Eupholidoptera tauricola ( Ramme, 1930 )

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 55

Eupholidoptera tauricola ( Ramme, 1930)

( Figs. 308–310 )

Material examined. Turkey: Mersin Prov., Aslanköy , 1560 m, 36°59.212´N, 34°14.767´E, 29– 30.8.2018, 1 female in alcohol ; Mersin Prov., Fındıkpınar-Tepeköy, Gicik Dağı , 1480 m, 20.9.2023, 1 male, 6 females (in alcohol), 2 females (all leg. M. Ünal ) ( AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. According to Ramme (1930: 820–821), “the end thorn and stylus have merged into a massive thickening.” As noted by Ramme, the stylus is fused with the subgenital plate ( Figs. 308–309 ). However, a distinct spine is present on the anterior side of the fused styli ( Fig. 310 ) (widened apical end of the subgenital plate). However, all previous literature gave the subgenital plate as spineless, and this character was used to classify and separate it from the other species.

Figures

FIGURES 290–310. 290–296 Parapholidoptera euxina sp. nov., 290 male head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 291 ditto, dorsal view; 292 female head and pronotum, lateral view; 293 ditto, dorsal view; 294 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 295 female subgenital plate, lateral view; 296 ovipositor. 297–303 Parapholidoptera euxina boluensis ssp. nov., 297 male head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 298 ditto, dorsal view; 299 female head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 300 ditto, dorsal view; 301 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 302 female subgenital plate, lateral view; 303 ovipositor. 304–305 Four species of Parapholidoptera spp. in the same frame, dorso-lateral views, 304 males, 305 females: 304a, 305a Parapholidoptera belen; 304b, 305b Parapholidoptera spinulosa; 304c, 305c Parapholidoptera euxina sp. nov.; 304d, 305d Parapholidoptera euxina boluensis ssp. nov. 306 Eupholidoptera prasina, male titillator, anterior view. 307 Eupholidoptera karabagi, male titillator, anterior view. 308–310 Eupholidoptera tauricola, 308 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 309 ditto, ventral view; 310 male tip of posterior lobe of subgenital plate with inner spine.