Anterastes babadaghi Uvarov, 1939

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 43-44

Anterastes babadaghi Uvarov, 1939

( Figs. 330–331 )

Anterastes ucari Çıplak, 2003 syn. confirmed

Anterastes kizkayasiensis Çıplak et Uluar, 2023 syn. nov.

Material examined. Turkey: Denizli Prov., Babadağ , 1580–1600 m, 37°47.382´N, 28°46.780´E, 13.6.2014, 1 female; 1420 m, 12.7.2023, 1 male, 2 females; 1870–2000 m, 12.7.2023, 1 male (in alcohol), 11 males, 4 females; 1545–1560 m, 37°47.158´N, 28°46.706´E, 11.7.2023, 1 females (in alcohol), 1 male, 4 females; 1620 m, 12.7.2023, 2 females; 1555 m, 12.7.2023, 1 male, 1 female ; Denizli Prov., Bozdağ , 2200–2350 m, 37°18.041´N, 29°11.220´E, 15.7.2023, 5 males, 2 females, 3 female nymphs (in alcohol) ; Burdur Prov., YeŞilova, above Salda Gölü , 2009 m, 16.7.2023, 2 males, 2 females (in alcohol), 4 males, 7 females (all leg. M. Ünal ) ( AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. Some new specimens of A. babadaghi from the type locality (Babadağ) were studied and compared with the description of A. kizkayasiensis , the topotype specimens from Çamkuyu of A. ucari and all the other specimens recorded by Ünal (2012: 32, 2018: 28). According to Uluar et al. (2023: 570), the differences of A. kizkayasiensis are not prominent and only the smaller size and straighter ovipositor are different from A. babadaghi and A. ucari . However, the length and the curvature of the ovipositor are quite variable ( Ünal 2012: 32; this character was discussed for several species) even in the type locality of A. ucari . There are many specimens (but not all) with straighter ovipositors irregularly in the material examined in the Burdur population (see above), in Babadağ (type locality), in Çamkuyu (type locality) populations, etc. The size is also variable in and between the mentioned populations. There is no significant difference in titillators (see also the Remarks section of Anterastes above). For the same reasons explained under genus Anterastes , A. serbicus and A. burri above, molecular results should be confirmed with the samplings according to the distribution area of A. babadaghi , which was previously provided ( Karabağ 1952, 1958; Çıplak 2004; Ünal 2012, 2018).

Genus Koroglus Ünal, 2002

Remarks. See the remarks section of the genus Anterastes above.

Figures

FIGURES 327–334. 327 Anterastes serbicus, female. 328–329 Anterastes burri, 328 male; 329 locality, Kütahya, Ovacık Köyü. 330–331 Anterastes babadaghi, 330 male; 331 locality, Denizli, Babadağ. 332–334 Koroglus disparalatus, 332 male; 333 female; 334 locality, Bolu, Köroğlu Dağı.