First report of Polysarcus denticauda (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Iran and its bioacoustic characteristics

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Plant Protection, Tabriz branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Department of Plant Protection, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran,

4 Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of East Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.

5 Insect Taxonomy Research Department & Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In 2013, during a bioacoustic investigation upon bushcrickets (Orthoptera, Ensifera) in Azarbaijan-e Sharghi, north-west of Iran, some ensiferans were collected in Azarshahr and identified as Polysarcus denticauda (Charpentier, 1825) (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). This is the first record of the species from Iran. Herewith, several diagnostic morphological and bioacoustic remarks are given.

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 35, Issue 2
September 2015
Pages 89-91

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