The unexpected finding of Parapholidoptera castaneoviridis in south-eastern Romania (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)

By

Iorgu, Ionut Stefan
Chobanov, Dragan
Iorgu, Elena Iulia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

643

Pages

87-96

Subjects

Balkan Peninsula , bush-cricket , calling song , Distribution , relict population

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.10645

 

Abstract

The Balkano-Anatolian genus Parapholidoptera comprises 21 species and the westernmost one, Parapholidoptera castaneoviridis, previously recognized to occur in western Turkey, north-eastern Greece and south-eastern Bulgaria is recorded for the first time from south-eastern Romania, almost 300 km away from the closest known locality. Illustrations and measurements of morphological characters are given and the male calling song from this new, northernmost population is described.