Tettigometra (Tettigometra) pseudovitellina Mitjaev, 1971

Mozaffarian, Fariba, Bourgoin, Thierry & Wilson, Michael R., 2018, Nomenclatural changes in the higher classification of the family Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with description of a new tribe and new species and a review of the Iranian tettigometrid fauna, Zootaxa 4392 (3), pp. 469-490 : 485

Tettigometra (Tettigometra) pseudovitellina Mitjaev, 1971

( Figs 18a–b and 34 )

Tettigometra pseudovitellina Mitjaev, 1971: 75

T. pseudovitellina Mitjaev : Dlabola (1981), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011), Moosavi Mahvelati & Modarres Awal (2011), Mozaffarian (2014).

Material examined. Azarbayejan-e gharbi Province: maku, 19-20.vi.1970, 2 specimens ( NMPC); Tehran province : Tehran, Evin, 16.viii.1971, leg. Sabzevari, 1 specimen ( MNHN). The species was described by Mitjaev (1971) very briefly in the body of an identification key with three figures. Two specimens were borrowed from NMHN and NMPC for this study and both of them were already identified by Dlabola. However, there appear to be some differences between those specimens and the illustrations in the original description. Hence, the identification of many similar specimens in HMIM and NMWC needs to be confirmed by comparing with the type specimen of T. pesudovitellina .

Distribution and habitat. Kazakhstan ( Nast 1972). In dry fields and semi-deserts with Alhagi ( Dlabola 1981) . Recorded distribution in Iran is in the north of the country, on southern slopes of Alborz Mountain ( Fig. 34 ). The long distance between the Iranian records and also with type locality in central Asia, highlights the necessity of the revision of the taxa.

Figures

FIGURES 18–23. Dorsal and lateral views of: 18a–c. Tettigometra pseudovitellina; 19a, b. Tettigometra sororcula; 20a, b. Tettigometrasulphurea; 21a, b. Tettigometra varia; 22a, b. Tettigometravirescens; 23a, b. Tettigometra vitellina.

FIGURES 24–39. Distribution maps in Iran: 24. Tettigometra pantherina 25. Tettigometra hexaspina 26. Tettigometra longicornis 27. Tettigometra eremi 28. Tettigometra macrocephala 29. Tettigometra sordida 30. Tettigometra costulata 31. Tettigometra angulata 32. Tettigometra demavenda 33. Tettigometra impressifrons 34. Tettigometra pseudovitellina 35. Tettigometrasororcula 36.Tettigometra sulphurea 37. Tettigometra varia 38. Tettigometra virescens 39. Tettigometravitellina.