Published October 28, 2021 | Version v1
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Polysarcus zacharovi

  • 1. Department of Biology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Hakkari University, Hakkari, TURKEY.
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art & Science, Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, 59030, Tekirdag, TURKEY.
  • 3. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Art & Science, Ordu University, Ordu, TURKEY.

Description

Polysarcus zacharovi (Stshelkanovtzev, 1910)

Distribution in Turkey: Known from Eastern Anatolia (Karabağ, 1958; Ünal, 2010, Sevgili et al. 2012)

Previous records: Hakkari, 2500 m, 30. VIII.1952, 4♂, 3♀, leg. C. Kosswig, (Karabağ 1958); Karadağ, 2800 m, 15. VIII.1954, 13♂, 3♀, leg. P.H. Davis, (Karabağ, 1958); Karadağ, 3000 m, 04. VIII.1953, 8♂, 4♀, 2500m, 5. VIII.1953, 5♂, 3♀, leg. T. Karabağ, (Karabağ, 1958); Şemdinli, 26. VI.1965, 1♂, 1♀, leg. T. Karabağ, (Karabağ et al. 1971).

Material examined: Hakkari: Berçelan Plateu, 37°40´383´´N, 43°43´628´´E, 2829 m, 11.VIII.2020, 4♂, 2♀, 16.VI.2020, 1♂, (leg. M.S. Taylan & M. Mükemre) (Fig. 2E).

Notes: This taxon has some morphological differences with the type of P. zacharovi. It is suggested that a more detailed genetic and morphological study between other populations of taxa distributed in Eastern Anatolia.

Notes

Published as part of Taylan, Mehmet Sait, Şirin, Deniz, Sevgili, Hasan & Yeşilyurt, Fatih, 2021, A preliminary research and notes on Orthoptera (Insecta) Fauna of Hakkari Province, pp. 45-70 in Zootaxa 5060 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5606753

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References

  • Karabag, T. (1958) Turkiye'nin Orthoptera Faunasi (The Orthoptera Fauna of Turkey). Ankara Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Yayinlari, 81, 1 - 198. [in Turkish]
  • Unal, M. (2010) Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey and the Middle East II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 136 (1 / 2), 125 - 183. https: // doi. org / 10.3157 / 061.136.0203
  • Sevgili, H., Demirsoy A. & Durmus, Y. (2012) Orthoptera fauna of Kemaliye (Erzincan). Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, Special Issue, 317 - 335.
  • Karabag, T., Gumussuyu, I., Balamir, S. & Tutkun, E. (1971) Turkiye Orthoptera Faunasinin Tesbiti Uzerinde Arastirmalar. Bitki Koruma Bulteni, 11, 73 - 98. [in Turkish]