Eupholidoptera cypria Ramme, 1951

Eupholidoptera cypria Ramme, 1951 View in CoL

( Figures 17, 62, 108, 154, 198, 234, 237, Appendix)

Eupholidoptera cypria Ramme, 1951: 201 View in CoL .

Type information: Holotype F, CYPRUS («Cypern»): Agios Joannis 4000 ft, 9.1930, Mavromoustakis ( ZMB).

Material examined: CYPRUS: Holotype 1M; 3M, 4F, Agios Andreas, Kyrenia dist., 6.7.1952 (A. R. Waterston); 3M, 3F, Agios Andreas, Kyrenia dist., 19.6.1952 (A. R. Waterston); 1M, 1F, Mesopotamus, Mt. Troodos, 3000 ft., 7.1949 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1F, Mesopotamus, Troodos Mt. , 5500 ft., 13.8.1948 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1F, Saettas, 8.1949 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1F, Myztus, Zakaki Meadow, 27.6.1945 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 4F, Phasoion, 6.7.1925 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1M (nymph) Akamas, 31.5.1946 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1F, Mandria, 2500 ft., 26.7.1937 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 1M, Limasol, 5.6.1926 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis); 5M, 19F, Cyprus, Crete (?), nr. Asomatos, 4.7.1937 ( G.A. Mavromoustakis) (possibly ‘ Crete’ here indicates a locality in Cyprus, not in the island of Crete since this species not known there; Willemse & Heller 2001) (all previous NHM); 1M (nymph), Paphos, Anarita ( 34°45'N, 32°32'E), 28.4.2001 ( K.-G. Heller) (CH); 1M, Paphos, Farangi Avgas ( 34°55'N, 32°22'E), 24.4.2001 ( K.-G. Heller) ( CH) (sound record); 1M, 1F, Paphos, Polis: Umg. Neo Chorio ( 35°1'N, 32°20'E), 26.4.2001 ( K.-G. Heller) (CH) (sound record); 2F, Lemesos, Chandria ( 34°57'N, 33°0'E), 26.4.2001 ( K.-G. Heller) ( CH); 1M, 1 F, O v. Kirenia, 1.6.1971 ( M.J. & J.P. Duffels) ( CW). SYRIA: 1M, 1F, North of Latakia, 850 m, 35º51’N, 35º58’E 1– 3.8.1953 ( K. Christiansen) ( NHM); TURKEY: 7M, Hatay, Yayladaǧı , Kışlak Köyü , 730 m, 18.6.1995; 1M, 1F, Dursunlu Köyü , 100 m, 18.6.1995 ( B. Çıplak) (both AUZM). GoogleMaps

Other published localities: Salman (1983), Massa (1994), Tumbrinck (2006), Ünal (2006).

Distribution: This species is represented in Cyprus, Turkey and Syria. The mainland part of the range covers the most southern part of Turkey ( Gaziantep and Hatay provinces) and nearby territories of Syria ( Latakia).

Remarks: The most important autapomorphies of Eupholidoptera cypria are the typical triangular and apically pointed lobes of female subgenital plate. Salman (1983) discovered a population possessing this typical characteristic in Turkey and described it as a different subspecies ( Eupholidoptera cypria turcica Salman, 1983: 328 ). During this study some specimens from Latakia, Syria showing characteristics of the Anatolian population were examined in NHM.