Friday, November 9, 2018

[Entomology • 2018] Isophya horon Bioacoustics and Morphology of A New Bush-cricket Species of the Genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey


 Isophya horon Sevgili, 2018


Abstract
A new interesting species of the genus Isophya, Isophya horon sp. n., is described from Northeastern part of Turkey. The new species can clearly be distinguished from the closely related species by the calling song of male, and morphology. Morphologically, the shapes of the pronotum, tegmina, male cerci and ovipositor are distrinctive. The morphology, song structure and distribution clearly indicate that this new species is a member of the I. zernovi species-group. Additionally, some preliminary data on the male calling songs of closely related species (I. zernovi, I. karadenizensis and I. autumnalis) are also given. In addition, the preliminary data related to spermatophore characteristics (spermatophylax and ampulla weights) and sperm number of the new species are provided.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Isophya horon sp. n., Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, bioacoustics, spermatophore, sperm number, new species, Turkey, Karadeniz


Male Isophya horon sp. n.

Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: 
Phaneropterinae: Barbitistini 

Isophya Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Isophya horon sp. n. 

 Etymology:horon” in Turkish (in Greek: “khoron”), is a famous dance which refers to a group of a circle folk dances from the Eastern Black sea region of Turkey


Hasan Sevgili. 2018. Bioacoustics and Morphology of A New Bush-cricket Species of the Genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey. Zootaxa. 4514(4); 451–472.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.1