Parapholidoptera signata ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861 )

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 46

Parapholidoptera signata ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861)

( Figs. 217–220 , 236–241 )

Material examined. Turkey: Taurus , 1853, 1 female (leg. Kots) (Lectotype, here designated) ( NMW) ; Taurus , 1 female (paralectotype) (leg. Kotschy) ( NMW) ; Güllik [Gülek] im Taurus , 1 male, 1 female (leg. Lederer) (nontype) ( NMW) ; Güllek im Taurus, 1 female (leg. Lederer), Taurus 1 female (leg. Lederer); Anatolien , 1 female; Kleinasien , Jaribaschi , 7.1914, 2 males, 1 female (leg. Tölg); Kleinasien , Adana, 1904, 1 male (all NMW) ; S.O. Anatolien, Nahe Ersin b. Dörtyol , 20 u 22.6.1937, 1 female ( NMW) , 8 males, 10 females (leg. Ramme) ( MfN) ; S.O. Anatolien, Aintab, Narli , 8– 15.6.1937, 1 female (leg. Ramme) ( MfN) ; Mersin Prov., Pozantı-Çamlıyayla yolu, Karboğazı , 1320 m, 37°18.172´N, 34°45.511´E, 26.6.2019, 2 males, 1 female (in alcohol) ; KahramanmaraŞ Prov., Ahır Dağı , 2297 m, 21.7.2024, 2 male, 4 females, plus 1 male, 1 female (in alcohol) (leg. M. Ünal ) ( AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. Ramme (1930) and Çıplak (2000) regarded the type material as syntypes, which included both sexes collected from Taurus, Gülek. However, Brunner (1861: 295) described only the female sex, stating that the male was unknown to him. Later, Brunner (1882: 337–338) examined additional material, including both male and female specimens. Therefore, the male and female specimens collected from Gülek by Lederer cannot be classified as syntypes. From the original description of this species, it can be understood that Brunner used more than one female specimen. In the main collection of NMW, there are two females with identical label data, both collected from Tauria (Taurus) by Kotschy, which must be considered syntypes. One of these females has been designated as the lectotype.

Figures

FIGURES 207–235. 207–216 Bolua turkiyae male end of abdomen, 207–208 from Bolu, TaŞkesti; 209–210 from TaŞkesti, Dereköy; 211 from Devrek, Babadağ Geç.; 212–214 from Bursa, Soğukpınar yolu; 215 from Bursa, Domaniç yolu; 216 from Kütahya, Kocayayla. 217–220 Parapholidoptera signata, (lectotype at NMW) 217 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 218 ditto, lateral view; 219 female habitus, lateral view; 220 ditto, dorsal view. 221–224 Parapholidoptera syriaca, (paratype at MfN) 221 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 222 ditto, lateral view; 223 female habitus, lateral view; 224 ditto, dorsal view. 225–228 Parapholidoptera insignata, 225 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 226 ditto, lateral view; 227 female habitus, lateral view; 228 ditto, dorsal view. 229–235 Parapholidoptera hepat sp. nov., 229 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 230 ditto, lateral view; 231 female habitus, lateral view; 232 ditto, dorsal view; 233 female head and pronorum, lateral view; 234, ditto, dorsal view; 235 ovipositor.

FIGURES 236–257. 236–241 Parapholidoptera signata, (from Hatay, Dörtyol at MfN) 236 male habitus, lateral view; 237 ditto, dorsal view; 238 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 239 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 240 titillator, anterior view; 241 ditto, lateral view. 242–247 Parapholidoptera syriaca, (holotype at MfN) 242 male habitus, lateral view; 243 ditto, dorsal view; 244 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 245 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 246 titillator, anterior view; 247 ditto, lateral view. 248–255 Parapholidoptera hepat sp. nov., 248 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 249 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 250 titillator, anterior view; 251 ditto, lateral view (a small part of its apical tips are broken, but the missing part was completed as in original shape in this illustration); 252 male habitus, lateral view; 253 ditto, dorsal view; 254 male head and pronotum, lateral view; 255 ditto, dorsal view. 256–257 Parapholidoptera insignata, 256 male titillator, anterior view; 257 ditto, lateral view.