Tettigometra (Tettigometra) varia Fieber, 1865

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 : 486

Tettigometra (Tettigometra) varia Fieber, 1865

( Figs 21a–b and 37 )

Tettigometra varia Fieber, 1865: 565

T. varia Fieber : Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011).

Material examined. Esfahan province : Ghamsar, Ghazaan, 14.vi.11, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen (HMIM), Taragh, Keshe, 1768m, 17.vi.11, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen ( HMIM); Fars province : Khanezenyan, 13– 14.vi.2003, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC); Ghom province : Ghom, 34°38’N 50°53’E , 7.xi.1975, leg. Sabzevari, 1 specimen ( HMIM); Kerman province : Kerman, 22–23. v.1 996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens ( NMWC), Sarcheshmeh, 2225m , 19.v.1996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 3 specimens ( NMWC); Khorasan-e Razavi province : 70 km West Dargaz, 14.vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 6 specimens ( NMWC), Khalkanlu, 30 K. E. Ghuchan , 7.vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens ( NMWC), Parvand, 70 km W Sabzevar , 31.1 . vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori (NMWC), Zoshk, 24.v.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 4 specimens ( NMWC); Khorasan-e Shomali province : Golestan Park, 150 km West Bojnurd , 14.vii.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC), Zard, 100 km WNW Bojnurd , 13.vii.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 6 specimens ( NMWC); Lorestan province : Borujerd, 4–5.vi.2005, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC); Markazi province : Saveh, 8–9.vi.2003, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen (NMWC).

Distribution and habitat. Eastern Europe, Jordan, Afghanistan and Central Asia ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011). Recorded distribution in Iran along with the label data of the examined material shows the distribution of the species in Northeast, west and south of Iran ( Fig. 37 ) which can be considered as the continuation of its distributional area. Dlabola (1981) mentioned this species as an arboreal-pontomediterranean faunal element. The species is found in steppe woods with Juniperus ( Dlabola 1981, Holzinger et al. 2003) and has been found in the elevation of 1000 m to 2225 m.

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.