Uvarovistia Explained

Uvarovistia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953.^[1] Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Afganhistan (but the distribution may be incomplete). The genus is named after Boris Uvarov, who originally identified what became the type species.

Species

Uluar et al. (2021)^[2] provide an updated key to species in Uvarovistia; the Orthoptera Species File^[3] lists:

1. Uvarovistia bakhtiara (Uvarov, 1934)
2. Uvarovistia iraka (Uvarov, 1934)
3. Uvarovistia munzurensis Uluar & Yahyaoğlu, 2021
4. Uvarovistia satunini (Uvarov, 1916)
5. Uvarovistia zebra (Uvarov, 1916) - type species (as Olynthoscelis zebra Uvarov, by subsequent designation^[1])

Notes and References

1. Maran (1953) Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae 28: 209-221 [210]
2. Uluar, Yahyaoglu, Çiplak (2021) Zootaxa 4952(1): 157.
3. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1143064 Orthoptera Species File: genus Uvarovistia Maran, 1953