Nocarodes nodosus Mistshenko 1951
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Pamphagidae
Nocarodes
Nocarodes nodosus

description: Nocarodes nodosus Mistshenko, 1951
(Figs. 89, 746, 772, 810–811, 848)
Nocarodes nodosus Mistshenko sp. n.: Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko 1951: 359.
Nocarodes nodosus Mistshenko, 1951: Avakyan 1968: 102, 104; Presa & Garcia 1983: 17; Otte 1994: 174; Stolyarov 1997: 69.
Type locality. Turkey: Iğdır, Tuzluca, Gaziler, Tekaltı Dağı. Holotype: male (ZIN).
Material examined. TURKEY: [Iğdır, Tuzluca], mons Takältu [Tekaltı Dağı], prope Kulp [Gaziler], 27.5.1913, 1♂ (Holotype) (leg. A. Vasilinin) (ZIN); ARMENIA: Oktemberyan, stone semidesert, 24.4.1975, 1♂, 1♀ (leg. Prisny) (ZIN).
Description of female. Body (Fig. 811) stout, depressed dorso-ventrally, with distinct tubercles. Fastigium of vertex (Fig. 746) very short and broad, slightly depressed and sloping. Frontal ridge narrow, strongly narrowed and incised just below the median ocellus. Vertex (Fig. 746) broad between the eyes, 1.5 times wider than vertical diameter and 1.6 times wider than transversal diameter of eye; supraocular foveola very distinct and deep, closed type; median carinula very short, without groove. Eye small and rounded, almost as wide as long. Antennae with 11 segments (12 segments in male). Pronotum (Fig. 811) depressed dorso-ventrally, with strong tubercles; lateral carinae distinct; median carina slightly raised, without longitudinal sulcus; concave in the middle in lateral view (possibly deformed). Metanotum and first 2 abdominal tergites depressed dorso-ventrally, with strong tubercles. Prosternum slightly raised, anterior margin with a spiniform median projection (in male blunter tongue-shaped). Mesosternal interspace (Fig. 772) very broad, 3 times wider than its length and slightly wider than mesosternal lobes. Hind femur (Fig. 811) 2.7 times longer than its height, dorsal margin sharp, almost straight in proximal part, finelly serrated, with a very distinct, deep and short preapical notch; ventral margin irregularly undulate; dorsal surface of genicular lobes carinate with small denticles. Hind tibia short and thick, with 8 inner, 9 outer strong spines. Arolium very narrow and small. Median carinae of abdominal (Fig. 811) tergites slightly raised, not grooved, with small and wide posterior projection, not surpassing beyond hind margin of tergite. Tympanum absent. Subgenital plate almost as wide as long. Apical curved parts of ovipositor sharp and long; ventral valves with 2 basal denticles.
Coloration. Body unicolor creamish light grey. Below parts of eyes and antenna cream with small sparse spots. Dorsal surface of head darkened with dense grey spots. Typical light bands on paranota and abdomen absent. Sternites pale cream. Inner surface of hind femur black, dorsal margin body color with pale red tinge; inner half of ventral margin black, outer half pale reddish. Inner surface of hind tibia black, turning to pale blue dorsally with black tipped cream spines; outer half of dorsal surface body color with outer spines. Tarsus body color.
Measurements (mm) of both sexes. body length: male 20, female 38.2; pronotum length: male 4.8, female 8.4; pronotum height: male 4.9, female 8.4; pronotum width anterior: male 4.8, female 8.6; pronotum width posterior: male 6.8, female 12.9; hind femur length: male 8.1, female 13.6; hind femur height: male 3.6, female 5.1.
Distribution. E. Turkey: Iğdır Province, Armenia: Oktemberyan (Fig. 848). New for Turkey.
Remarks. Mistshenko (1951b) in describing this species gave its type locality as “ Armenia: Kulpi ”, but Kulpi [Kulp] is the former name of Gaziler village of Iğdır province in Turkey (Ahmet Ö. Koçak, pers. comm.). Moreover, there is one more word on the label of holotype, “mons Takältu” that corresponds to the actual “ Tekaltı Mountain ” in Gaziler village of Iğdır Province. Therefore this species is added to Turkish fauna for the first time. Also a new record for Armenia is given here.
This species and N. aserbus Mistshenko are closely related, and it is possible to belong to the same taxon. Both were described after opposite sexes. It is needed to compare the male phallic complex, but the male genitalia of holotype of N. nodosus is lost and the male genitalia of N. aserbus was not described by Salman (1978).
The previously unknown female is described from Armenia.
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 page 202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/208260