Uvarovistia zebra
Creators: name: Uluar, Onur
name: Yahyaoğlu, Özgül
name: Çiplak, Battal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Uvarovistia
Uvarovistia zebra

description: Uvarovistia zebra (Uvarov, 1916)
Olynthoscelis zebra Uvarov, 1916a: 10 (Figures 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 22, 25, 30, 34; Tables 1-5)
Remarks: For description see Uvarov (1916a, 1934) and Ünal (2012) in addition to data presented in this study. U. zebra can be well distinguished from other four species of the genus by long process of male anal tergum, strong and basal-ward located long tooth of male cerci, female subgenital plate with tapered lobes. Since morphological and also genetic differences between this and other two species, U. satunini and U. munzurensis, are great, we considered this species in a separate species group, the Zebra Group. For further evaluations see discussion below.
Material examined: TURKEY — Hakkari, road from Şemdinli to Derecik 6th km, 1250 m, 22.07.1978, 1 female (leg. S. Salman) (AUZM); Hakkari, Şemdinli, Güzelkonak köyü, 18.07.1976, 1 male (leg. S. Salman), (AUZM); Hakkari, Beytüşebap, Oymakaya Köyü, 1402 m, N: 37 42 730, E: 43 30 089, 11.07.2009, 2 males, 6 females (leg. E.M. Korkmaz) (in alcohol) (AUZM).
Type information and distribution: IRAK-KURDISTAN — Balkcha, 9.7.1914 and Zengizer, 12.7.1914, 2 males, 3 females (syntypes) (leg. P. Nesterov) (Museo Caucase, Tbilisi) (Uvarov 1916a); Road from Sulaimaniah to Penjwin, a few miles from the Gotvend (leg. B.P. Uvarov) (Uvarov 1934); TURKEY-Hakkari, Beytüşebbab, 2500 m, 30.8.1951, 4 female (leg. C. Kosswig); Beytüşebbab, Karadağ, Kɪrkbulak Yaylasɪ, 2600-3000 m, 5.8.1953, 15 males, 10 females (leg. T. Karabağ); Beytüşebbab, Karadağ, 2800 m, 5.8.1954, 8 males, 3 females; Van, Çatak, Kavuşşahap Dağɪ, 2300 m, 25.7.1954, 1 male, 1 female (leg. P.H. Davis) (Karabağ 1958); Diyarbakɪr, Kulp, Ağaçlɪ Beldesi, 17.6.1996 1 male (leg. C. Özbay); Hakkari, Şemdinli, Güzel Konak Köyü, 18.7.1976, 1 male; Şemdinli, Derecik karayolu 6th km, 1250 m, 22.7.1978, 1 female (leg. S. Salman) (AUZM); Beytüşebbab, Karadağ, Kɪrkbulak Yaylasɪ, 2600-3000 m, 5.8.1953, 2 males, 2 females (leg. T. Karabağ); 8.1982, 1 males, 1 females (A. Demirsoy) (Hacettepe Üniversitesi Biyoloji Müzesi, Ankara; HUBM) (Ç ɪ plak 1999); Hakkari, Çemdinli, 25.6.1965, 1 male, 1 female (Abant іzzet Baysal Üniver- sitesi Entomoloji Müzesi, Bolu; AÍBÜEM) (Karabağ et al. 1971) (Ünal 2012); Hakkari, Kato Dağɪ, Süvarihalil Geçidi, 2300–2455 m, 6.9.2013, 1 male, 1 female, in alcohol, 2450–2560 m, 7.9.2013, 1 female, in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal & A. Erden) (AІBÜEM) (Ünal 2018). Garai (2010) reported this species from Iran (IRAN —160. Zanjan /2001, 7 males, 8 females). However, we think this record needs confirmation as this locality is near to Caspian Sea.
description: Published as part of Uluar, Onur, Yahyaoğlu, Özgül & Çiplak, Battal, 2021, Review of Uvarovistia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae): genetic data indicate a new cryptic species, Uvarovistia munzurensis sp. n., pp. 152-168 in Zootaxa 4952 (1) on page 157, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4671957