Isophya salmani Sevgili et Heller, 2006

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 16-17

Isophya salmani Sevgili et Heller, 2006

Material examined. TURKEY: Anatolien , ca. 12 km NO Anamur, Hügel mit Kurzhasen, Blüten, 1969, 1 female (leg. Pretzman) ( NMW) .

Remarks. This single female was identified as I. major in the collection. It is I. salmani .

Genus Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

Hamatopoecilimon Heller, 2011 syn. nov.

Remarks. Heller (in Heller et al. 2011) established this subgenus for the following species: P. hamatus , P. paros , P. klausgerhardi , P. deplanatus , P. ikariensis , and P. unispinosus . The position of this group in the phylogenetic trees based on molecular methods is the base of the trees as an ancestral group, which is the main reason for the description of the subgenus Hamatopoecilimon ( Heller et al. 2011; Borissov et al. 2023). Morphologically, the nongreen colouration ( Fig. 47 ) was considered different from the remaining species of Poecilimon . However, there are some species with strongly darkened, blackened colouration (without green colour) very similar to this group, such as some populations of Poecilimon zonatus ( Fig. 48 ), P. bosphoricus septemlacus ssp. nov. ( Figs. 123 , 129 ). The males have some characters unique to the genus, such as the structure of the male cerci of P. hamatus , P. paros , and P. klausgerhardi . But the other members of the subgenus, P. unispinosus , P. deplanatus , and P. ikariensis , do not have similar cerci. On the other hand, some species in the nominotypical subgenus have unusual male cerci as in Poecilimon cervus , P. concinnus , P. cervoides , P. tevfikarabagi , etc. The size and song characteristics are not separate this subgenus (as a group) from all members of the nominotypical subgenus, and there are always some similar species with these characters ( Heller et al. 2011; Borissov et al. 2023). Besides, the females of Hamatopoecilimon are typical members of Poecilimon and cannot be separated from the females of the nominotypical subgenus by a distinct character. The females should be recognized at the genus level. The ancestral position on the phylogenetic trees based on molecular data of this group is the only distinct data that separates it from the others. It is, in fact, not beyond a species group. P. hamatus sp. group for P. hamatus , P. paros , and P. klausgerhardi was proposed by the author ( Ünal 2010).

Molecular studies play a crucial role in understanding the relationships among different taxa. However, the descriptions of new genus group taxa are not reliable unless they are supported by distinctive morphological characteristics in both sexes.

In recent descriptions of new taxa based on morphology, song and molecular methods, the female sex has been ignored. This is taxonomically an important deficiency (see Introduction and Conclusions).

After the author’s study ( Ünal 2010) on the species groups of Isophya and Poecilimon and the phylogenetic study by Ullrich et al. (2010), some papers related to the grouping of the species of the same genera were published. The species groups and their relationships will be addressed in a further study.

Figures

FIGURES 33–54. 33–46 Isophya bozlak Ünal, sp. nov., 33 male fastigium of vertex and scapes; 34 male head, pronotum and tegmine, dorsal view; 35 male pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 36 male habitus, lateral view; 37 ditto, dorsal view; 38 male cerci; 39 male subgenital plate, ventral view, right side posterior; 40 female fastigium of vertex and scapes; 41 female habitus, lateral view; 42 ditto, dorsal view; 43 female pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 44 female head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view; 45 female subgenital plate; 46 ovipositor. 47 Poecilimon hamatus, male habitus, dorso-lateral view. 48 Poecilimon zonatus, male habitus, dorso-lateral view. 49–54 Poecilimon allegro sp. nov., 49 male fastigium of vertex and antennal scapes; 50 Male head, pronotum, tegmina, dorsal view; 51 ditto, lateral view; 52 male habitus, dorsal view; 53 ditto, lateral view; 54 ditto, dorso-lateral view.

FIGURES 102–124. 102–113 Poecilimon pala sp. nov., 102 male head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view; 103 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 104 male left cercus; 105 male cerci, posterior view; 106 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 107 male tip of subgenital plate, posterior view; 108 female habitus, lateral view; 109 ditto, dorsal view; 110 female head and pronotum, lateral view; 111 ditto, dorsal view; 112 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 113 ovipositor. 114–121 Poecilimon bosphoricus bosphoricus, 114 male (lectotype) habitus, lateral view; 115 ditto, dorsal view; 116 male (lectotype) end of abdomen, dorsal view; 117 male (lectotype) subgenital plate, ventral view; 118 female (paralectotype) habitus, lateral view; 119 ditto dorsal view; 120 female (paralectotype), ovipositor; 121 labels of lectotype. 122–124 Poecilimon bosphoricus septemlacus ssp. nov. 122 male habitus, lateral view; 123 ditto, dorsal view; 124 male head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view.

FIGURES 125–146. 125–134 Poecilimon bosphoricus septemlacus ssp. nov. 125 male head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view; 126 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 127 male left cercus; 128 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 129 female habitus, dorsal view; 130 ditto, lateral view; 131 female head and pronotum, lateral view; 132 ditto, dorsal view; 133 female subgenital plate, ventral view; 134 ovipositor. 135–146 Poecilimon ilgazi sp. nov. 135 male habitus, lateral view; 136 ditto, dorsal view; 137 male head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view; 138 ditto, dorsal view; 139 male end of abdomen, dorsal view; 140 male cerci, posterior view; 141 male left cercus; 142 male subgenital plate, ventral view; 143 female habitus, lateral view; 144 ditto, dorsal view; 145 female head and pronotum, lateral view; 146 ditto, dorsal view.