TY - JOUR T1 - Systematics and bioacoustics of the Poecilimon sanctipauli-group (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae) JF - European Journal of Entomology Y1 - 2005 A1 - HELLER, KLAUS-GERHARD A1 - Sevgili, Hasan KW - bioacoustics KW - Bush-crickets KW - Greece KW - morphology KW - Poecilimon KW - Tettigonioidea KW - Turkey AB -

In this paper a combination of characters by which Poecilimon species (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae) can be recognised as members of the P. sanctipauli group are described. Most important are the wide fastigium, short ovipositor and song characters. The morphological characters are figured and described (Table 1), and the song patterns illustrated by oscillograms. The proposed phylogenetic relationships of the members of this group are written as [P. mytilenensis (P. pulcher, P. lodosi, P. sanc- tipauli)]. All species of the group are known from southwest Turkey and some east Aegean islands. The three species P. pulcher, P. lodosi and P. sanctipauli are morphologically and bioacoustically quite similar. P. sanctipauli and P. pulcher are distinct species, P. lodosi, however, possesses a combination of the key characters of the other two species. It may be a relict species or, in our opinion more probably, a species of hybrid origin.

VL - 102 UR - http://www.eje.cz/doi/10.14411/eje.2005.038.html IS - 2 JO - Eur. J. Entomol.EUR J ENTOMOL ER -