Perissana jakowleffi ( Puton, 1890 )

Tang, Jin, Zhang, Gongaote, Guo, Junqi, Luo, Lingxuan, Jiang, Jiamei & Pan, Hongbo, 2023, Review Of The Genus Perissana Metcalf, 1952 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Caliscelidae), With The Description Of A New Species From Southern Iran, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 69 (2), pp. 139-150 : 144-145

Perissana jakowleffi ( Puton, 1890)

( Figs 7–12 , 26 )

Issus jakowleffi Puton 1890: 233 .

Perissana jakowleffi Metcalf, 1958: 193 .

Perissana (Perissana) jakowleffi Gnezdilov & Wilson 2006: 13 , fig. 20.

Emended description – Coryphe 2.0–2.5 times as wide as long medially, with distinct median carina running from its posterior margin, but not reaching its anterior margin. Rostrum reaching hind coxae; 2nd and 3rd segments are equal in length; 3rd segment front view. Scale bar = 1 mm

weakly narrowing apically. Forewings wide, nearly circular, with rich reticulate venation, not covering the abdomen in some female specimens ( Figs 7 , 11 ). Hind tibia with a single lateral and seven apical spines. First metatarsomere narrow, 1.5–2.0 times as long as second one, with two latero-apical and 6–7 intermediate spines.

Metope evenly colored – black, with very dense light yellow dots sometimes fused in yellow area in its upper part. Forewings with dense light yellow dots fused somewhere in light areas or sometimes mostly brown, with yellow costal margins.

Male anal tube narrowing apically (in dorsal view). Female anal tube wide, narrowing apically.

Total length – Males: 4.3 – 4.7 mm, females: 4.9–6.0 mm.

Type material examined – Holotype, female, Perse, Charoud ( MNHN).

Other material examined – Iran: 1 m, Zanjan Province, 7 km E Sa’id Abad , N36º23.3´E48º11.7´ , 1635 m, 11–12. V.2006, steppe, stream, at light, J. Hájek & P. Chvojka leg. ( NMPC); 1 f, W. Azarbaijan Province, 25 km E Bostanabad , N37º32´20´´ E47º2´10´´ , 1700 m, 30.IV.1999, K. Székely leg. ( HNHM) . 1 m, 3 f, Esfahan Province, 58 km S Delijan , 1958 m, 12. V.1985, Mirzayans & Hashemi leg. ( HMIM); 4 m Kashan , 1070 m, 21.IV.1986, Mirzayans & Borumand leg. ( HMIM) .

Figures

Figs 7–9. Perissana lakowleffi (Puton, 1890), holotype: 7 = dorsal view; 8 = front view; 9 = label. Scale bar = 1 mm

Figs 10–12. Perissana jakowleffi (Puton, 1890): 10 = male, central Iran (Zanjan Province), dorsal view; 11= female, northeastern Iran (W Azarbaijan Province), dorsal view; 12 = same,

Figs 24–27. Distribution of Perissana species: 24 = P. bispinata (Dlabola, 1980); 25 = P. dlabolai Gnezdilov et Wilson, 2006; 26 = P. jakowleffi (Puton, 1890); 27 = P. ardua sp. n.