Tettigometra (Mitricephalus) macrocephala ( 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 : 482

Tettigometra (Mitricephalus) macrocephala ( Fieber, 1865)

( Figs 11a–c and 28 )

Tettigometra macrocephalus Fieber, 1865: 569 .

Mitricephalus macrocephalus ( Fieber, 1865) : Dlabola (1981), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011).

Material examined. Alborz province: Karaj, Kalha , 36° 5’N 51° 8’E, 2000m, 26.viii.1996, leg. Badii / Sarafrazi / Barari, 1 specimen ( HMIM), nr Gachsar, 17.vii.2002, R. & S. Linnavuori, 1 specimen, ( NMWC) ; Ardabil province: 5–20km E. Givi, 8–9, vii.20012, leg. R Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC) ; Gilan province: Jirandeh, 6– 8.viii.1996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens ( NMWC), Sangrud , 29–30.viii.2003, leg. R Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC) ; Khorasan-e Razavi province: 70 km West Dargaz , 14.vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC) .

Distribution and habitat. Dlabola (1981) mentioned this species as an arboreal-pontomediterranean faunal element which is found in mountains from central Europe to western Siberia. The species has also been recorded from other parts of Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Central and Northern Asia (Mozaffairan & Wilson, 2010), in forest steppes, in steppes with Astragalus , woodland margins, on grasses and mostly in vineyards ( Dlabola, 1981, Nickel, 2003). The species is distributed in northern parts of Iran ( Fig. 28 ). Apart from Iran, its distribution in the countries in west, northwest, north and northeast of Iran, suggests the probable existence of the species in eastern part of Alborz Mountain too from northwest to northeast ( Fig. 28 ). Therefore, the only record in the northeast of Iran would be connected to the other known records in western part of Alborz mountain. Nickel (2003) gave the elevation of 150 to 500 m for the records of this species in Germany, however, it is reported here from 2000 m, being in agreement with Dlabola (1981) records from 2000-2545m. Hence Iranian specimens appear to be adapted to the high elevation in Alborz mountain.

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.