Paranothrotes eximius subsp. bitlis Unal, ssp. nov.
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Paranothrotes
Paranothrotes eximius
Paranothrotes eximius bitlis ünal

description: Paranothrotes eximius bitlis Ünal, ssp. nov.
(Figs. 57, 452, 488–491, 841)
Type locality. Turkey: Bitlis, Kambos Dağı, Ağaçköprü. Holotype: male (NHMUK).
Material examined. TURKEY: Bitlis, Kambos Dağ, above Hümüz (Ağaçköprü Köyü), 4500–7000 ft, 1.7.1954, 2♂ (including Holotype), 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis); Prov. Hakkari, Kara Dağ, 2800 m, 15.8.1954, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) (NHMUK).
Description. Male (Holotype): Body (Figs. 488, 489) in average size as for the genus, compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex (Figs. 452, 488) slightly depressed, almost flat in paratype. Vertex (Fig. 452) between the eyes narrow, as wide as transversal diameter and 1.3 times narrower than vertical diameter of eye; supraocular foveola distinct, open type; median carinula of vertex distinct, reaching middle part of fastigium with a thin longitudinal groove; vertex slightly swollen in lateral view. Frontal ridge gradually widening towards clypeus, deeply grooved, without median notch. Antennae with 13 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 452, 488) compressed laterally; median carina slightly raised, convex with a distinct longitudinal sulcus along its length, narrowing backwards; lateral carinae weak; anterior margin slightly protruded, posterior margin straight in dorsal view. Hind femur 2.6 times longer than its height; dorsal margin convex, finely serrated. Hind tibia with 9 inner and 10 outer spines. Prosternum with a small, sharp, triangular projection. Mesosternal interspace wider than its length; mesosternal lobes slightly wider than the interspace. Abdominal tergites (Figs. 488, 489) with slightly raised median carinae, very weakly protruded posteriorly. Tympanum large, almost 3.5 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area. Arch of zygoma not raised (Fig. 57 a); apical valves of penis short and stout, its ventral margin turning to lateral sides apically (Fig. 57 a); tumida of zygoma distinct, basal valves of penis quite wide, apodemes narrow, its apical notch weak or absent, much shorter than basal valves of penis (Figs. 57 a, b); pseudolophi (Fig. 57 c) with 8–9 spines, 12–14 spines in paratype, located on anterior wall of swollen part of epiphallus.
Female: Body (Figs. 490, 491) compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex (Fig. 491) short and broad, almost flat or slightly depressed. Vertex (Fig. 491) between the eyes wide, 1.1 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.5 times wider than transversal diameter of eye. Frontal ridge, surface of vertex and antenna as in male. Pronotum (Figs. 490, 491) distinctly compressed laterally; median carina convex in lateral view, with a distinct longitudinal sulcus, narrowing backwards; lateral carinae almost indistinct; anterior margin of pronotum convex, posterior margin almost straight in dorsal view. Prosternum with a small, sharp triangular projection. Mesosternal interspace clearly wider than its length, as wide as mesosternal lobes. Hind femur 2.6 times longer than its height; dorsal margin very finely serrated. Hind tibia with 9–10 inner, 10 outer spines dorsally. Abdominal tergites (Fig. 490) as in male. Tympanum almost 2 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area.
Coloration. Male body brown to yellowish brown with some darkened parts. Median carina of pronotum yellowish or creamish-brown; typical light band on paranota yellowish, reaching to ventral margin; metazona strongly darkened with blackish-brown just below the lateral carinae. Abdomen with the typical light band dorsally; lateral sides of abdomen blackish-brown. Outer surfaces of legs creamish, yellowish-brown. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur in male darkened with creamish-brown; inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia black with its spines. Female body creamish light brown or greyish-brown. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur body color or yellowish with slightly reddish stains on ventral margin basally. Ventral surface of hind tibia yellow, inner and dorsal surfaces pale yellowish-green with yellow spines, in Karadağ population female tibia with bluish-green inner aspect. Tarsus red in both sexes. All sternites yellow in both sexes, both sides of tergites in male with a large brown spot.
Diagnosis. This new subspecies is most similar to the nominotypical subspecies by the general body shape and the structure of not raised arch of zygoma, but it is different by the hind tibia black in male, blackish-blue in female (red in both sexes of P. eximius eximius), the hind femur with body color inner surface (black in P. eximius eximius), the median carina of pronotum with longitudinal sulcus visible along its length (visible in anterior part only in P. eximius eximius), the fastigium of vertex slightly depressed in male, flat in female (strongly depressed in P. eximius eximius), the frontal ridge with deep groove, not narrowing below the median ocellus (with shallow groove and distinctly narrowing below the median ocellus in P. eximius eximius), the narrower and more horizontal arch of zygoma (wider and sloping in P. eximius eximius).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 24.8; pronotum length 4.9; pronotum height 5.3; pronotum width anterior 4.4; pronotum width posterior 6.2; hind femur length 10.3; hind femur height 4.1.
Paratypes: body length: male 24.8–25.2, female 41.2–42; pronotum length: male 4.9–5.1, female 7.8–7.9; pronotum height: male 5.3, female 9–9.7; pronotum width anterior: male 4.4–4.5, female 6.7–7; pronotum width posterior: male 6.2, female 9.7; hind femur length: male 10.3–10.6, female 14–14.2; hind femur height: male 3.9– 4.1, female 5.1–5.4.
Etymology. This new subspecies is named after “ Bitlis ” Province of Turkey where it was collected.
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 120-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260