Poecilimon (Poecilimon) variicercis, Miram, 1938

3.13 Poecilimon (Poecilimon) variicercis View in CoL https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/847286/overview Miram, 1938

Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938: 350; Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938 in Bey-Bienko, 1954: 290; Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938 in Karabag, 1958: 33; Poecilimon variicercis Miram, 1938 in Ünal, 2010: 141; Poecilimon (Poecilimon) variicercis Miram, 1938 in Sevgili et al. 2018: 32. View in CoL

Remarks.

A detailed description of the species can be found in Miram (1938) and Sevgili et al. (2018). Sevgili et al. (2018) present extensive illustrative material and song descriptions. Examination of our song recordings could not reveal the macro- and microsyllable pattern described by Sevgili et al. (2018). Though in a few cases, lower-amplitude syllables were observed, we cannot make a distinction between the structure of those, and the high-amplitude ones. In our case, the difference in amplitude may be a result of the different positioning of the animal toward the microphone. On the other hand, we observe complex syllables that were not mentioned by the latter authors. The complex syllables consist of the main syllable followed by a few after-clicks with lower energy and thus, the syllable becomes much longer (up to 108 ms). The phylogenetic tree suggested sister group relationships for P. variicercis + ( P. parazonatus sp. nov. + P. zonatus ).

Distribution.

This species is known only from the Erzurum province of Turkey (northeast part), plus some localities in the neighbouring provinces of Kars and Ardahan (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 , Table 1 View Table 1 , and Sevgili et al. (2018)).

Material examined.

See population 12 in Table 1 View Table 1 .