Testing the morphological species hypotheses of species belong the Tettigoniidae family (Insecta, Orthoptera) distributed in Hakkari province with behavioral data

In this thesis, the male calling songs of 16 species belonging to the Tettigoniidae family distributed in Hakkari were recorded in the field studies between April and October in 2020-2021, in the field or in the laboratory (room) conditions, with a Tascam DR100 song recorder connected to a high quality condenser microphone and bioacoustics analyses were performed. The bioacoustics analysis of six of these species (Bradyporus (Callimenus) latipes, Isophya hakkarica, Kurdia uvaravi, Novadrymadusa karabagi, Psorodonotus hakkari and Squamiana supericola) was presented to the scientific world for the first time with this study, and the bioacoustics analysis of seven species (Conocephalus (Anisoptera) fuscus, Pezodrymadusa indivisa, Polysarcus zacharovi, Tettigonia armenica, Tettigonia caudata, Tettigonia viridissima, Uvarovistia satunini) were given for the first time from Hakkari populations. In addition, in this study, the bioacoustics analyses of three species (Apholidoptera kurda, Saga hakkarica and Uvarovistia zebra) distributed in Hakkari were re-evaluated in this study on new individuals. As a result of the findings, it has been determined that the sounds of 16 species belonging to the Tettigoniidae family are species-specific, have a simple calling song type, and morphological species hypotheses are also supported behaviourally (calling song).