TY - JOUR T1 - Bioacoustics of poorly known Poecilimon taxa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with redescriptions of P. pechevi and P. stschelkanovzevi JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2020 A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Sevgili, Hasan A1 - Klaus-Gerhard Heller KW - Barbitistini KW - bush-cricket KW - morphology KW - sound communication KW - sound production AB -

The genus Poecilimon has been object of several studies dealing with its systematics, sound communication and evolution. Yet, published data contradict in the classification, while many taxa are still insufficiently known. In the present study we supplement the knowledge of 13 poorly known species and one additional subspecies with data on their sound communication and/or morphology. Most species concerned here are classified within two acoustic groups. First group includes P. celebi, P. obtusicercus and P. toros, showing typical characteristics of the P. syriacus group. Second group is more heterogeneous. Among that, P. pechevi, P. armeniacus, P. harveyi, P. guichardi, P. haydari, P. doga, P. davisi and P. excisus present a song pattern similar to that of P. ampliatus. In addition, P. ataturki is also quite similar in basic song structure to the latter but differs in its fine song structure. Poecilimon stschelkanovzevi, with unclear relationships, is described morphologically in detail. The present study provides hints for solving some disagreement between recent revisions, proposing unification of the Poecilimon celebi with P. syriacus group and opening discussion based on close relationships of the groups ampliatus, armeniacus, davisi, luschani and the species P. guichardi on one hand, while the complex P. ataturki/glandifer shows significant differences on the other. The acoustic peculiarities of the ampliatus group allies are discussed in an evolutionary light.

VL - 4890 UR - https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4890.4https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4890.4.6https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/65904/64346 IS - 4 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review of Poecilimon species with inflated pronotum: description of four new taxa within an acoustically diverse group Y1 - 2018 A1 - Kaya, Sarp A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Klaus-Gerhard Heller A1 - Özgül Yahyaoğlu KW - Anatolia KW - Crete KW - Phaneropterinae KW - Poecilimon KW - Poecilimon inflatus group KW - Poecilimon isopterus sp. n. AB -

Poecilimon Fischer (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) consists of about 130 species and a functional taxonomy of the genus re- quires arranging species into phylogenetic groups. However, this is a task that requires detailed empirical testing. This paper documents data on Poecilimon species with an inflated pronotum. The Poecilimon (Poecilimon) inflatus group is a lineage ranging along a narrow zone in the south-west corner of Anatolia and in Crete plus some other Aegean islands. By producing data of morphology and calling songs of males and responding songs of females the composition and intra- group diversity of P. inflatus group are studied. Both morphology and male calling and female responding songs, exhibited a considerable intra-group diversity. In the light of data obtained the following nomenclatural changes were made. The genus Parapoecilimon Karabağ, 1975 syn. n. is synonymised with Poecilimon Fischer and Parapoecilimon antalyaensis Karabağ, 1975 is given a new combination, Poecilimon antalyaensis (Karabağ, 1975) comb. n. Four new taxa are de- scribed in the group: (i) Poecilimon isopterus sp.n.; (ii) Poecilimon inflatus lyciae subsp. n.; (iii) Poecilimon antalyaensis myrae subsp. n., and (iv) Poecilimon antalyaensis anemurium subsp. n. The Poecilimon (P.) inflatus species group con- sists of the following species: (i) Poecilimon inflatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891; (ii) Poecilimon martinae Heller, 2004; (iii) Poecilimon cretensis Werner, 1903; (iv) Poecilimon antalyaensis (Karabağ, 1975) comb. n.; (v) Poecilimon bilgeri Karabağ, 1953 and (vi) Poecilimon isopterus sp.n. The species group is defined by a combination of characters including the pronotum inflated in metazona and a male cerci mostly black in their apical 1/2–1/3. The male calling song has typically two types of short syllables and the females respond acoustically with very short latency times. By using combination of morphology and song data we suggest three main lineages in the group: (i) P. bilgeri, (ii) P. antalyaensis and (iii) the other four species.

UR - https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4462.4https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review of the Balkan Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae) with particular emphasis on the Isophya modesta group and remarks on the systematics of the genus based on morphological and acoustic data Y1 - 2013 A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Grzywacz, Beata A1 - Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu A1 - Battal Ciplak A1 - ILIEVA, MAYA B. A1 - Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta KW - Anatolia KW - Barbitistini KW - Bush-crickets KW - distribution KW - evolution KW - grouping KW - keys KW - Southeastern Europe AB -

A critical review of the taxonomy and systematics of the genus Isophya from the Balkan Peninsula, together with a revision of the I. modesta group, including its representatives outside the Balkans, has been made using morphological, bioacoustic and karyological data. As a result, the following taxonomic considerations have been proposed: (1) the status of two taxa has been reconsidered: Isophya rhodopensis leonorae Kaltenbach, stat.n., I. rhodopensis petkovi Peshev, stat.n.; (2) five synonymies have been established: I. hospodar (Saussure) = I. hospodar medimontana Nedelkov, syn.n.; I. plevnensis Peshev, sensu novo = I. pravdini pravdini Peshev, syn.n.; I. rhodopensis leonorae Kaltenbach = I. kisi Peshev, syn.n.; I. obtusa = I. pravdini bazyluki Peshev, syn.n.; I. modesta Frivaldszky = I. modesta intermedia Kis syn.n. The descriptions of the taxa under consideration are supplemented with unpublished morphological and/or bioacoustic data. An updated list of the taxa occurring on the Balkans includes 24 taxa (21 species, including the doubtful data on I. camptoxypha). A dichotomic and tabulated key for recognition and maps of distribution of the established taxa are presented.

UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.3658.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Review of Poecilimon species with inflated pronotum: description of four new taxa within an acoustically diverse group JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2018 A1 - Kaya, Sarp A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Klaus-Gerhard Heller A1 - Özgül Yahyaoğlu VL - 4462 UR - https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.1 IS - 4 JO - Zootaxa ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New records and a new synonym of Orthoptera from Bulgaria JF - Articulata Y1 - 2009 A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov AB -

After a revision of available Orthoptera collections in Bulgaria, 9 species with one subspecies are added and 15 species and one subspecies are omitted from the list of Bulgarian fauna. A supplement to the description and a diagnosis of Isophya pavelii Brunner von Wattenwyl (= Isophya rammei Peshev, syn.n. ) is presented. Full reference and distributional data for Bulgaria are given for 31 taxa. Oscillograms and frequency spectra of the songs of Barbitistes constrictus , Isophya pavelii and I. rectipennis are presented.

VL - 24 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New data on the bush-cricket Montana medvedevi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), critically endangered in Europe (EU 28), and a comparison of its song with all known song patterns within the genus JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2017 A1 - Slobodan Ivković A1 - Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu A1 - Laslo Horvat A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Olga S. Korsunovskaya A1 - Klaus-Gerhard Heller KW - bioacoustics KW - distribution KW - Platycleidini KW - Serbia AB -

Montana medvedevi is reported for the first time from Serbia. New information about the distribution, morphology and song of this species is discussed. The song of M. medvedevi is different from that of all other members of the genus, all figured for comparison. Montana is quite diverse regarding the amplitude pattern of the calling song of its members (known in 15 species). Surprisingly, some Montana species seem to have two song patterns, one produced during the day and one at night.

VL - 4263 IS - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evolution and systematics of Green Bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigonia) in the Western Palaearctic: testing concordance between molecular, acoustic, and morphological data JF - Organisms Diversity & Evolution Y1 - 2017 A1 - Grzywacz, Beata A1 - Klaus-Gerhard Heller A1 - Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta A1 - Karamysheva, Tatyana V. A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov KW - bioacoustics KW - mtDNA KW - phylogeny KW - rDNA KW - Tettigonia AB -

The genus Tettigonia includes 26 species distributed in the Palaearctic region. Though the Green Bush-crickets are widespread in Europe and common in a variety of habitats throughout the Palaearctic ecozone, the genus is still in need of scientific attention due to the presence of a multitude of poorly explored taxa. In the present study, we sought to clarify the evolutionary relationships of Green Bush-crickets and the composition of taxa occurring in the Western Palaearctic. Based on populations from 24 disjunct localities, the phylogeny of the group was estimated using sequences of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 (ITS1 and ITS2). Morphological and acoustic variation documented for the examined populations and taxa was interpreted in the context of phylogenetic relationships inferred from our genetic analyses. The trees generated in the present study supported the existence of three main lineages: “A”—composed of all sampled populations of Tettigonia viridissima and the Tettigonia vaucheriana complex, “B”—comprising Tettigonia caudata, Tettigonia uvarovi, and the Tettigonia armeniaca complex, and “C”—consisting of Tettigonia cantans. The present study provides the first phylogenetic foundation for reviewing the systematics of Tettigonia (currently classified mostly according to morphological characteristics), proposing seven new synonymies.

VL - 17 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-016-0313-3 IS - 1 JO - Org Divers Evol ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The unexpected finding of Parapholidoptera castaneoviridis in south-eastern Romania (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) JF - ZooKeys Y1 - 2017 A1 - Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Elena Iulia Iorgu KW - Balkan Peninsula KW - bush-cricket KW - calling song KW - distribution KW - relict population AB -

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.

VL - 643 UR - http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10645 JO - ZK ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Contribution to the taxonomy of Poecilimon bosphoricus species group (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae): two new species from its core range JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2015 A1 - Dragan Petrov Chobanov A1 - Kaya, Sarp A1 - Çiplak, Battal VL - 3964 UR - http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.3964.1 IS - 1 JO - Zootaxa ER -