Paraphysifer perpictus ( Logvinenko, 1978 ), comb. n., 2023

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Sinaiko, Guy, 2023, Revisionary notes on the genus Paraphysifer Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2020 (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 5254 (2), pp. 295-300 : 298

Paraphysifer perpictus ( Logvinenko, 1978), comb. n.

( Figs. 2C , 3C )

Psammotettix perpictus Logvinenko, 1978: 805 , figs 46–50.

Note. The species was described from a large series of specimens from southern European Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Crimea, Daghestan), Ukraine, Azerbaidzhan (Nachichevan), Armenia, and southern Kazakhstan ( Logvinenko, 1978). Its host plant is Aeluropus littoralis ( Mitjaev, 2002) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paraphysifer spp., male, dorsal view. A: P. narsikulovi (Dlabola, 1960), Kazakhstan (Karaganda Province, Kzyldzhar railway station); B: P. salsuginosus (Logvinenko, 1961), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Golubitskaya village); C: P. perpictus (Logvinenko, 1978), dissected, Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village). D: P. pictipennis (Kirschbaum, 1868), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village).

FIGURE 3. Genital structures of Paraphysifer spp. A: P. narsikulovi (Dlabola, 1960), Kazakhstan (Karaganda Province, Kzyldzhar railway station); B: P. salsuginosus (Logvinenko, 1961), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Golubitskaya village); C: P. perpictus (Logvinenko, 1978), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village). 1: genital capsule, lateral view; 2: subgenital plate and partial stylus; 3: aedeagus, lateral view; 4: aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bar—1 mm for full genital capsules (A1, B1, C1) and 0.5 mm for all other structures.