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Issue: Vol. 1562 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1562.1.2
Page range: 43–53
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 19

Eupholidoptera karatolosi sp.n. and E. mirzayani sp.n. (Orthoptera,  Tettigoniidae), two new bushcrickets from Greece and Iran

Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK, and The Iranian Institute of Plant Protection, Evin 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran Division of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK.
Division of Biology and Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK, and Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Orthoptera Eupholidoptera Platycleidini new species description morphology Mediterranean

Abstract

Eupholidoptera karatolosi Mofidi-Neyestanak & Quicke from Greece and E. mirzayani Mofidi-Neyestanak & Quicke from Iran, two new species of bushcrickets (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae: Platycleidini), are described and distinguished from closely related species based on morphology. Species relationships within Eupholidoptera Maran are discussed and some species are given new assignments. A simplified illustrated identification key to the species of Eupholidoptera is provided to accommodate the new species. They are being described since they have been used to generate DNA sequence data that will be published elsewhere as part of a phylogenetic study of the tribe Platycleidini.

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