Apholidoptera pietschmanni ( Ebner, 1912 )

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 53

Apholidoptera pietschmanni ( Ebner, 1912)

Material examined. Iraq: Magharad , Schlucht bei Sindjar, 8.6.1910, 1 male (Lectotype, here designated), 1 male, 1 female (paralectotypes) ; Hinler Djeddale , 11.6.1910, 1 female (Paralectotype) ( NMW) .

Remarks. Ebner (1912: 447) described this species as Pholidoptera pietschmanni based on syntypes (both sexes) from two locations. A male collected from Sindjar is designated as lectotype to fix its type locality (see also the Introduction and the Material and methods section).

Genus Eupholidoptera Maran, 1953

Remarks. Species groups presented by Çıplak et al. (2009) based on the shape of the male cercus or the shape of the last tergite do not reflect the natural grouping. Therefore, E. akdeniz Ünal et Naskrecki, 2002 and E. uvarovi ( Karabağ, 1952) were included in the same species group although they are not close relatives. E. akdeniz is a typical member of the E. ledereri sp. group. The female subgenital plate is a reliable character that provides a more natural grouping of species from Turkey and the Middle East ( Ünal et Gorochov 2024).

The following phylogenetic relationship is proposed for 3 species groups, which are polytomic under the genus, and include only Turkish species:

E. anatolica sp. group: ( anatolica + krueperi +( tahtalica + abscondita )

E.prasina sp.group:((( prasina + unimacula) + karabagi ) +( singularis ) +(tasheliensis ))+( mersinensis + tauricola ) + (( sevketi +( excisa + demirsoyi ))

E. ledereri sp. group: ( annulipes + marashensis ) + ((( cypria cypria + cypria turcica ) + smyrnensis ) + (gocmeni + werneri) + ( akdeniz ))