Tettigometra (Eurychila) pantherina Horváth, 1891

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 : 478

Tettigometra (Eurychila) pantherina Horváth, 1891

( Figs 7a–b and 24 )

Tettigometra pantherina Horváth, 1891: 81 .

Eurychila pantherina (Horváth) : Dlabola (1981, 1984), Mirzayans (1995), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011), Mozaffarian (2014).

Material examined. Ardabil province: Meshkinshahr , 38° 23’N 47° 40’E, v.1977, leg. Kh.B, 1 specimen ( HMIM) ; Fars province: 10 Km S. Dehbid , 2000m, 15.vi.2000, leg. Badii / Sarafrazi / Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( HMIM) ; Kerman province: 21-23.III.1928, leg. V. Kusnezov, 1 specimen ( ZIN) ; Khuzestan province: Minu Island , 30° 20’ N, 48° 13’E, 29.iv.1976, leg. Pazuki / Abaii, 1 specimen ( HMIM) .

Distribution and habitat. The species was recorded from Transcaucasus, Iran, Afghnistan and Central Asia ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011). According to the publication and the above examined material, the species is distributed from northwest to south and southeast of Iran ( Figure 24 ) indicating the probable southern borders of the distribution of the species with the lowest latitude. In addition, according to the collecting data with a rather high recorded elevation for the species (2400 m by Dlabola (1984) and 2000 m in the current study) it is expected that the species should be found in the mountains of north and east of Iran as well. The only record in northwest of Iran ( Fig. 24 ) may be connected with the southern records through Zagros mountain in the west of the country, but probably not through the central parts, which contain two big deserts (Dasht-e Lut and Dastht-e Kavir) with low altitude.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Dorsal and lateral views of: 7a, b. Tettigometra pantherina; 8a, b. Tettigometra hexaspina; 9a, b. Tettigometralongicornis; 10a–d. Tettigometra eremi; 11 a–c. Tettigometra macrocephala; 12a, b. Tettigometrasordida.

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.