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

description: Paranocarodes anatoliensis anamas Ünal, ssp. nov.
(Figs. 50, 402–403, 427–430, 840)
Type locality. Turkey: Konya, Beyşehir, Anamas Dağı. Holotype: male (AİBÜEM).
Material examined. TURKEY: Konya, Beyşehir, Kurucaova, Anamas Dağı, 1830 m, 3.6.2010, 6♂ (including Holotype), 10♀, 1830–2300 m, 37.37.352 N, 31.20. 0 76 E, 3.6.2010, 3♂, plus 3♀ in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM); Isparta, Sütçüler, Dedegöl Dağ, 1600–1700 m, 31.7.1949, 3♂, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis); Isparta, Sütçüler, Sarp Dağ, 1700 m, 29.7.1949, 1♀ (leg. P. H. Davis) (all in NHMUK); Antalya, Akseki, 24.5.1997, 1♀ (leg. S. Ünal & M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM); Antalya, Akseki, 12.6.1944, 2♀, 26.7.1943, 1♀ (NHMUK).
Description. Male (Holotype): Body (Figs. 427, 428) small, strongly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex narrow (Fig. 428), depressed and elongated. Frontal ridge slightly sloping backwards (Fig. 427), very narrow with a deep groove; projecting forward above the median ocellus, connected to fastigium under an acute angle. Vertex between the eyes 1.3 times narrower than vertical diameter and as wide as horizontal diameter of eye; not swollen, almost straight in lateral view. Supraocular foveola very distinct, open type. Antennae with 14 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 427, 428) compressed laterally, distinctly convex in lateral view, without longitudinal sulcus; anterior and posterior margins triangularly protruded in dorsal view; lateral carinae distinct, metanotum and all abdominal tergites with sharp posterior projections all of which extending beyond the hind margin of tergites. Prosternum with a spine-like projection. Mesosternal interspace longer than wide. Mesosternal lobes wider than its interspace. Hind tibia with 9 inner and 10 outer spines dorsally. Hind femur short and broad, 2.4 times longer than its height. Abdominal tergites (Fig. 427) with sharp posterior projections. Tympanum (Fig. 403) very large, 5 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area. Phallus (Figs. 50 a, b) relatively small; basal valves of penis narrow; apodemes short and narrow, very shorter than basal valves of penis, without inner apical notch, in some specimens with a very weak notch. Pseudolophi (Figs. 50 c) almost rounded and separated, with 15–16 spines, other males with 11–16 spines.
Female: Body (Figs. 429, 430) strongly compressed laterally. Fastigium of vertex (Fig. 430) wide, slightly depressed. Vertex between the eyes 1.3 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.7 times wider than transversal diameter of eye. Supraocular foveola, frontal ridge and prosternum as in male but larger. Antennae with 14–15 segments. Pronotum (Figs. 429, 430) as in male, but lateral carinae less distinct. Mesosternal interspace slightly longer than wide; mesosternal lobes slightly wider than the interspace. Hind femur 2.7 times longer than its height. Hind tibia as in male. Abdominal tergites (Fig. 429) with sharp posterior projections, but shorter than that of male. Tympanum (Fig. 402) smaller than that of male, slightly more than 2 times larger than the neighbour stigmal area.
Coloration. Body various shades of brown (dark brown is dominant) with some small sparse black spots spread on body surface. First 2 antennal segments light. Typical light bands on paranota in middle part distinct. Outer surface of hind femur and tibia light brown. Typical light band on abdomen in male light brown and broad which is absent in female. Inner and ventral surfaces of hind femur blackened in male; base of hind tibia black, inner surface claret red, basal part of inner spines blackened, dorsal surface blackish-red or partly black. Tarsus claret red. Inner surface of hind femur in female blackened, but its distal part and vetral surface turn to body color; inner and dorsal surfaces of hind tibia in female dark blue, all tibial spines body color with black tips.
Diagnosis. This new subspecies is different from the nominotypical form by the smaller body (especially the male), the shape of phallus, the narrower basal valves of penis and the narrower apodemes without apical notch, more rounded pseudolophi and its anterodorsal position (in P. a. anatoliensis narrowly oval and it is placed on the anterior wall of swollen part of epiphallus. The darker coloration (in typical forms of P. a. anatoliensis from Antalya lighter). Inner surface of hind femur black (in the typical P. a. anatoliensis proximal part of hind femur black turning to body color in distal half). The female hind tibia dark blue (in the typical female of P. a. anatoliensis yellowish proximally turning to partly bluish-red or reddish-blue distally, the bases of spines blue, dorsal surface reddish-blue). In the Davras population of the nominotypical subspecies the female hind tibia with more blue but with reddish stains distally. The ventral surface of hind femur in male blackened (lighter, slightly turning to body color in P. a. anatoliensis). The separation of the females is not easy except the hind leg coloration. It is different from P. brevipes by the absence of apical notch of apodemes, the hind tibia, red in male and dark blue in female (hind tibia black in both sexes in P. brevipes).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (male): body length 23.9; pronotum length 6.5; pronotum height 6.4; hind femur length 10.7; hind femur height 4.4. Paratypes: body length: male 21.2–24.1, female 36–42.2; pronotum length: male 5.8–6.8, female 10.3–11.7; pronotum height: male 6–6.7, female 10.8–12.3; hind femur length: male 9.8–11.2, female 14–15.8; hind femur height: male 3.9–4.4, female 5.3–6.2.
Etymology. This new subspecies is named after the mount “Anamas” where a good series of the types including the Holotype were 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 103-104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260