Tettigometra (Hystrigonia) hexaspina Kolenati, 1857

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 : 479-480

Tettigometra (Hystrigonia) hexaspina Kolenati, 1857

( Figs 8a–b and 25 )

Tettigometra hexaspina Kolenati 1857: 428

T. hexaspina Kolenati : Dlabola (1984), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011), Mozaffarian (2014).

Material examined. Ardabil province: 10 km W. Givi, 8.vii.2002, leg. R. & S. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC), 5–20 km E. Givi , 8–9.viii.2002, leg. R. Linnavuori, 3 specimens ( NMWC) ; Gilan province: Jirandeh, 6–8.vii.1996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC), Tonekabon-Rudbad , 29.v–28.vi.1995, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens ( NMWC) ; Markazi province: 5 km Gharghabad , 1570 m, 35° 6’N 49° 46’E, 15.viii.2006, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen ( HMIM) ; Tehran province: Latian Dam , 1711 m, 35° 48’N 51° 40’E, 6.viii.2006, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen ( HMIM) .

Distribution and habitat. Eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus and Iran. Distribution of species in Iran is in the western part of the country ( Fig. 25 ). Accordingly its distribution in Iran corresponds to its eastern and southern limits. The species has been found from 1300 m ( Dlabola 1984) to 1711 m altitude (1570 m- 1711 m in the current study). Therefore it is expected that the only record in southwest of the country is connected to the northern records through other parts of Zagros mountain in the west of Iran. The species was recorded as a pest to Papaver somniferum L. ( Papaveraceae ) in Serbia ( Gradojevic 1931).

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.