Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) frisia ( Wagner, 1939 )

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2020, Review of the leafhopper genus Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin, 1946 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae: Agalliini) from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia, Zootaxa 4821 (2), pp. 250-276 : 268

8. Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) frisia ( Wagner, 1939)

Figs. 3, 183–188

Description. Only two males from Central Iran (Yazd) were investigated. Penis in side view almost as in A. (A.) laevis but slightly more slender ( Figs. 183, 185, 187 ). Unlike all other members of A. (A.) laevis species group, male anal collar appendage narrow, spine-like ( Figs. 184, 186, 188 ).

Biology. On saline land in dunes ( Wagner, 1939), in olive yards, citrus orchards, and on different crops ( Thanou et al., 2018).

Calling signal. Unknown.

Distribution. Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Iran.

Remarks. The male genitalia of this species are distinctive in shape. Until recently it was known only from Germany and the Netherlands. However, an ecological relationship with saline lands suggests that it is much more widespread, especially in the southern regions of the Palaearctics which is evidenced by its recent discovery in Greece ( Thanou et al., 2018) and Iran (our data).

Figures

FIGURES 163–188. Male genitalia. 163–176―Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) harrarensis, 177–180―A. (A.) pararobusta, 181–182―A. (A.) robusta sensu Khatri et al., 2010, 183–188―A. (A.) frisia. 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187―penis, lateral view, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188―male anal col- lar appendage. 173–176―after Mityaev (1969a), 179–180―after Viraktamath (2011), 181–182―after Khatri et al. (2010), 187–188―after Wagner (1939).