Published October 12, 2023 | Version v1
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Bolivarianus (Mol) Mol 2023, subgen. n

  • 1. Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, TURKEY abbasmol 19 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2582 - 1377
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art & Science, Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, 59030, Tekirdag, TURKEY denizsirin 19 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5475 - 173 X
  • 3. Department of Biology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Hakkari University, Hakkari, TURKEY
  • 4. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Art & Science, Ordu University, Ordu, TURKEY hsevgili @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7289 - 6243

Description

Subgenus: Bolivarianus Mol subgen. n

The subgenus Bolivarianus Mol, subgen.n. differs from nominate subgenus with the following characters; The tegmina does not reach the tip of the abdomen in both sexes, the alae is almost half the length of the tegmina, there is no apical narrowing in the male tegmina, the precostal field and the medial field in the male surpass the middle of the tegmina, especially the tegmina tip in the female is narrowed, the Cubital-1 and Cubital-2 veins are elongated separately from each other, the Cubital-1 and Cubital-2 fields are distinct and the stigma is absent in the tegmina.

Etymology: The new subgenus named after I. Bolivar for first Gomphocerus specimens records in Anatolia.

The subgenus taxonomy is suggested as follows:

Subgenus: Bolivarianus Mol, subgen. n.

Gomphocerus (Bolivarianus) hemipterus Karabağ, 1953 stat. n.

Gomphocerus (Bolivarianus) acutus Karabağ, 1957 stat. n.

Key to species of subgenus Bolivarianus Mol subgen.n

1 Tegmen 2.12–2.35 times as long as maximum width in male; the greatest width of costal field/ the greatest width of precostal field 0.78–0.93 in female..................................................................... G. hemipterus

- Tegmen 2.64–3.33 times as long as maximum width in male; the greatest width of costal field/ the greatest width of precostal field 1.0– 1.25 in female......................................................................... G. acutus

Notes

Published as part of Mol, Abbas, Şirin, Deniz, Taylan, Mehmet Sait & Sevgili, Hasan, 2023, A review of the Anatolian Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Acrididae Gomphocerinae) via morphological and bioacoustics characters: data suggesting a new species, a new subgenus and three new statuses, pp. 401-429 in Zootaxa 5353 (5) on pages 420-421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10010058

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mol
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Bolivarianus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
subgen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Bolivarianus Mol, 2023

References

  • Karabag, T. (1953) Some new Orthoptera from Turkey. Enstituto Espanol de Entomologia, 29, 125 - 134.
  • Karabag, T. (1957) Some new Orthoptera from Turkey. Tome VIII, Fasc, Communications, 1, 13 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.1501 / Commuc _ 0000000053