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Hexapoda

A new species of Oligoglena Horváth, 1912 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Mediterranean Turkey

Pages 46-57 | Received 23 May 2019, Accepted 06 Dec 2019, Published online: 16 Jan 2020
 

Abstract

Oligoglena gogalai sp. n. is described from Olympos Beydağları Mountains in southern Turkey, which are part of the Taurus Mountains and are known for their high diversity and endemism rate of both plants and animals. The new species has a characteristic morphology and is distinguished from all other species of the genus Oligoglena Horváth also by its song pattern. It prefers the subalpine zone and lives in gramineous vegetation.

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Acknowledgements

Our special thanks go to Prof. Dr. Matija Gogala (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia) who evaluated the calling song and morphology of the new species, and who made available the comparative material. Dr. Deniz Şirin (Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey) is acknowledged for his help in collecting samples and for having allowed to use his study area photo.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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