Tettigometra (Tettigometra) vitellina 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 : 487

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scientific name	Tettigometra (Tettigometra) vitellina Fieber, 1865
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( Figs 23a–b and 39)

Tettigometra vitellina Fieber, 1865: 566

T. vitellina Fieber : Barkhordari et al. (1981), Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mirzayans et al. (1976), Nast (1972), Mozaffarian and Taghizadeh (2010), Mozaffairan and Wilson (2011), Mozaffarian (2014).

Material examined. Alborz province:, Karaj, 17.vii.1971, 30.ix.1974, leg. Sabzevari, 2 specimens ( HMIM) ; Esfahan province : Esfahan, 3 specimens (HMIM); Fars province: Saadat Shahr , 2.vii.1970 , leg. Safavi / Haschemi, 2 specimens ( HMIM), Dasht-e arjan, 20.viii.1970 , leg. Safavi / Haschemi, 1 specimen ( HMIM); Tehran province: Evin , 16.viii.1971 , leg. Sabzevari, 1 specimen (HMIM).

Distribution and habitat. Yugoslavia, Transcaucasia, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan and Central Asia ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011). Distribution in Iran is as Fig. 39, which appears to be the continuation of the extralimited distribution of the species. The published data ( Dlabola 1981) showed the present of this species in steppes, semisteppes, mountains, near snow areas, fields with alphalpha, near salt marshes, in swamps with dense grassy cover, places with Tamarix, Alhagi , Juniperus , at the elevation of 1000–3850 m in Iran. The species is also attracted to light.