Pholidoptera fallax (Fischer,1853)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5687.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17017561
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scientific name	Pholidoptera fallax (Fischer,1853)
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Material examined. Turkey: Constantinopel, Schischli [İstanbul, ŞiŞli], 1 male, 1 female (leg. Werner) ( NMW) ; Kleinasien, Tschausch Bachi [ÇavuŞbaŞı], 1911, 1 female (leg. Fahringer) (det. Ebner) ( NMW) ; Zonguldak Prov., Ereğli, Çayağzı Köyü, Davut Deresi , 167 m, 41°13.014´N, 31°41.217´E, 14.7.2012, 1 male GoogleMaps ; Zonguldak Prov., Ereğli , Soğanlı Köyü , 460 m, 41°45.352´N, 31°78.937´E, 15.7.2012, 1 male 1 female in alcohol (leg. M. Ünal & A. Erden) ; Bolu Prov., Gövem Yaylası , 1510 m, 40°37.760´N, 31°24.110´E, 25.10.2022, 2 males, 1 female (leg. M. Ünal ) GoogleMaps ; Bolu Prov., Güneyfelakettin , 1210 m, 10.8.2021, 2 males, 1 female (leg. M. Ünal ) ( AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. This study addresses the question of whether Pholidoptera femorata exists in İstanbul Province. Werner (1901: 293–294) recorded Pholidoptera femorata (previously classified as Thamnotrizon femoratus Fieb. ) from Constantinople in July 1900. Ebner (1910: 412) included Pholidoptera femorata in his list, referencing Werner’s location “Schischli (Werner).” Subsequently, Ebner (1919: 158) reported Pholidoptera fallax for the first time after identifying a female specimen collected by Fahringer from Kleinasien ( Anatolia). Karabağ (1958: 62) also listed Pholidoptera femorata from İstanbul, again citing Werner (1901).

However, upon reviewing these three specimens collected by Fahringer and Werner, the author has re-identified them as P. fallax . As a result, P. femorata is excluded from the fauna of İstanbul. Currently, P. femorata is only known from İzmir and Aydın Provinces of Turkey ( Ünal 2006, 2012).