The Dolichopodainae and Troglophilinae cave crickets of Turkey: an update of taxonomy and geographic distribution (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae)

Abstract

In this note we report a new series of data on Dolichopodainae and Troglophilinae cave crickets of Turkey, after an extensive survey conducted between the years 2006 and 2010 in the main Anatolian cave systems. These new data, including the identifications of some undescribed taxa, are discussed in the framework of climate regions, vegetation and karst distribution of Turkey, contributing to the study of diversity and geographical distribution of Rhaphidophoridae cave crickets from Turkey.

Molecular phylogeography ofTroglophiluscave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A combination of vicariance and dispersal drove diversification in the East Mediterranean region

“…Object of this study are the species of genus Troglophilus belonging to the subfamily Troglophilinae Krauss, 1879, distributed from the eastern Alps to the Anatolian Peninsula (Eades, Otte, Cigliano, & Braun, ). Up to now, 21 species of Troglophilus have been described (Di Russo, Rampini, & Cobolli, ; Di Russo, Rampini, & Landeck, ; Karaman et al., ; Rampini & Di Russo, ,b; Taylan, Di Russo, Cobolli, & Rampini, ; Taylan, Di Russo, Rampini, & Cobolli, ; Taylan, Di Russo, Rampini, & Ketmaier, ; Taylan, Mol, & Sirin, ), with species diversity peaking along the Balkan Peninsula and in Anatolia (Turkey). Hence, differently from Dolichopoda that shows the highest diversity in peninsular and insular Greece, Troglophilus shows two separated centers of species richness with ten and six species described for Anatolia and Balkans, respectively.…”

Molecular systematics of the genus Troglophilus (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera) in Turkey: mitochondrial 16s rDNA evidences

“…Hence, these four new lineages are genetically as divergent as the formally described species are, and in some cases even more.. In addition, they also show morphological differences in the shape of the ovipositor, which is one of the most important discriminating characters traditionally used for taxonomic purposes in Troglophilus (Taylan et al 2011). …”

“…It is worth noting that Troglophilus sp. 2 is syntopic with Troglophilus adamovici (Taylan et al 2011). …”

“…The fact that our divergence times within Clades 1 and 2 are near the end of this wet phase suggests that the transition towards the drier Messinian climate was responsible for the splits. Cave crickets (and cave organisms in general) (Carchini et al 1991; Taylan et al 2011) cannot withstand epigean dry conditions; we envision a scenario where these crickets were forced to seek refuge in the subterranean environment during the Messinian and started diverging in allopatry. These estimates are in remarkable agreement with those obtained for the genus Dolichopoda in the Eastern Mediterranean area (Allegrucci et al 2009).…”

Four new species of Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 from Southern Sporades and Western Turkey (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Dolichopodainae)

“…Among these, seven species only are found on Aegean Islands: Dolichopoda naxia Boudou-Saltet, 1972 from Naxos, Dolichopoda thasosensis Chopard, 1964 from Thasos, Dolichopoda cassagnaui Boudou-Saltet, 1971, Dolichopoda makrykapa Boudou-Saltet, 1980 and Dolichopoda ochtoniai Boudou-Saltet, 1983 from Eubea, Dolichopoda saraolakosi Boudou-Saltet, 1983 from Skyros and Dolichopoda paraskevi Boudou-Saltet, 1973 from Crete. On the other hand, until now only five species of this genus were recorded for Turkey ( Bolivar 1899 , Di Russo and Rampini 2006 , Galvagni 2006 , Di Russo et al 2007 , Rampini and Di Russo 2008 , Taylan et al 2011 , Ünal 2011 ). Two of these ( Dolichopoda sbordonii Di Russo and Rampini, 2006 and Dolichopoda lycia (Galvagni, 2006)) are limited to caves around Antalya, while other two ( Dolichopoda aranea Bolivar, 1899 and Dolichopoda pusilla Bolivar, 1899) are restricted to a few localities of the Eastern Taurus and only Dolichopoda noctivaga Di Russo and Rampini, 2007 is widespread in caves and epigean habitats in Northern Turkey throughout the Black Sea region ( Taylan et al 2011 ).…”