Poecilimon bosphoricus bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Ünal, Mustafa, 2025, Taxonomic notes on Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 5687 (1), pp. 1-77 : 25

Poecilimon bosphoricus bosphoricus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

( Figs. 114–121 )

Material examined. Turkey: İstanbul Prov., Giöksu [Göksu, Anatolian side] (Bosph.), 1 male ( Nr. 5889) ( Br. v.W.) (Lectotype, here designated), 3 males, 3 females; Therapia [Tarabya, European side], 1 male (Br.v.W.) ( NMW) ; [İstanbul], Giöksu [Göksu] ( Bosph. ), 1 male, 1 female ( MfN) . Ünal 2010: İstanbul Prov., European side, Atatürk Arboretumu , 10.6.2008, 3 males (leg. M. Ünal ) ( AİBÜEM) .

Remarks. Brunner (1878: 43) originally described this species using several males and one female collected from both sides of the Bosphorus in İstanbul. However, additional specimens with the same label have been found in two collections (NMW and MfN), which were labelled as “ paratypes.” Nomenclaturally, these cannot be considered paratypes, as the type specimens remain syntypes. Given that the syntypes were collected from two different locations, it is necessary to fix the type locality. Therefore, one male specimen, numbered 5889, one of the two specimens cited by Brunner (1878: 43), is here designated as lectotype (see also the Introduction and Material and methods sections).

All material, including the type specimens ( Figs. 114–121 ) at MfN, NMW, and AİBÜEM, has been studied and compared with the newly described species and subspecies, P. ilgazi sp. nov. and P. bosphoricus septemlacus ssp. nov.

Figures

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.