posterior view (Figs. 1–11, 14: g, h); lophi of epiphallus mostly with more than 10 dense spines except the typical form of G. escherichi inermis; male tegmina (Figs. 1 –10, 14: a, c) pointed at apex or reaching at least to half of hind femur (except G. ovipennis); hind margin of metazona mostly angular, if rounded then male tegmina reaching at least to half of hind femur............................................................................................................................ 3   
3 Dorsal carina of hind femur more or less abruptly excised in distal part (view from inner side of hind femur), its ventral carina distinctly wavy; hind tibia light red to dark blue (red, violet, blue); apical valves of penis stout (Figs.1–11: g, h); metazona of pronotum flat or slightly raised, with or mostly without median carina; found in Turkey (Fig. 15).................................................................................................... 4  
 - Dorsal carina of hind femur not excised or very indistinctly excised, its ventral carina very slightly wavy; hind tibia yellow, rarely with very slightly pink stains; apical valves of penis more slender in posterior view (Fig. 14h); metazona raised with distinct median carina (Figs. 14a, b); found in Greece and Macedonia (Fig. 15) .............................................................................................................. heldreichi (Brunner)   
 4 Dorsal margin of mesotibia smooth in male without any tubercles; male tegmina (Figs. 11a, c) shorter than pronotum, reaching to 1/5 of hind femur; its widest point in distal part of tegmina; male hind wings strongly reduced (Fig. 11a); hind tibia light red; see Figs. 11g, h, i for male penis and epiphallus; known only from its type locality (Fig. 15) ................................................................................ ovipennis (Uvarov)   
- Dorsal margin of mesotibia with distinct tubercles in male; male tegmina (Figs. 1 –10a, c) longer than pronotum (at least equal to it), reaching to 1/4 of hind femur; its widest point in middle or proximal part of tegmina, male hind wings distinct (Figs. 1 –10: a); hind tibia red to dark blue........................................... 5  
 5 Male tegmina (Figs. 2–6: a, c) long, reaching at least to hind knee [if distinctly shorter than abdomen (Figs. 1a, c) then inner side of hind femur fully dark blue without red color: G. holtzi brachypterus]; inner side of hind femur fully darkened with black and dark blue [if lighter with violet or dark red then tegmina (Figs. 5, 6: a, c) reaching clearly beyond hind knee: G. dimorphus]........................................................... 6   
- Male tegmina (Figs. 7 –10: a, c) short, reaching at most to 2/3 of hind femur, always shorter than abdomen; inner side of hind femur lighter, red or reddish violet with dark macula at base........................................ 7  
 6 Metazona of pronotum prolonged (5.1–6.7 in male; 6–7.5 in female); its hind margin more or less rounded at apex (Figs. 5 –6: a, b); male tegmina (Figs. 5 –6: a, c) long and broad, longer than 20 mm (20.2–26.2 mm), reaching always beyond hind knee, its width 5.6–7.3 mm; inner side of hind femur dark red, with a large dark blue macula at base; inner side of hind tibia red to dark red; body large (27–30.7 in male; 32.3– 38 in female); known from the inner Aegean Region and W and E of Central Anatolia (Fig. 15)............... ....................................................................................................................................... dimorphus (Uvarov)   
 - Metazona of pronotum short (except G. holtzi turcicus, Figs. 4a, b) (4.5–5.4 in male; 5–6.7 in female); its hind margin acute angular (Figs. 1–3: a, b); male tegmina (Figs. 1 –4: a, c) shorter than 20 mm (10–20 mm), reaching at most just beyond hind knee, its width 3.2–5.7 mm; basal 2/3–3/4 part of inner side of hind femur fully black or dark blue; hind tibia mostly bicolor, basal part dark blue, apical part turns to red or unicolor violet or fully blackish dark blue; body smaller (22.1–27 in male; 27–36 in female); known from middle, S and SE of Central Anatolia (Fig. 15) ............................................................ holtzi (Werner)   
 7 Pronotum (Figs. 10a, b) with very distinct and large tubercles; lateral projections of mesozona very distinct; male tegmina (Figs. 10a, c) short (8.4–9.1 mm), reaching to 1/4 of hind femur; inner side of hind femur red-dark red, in some specimens darkened with blue macula; hind tibia dark red; known from NE of Central Anatolia (Fig. 15) .............................................................................................. sevketi (Ramme)   
 - Pronotum (Figs. 7–9: a, b) with smaller and less distinct tubercles; male tegmina (Figs. 7–9: a, c) longer (except G. esherichi inermis, Figs. 9a, c) (10.2–16.2 mm), reaching to 1/2–2/3 of hind femur [if male tegmina short (7–10.2) then pronotum without or with indistinct tubercles, lateral projections of mesozona indistinct and hind tibia bright red: G. esherichi inermis]; known from N of Central Anatolia (Fig. 15)............................................................................................................................................. escherichi (Krauss)
description: Published as part of Ünal, Mustafa, 2007, Revision of the genus Glyphotmethis Bey-Bienko, 1951 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1581 on pages 7-8