Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim 1846
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Nocarodes
Nocarodes serricollis

description: Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
(Figs. 82, 382, 747–748, 753, 755, 782–783, 847)
Nocarodes serricollis Fischer: Fischer von Waldheim 1846: 268.
Nocarodes serricollis Fischer von Waldheim 1846: Fieber 1853: 127; Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882: 189, 191; Jacobson 1905: 200, 298, sensu Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951; Kirby 1910: 355; I. Bolívar 1912: 8; Stshelkanovtzev 1916: 2, 5, partim; I. Bolívar 1916: 25; Miram 1938: 49; Tarbinsky 1940: 34, 213, partim; Shumakov 1963: 59; Avakyan 1968: 102, 104; Presa & Garcia 1983: 18; Mirzayans 1998: 22; Hodjat 2012: 266.
Nocarodes serricollis serricollis Fischer-Waldheim: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 360; Otte 1994: 174; Stolyarov 1997: 69.
Nocarodes serricollis Fieb.: Ramme 1951: 279, 291, 427, partim.
Nocarodes armenus n. sp.: Ramme 1951: 279, 291. syn. nov.
Nocarodes armeniacus Rme: Ramme 1951: 427, misspelling of armenus. syn. nov.
Nocarodes armenus Ramme, 1951: Shumakov 1963: 58; Avakyan 1968: 102; Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Stolyarov 1997: 69; Otte 1994: 173; Mirzayans 1998: 21; Hodjat 2012: 266.
Nocarodes fragosus Mistshenko sp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 358.
Nocarodes fragosus Mistshenko, 1951: Mirzayans 1959: 17; Shumakov 1963: 58, as syn. of N. armenus; Avakyan 1968: 102, as syn. of N. armenus.
Type locality. Azerbaijan: Karabagh. Holotype: female (NMW).
Material examined. AZERBAIJAN: Cauc., Karabach [Karabağ], 1♀ (Holotype) (leg. M. Kolenati) (det. Fieber as Nocarodes serricollis) (der. Br.v.W. as Nocarodes serricollis) (det. Ramme as Nocarodes serricollis F.W. Typus!) (NMW); ARMENIA: Eriwan, 4.5.1924, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes armenus); Eriwan, 26.5.1924, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocarodes armenus); vall. Araxia, 3.6.1923, 3♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes armenus) (MfN); Armenus, Arakse, 20.6.1942, 1♂ (Paratype of Nocarodes fragosus) (leg. Rjabov) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme); Val. Araxis, m. Sarai-bulag, 30.5.1930, 1♀, 8.6.1930, 2♂, 9♀, Serai-bulag, 20.4.1927, 1♂, Serai-bulag, 8.4.1927, 2♂, 1♀; Serai-bulag, 5000 ft, 8.6.1928, 1♀; Serai-bulag, Asny, 7.6.1930, 2♀; prope Beluk-vedi, 20.5.1927, 1♂; prope Beluk-vedi, 1.6.1926, 1♂, 3♀ (all leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (all in NHMUK); prope Belukvedi, 1.6.1926, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (det. Uvarov as Nocarodes serricollis F.W.) (MNCN); Armenia, Sovetashena, 12.4.1975, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Prisny) (ZIN); NAKHICHEVAN: Armenia, Vall. Araxia, Negram, 13.5.1923, 1♀ (Paratype of Nocarodes armenus) (ZIN); Ordubad, 1916, 1♂ (Holotype of Nocarodes fragosus) (leg. G. Vinokurov) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme.); Ordubad, 24.6.1910, 1♀ (Allotype of Nocarodes fragosus) (det. Mistshenko as Nocarodes armenus Rme.) (ZIN); Ordubad, 7.5.1934, 2♀ (Paratypes of Nocarodes fragosus) (NHMUK); Prov. Nachičevan, m. Dary-dag, 7000 ft, 11.6.1929, 4♀; Val. Arax-Djulfa [Culfa], 10.7.1929, 1♀; Nachičevan, Ilanlu-dag, 7000 ft, 13.6.1929, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. A. Schelkovnikov) (NHMUK); Russ. Armenieu, Ordubad, 1913, 2♀ (leg. Komarek) (det. Ebner as Nocarodes serricollis) (NMW); Tschananab bei Ordubad, 10.5.1934, 1♀ (leg. M. Ter-Minasiyan) (det. Miram as N. serricollis; det. E. Morales, 1960 as N. fragosus) (MNCN); IRAN: 95 km SO Macou [Maku], 1970, 1♀ (leg. Renl & Prilek) (NMW); TURKEY: Iğdır, Aralık, 23.5.2012, 1♀ (A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal).
Distribution. Transcaucasia: Azerbaijan: Karabagh, Armenia: Yerevan, Arax Valley, Mt. Aragats, Nakhichevan: Arax Valley, Ordubad, N.W. Iran: Azerbaijan, Ardebil, N.E. Turkey: Iğdır province (Fig. 847). New for Turkey.
Remarks. Fischer von Waldheim (1846: 268) described only a single female collected from Karabagh. Ramme (1951: 291) studied the “ type ” and confirmed the type locality, but he identified some specimens as N. serricollis, which actually belong to N. sanctidavidi and N. iranicus. Ramme (1951: 291) also described N. armenus from Erivan. Mistshenko (Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 358) in the same year described N. fragosus from Ordubad. Later Mistshenko identified and labelled himself the type specimens of N. fragosus as N. armenus (ZIN). Shumakov (1963: 58) synonymized N. fragosus Mistshenko with N. armenus Ramme for the first time. Avakyan (1968: 102) unawarely synonymized N. fragosus Mistshenko with N. armenus Ramme again. On the other hand all the specimens identified as N. serricollis by Mistshenko in the ZIN actually belong to N. sanctidavidi. I had opportunities to study on all the materials including the type specimens listed above. As a result of this study N. fragosus Mistshenko and N. armenus Ramme are junior synonyms of N. serricollis Fischer von Waldheim, which is distinguished from N. sanctidavidi by the key characters.
This species is recorded from Turkey for the first time.
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 191-194, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260