Adelungia Melichar, 1902

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Neimorovets, Vladimir V., 2023, Revisionary notes on the genus Adelungia Melichar, 1902 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Megophthalminae), with the description of a new genus, Zootaxa 5284 (3), pp. 564-574 : 565

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Genus Adelungia Melichar, 1902 View in CoL

Adelungia Melichar, 1902: 134 View in CoL .

Type species: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Head of imago with short or enlarged compressed process directed at nearly right angle to horizontal plane of the head ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5A–B View FIGURE 5 ). Aedeagus without lateral processes basally; aedeagal shaft cylindrical, not serrated, with pair of subapical denticles ( Mozaffarian & Gnezdilov 2022, figs 18 a–b, 19 a–b).

Species composition. Two species, A. elegans Melichar and A. primigena Dlabola differing from each other by the shape and size of the head process ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5A–B View FIGURE 5 ).

Distribution. The genus is limited to southeastern Iran in distribution ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ).

References

Melichar, L. (1902) Homopteren aus West-China, Persien und dem Sud-Ussuri- Gebiete gesammelt von Potanin, Berezovski, Zarudny und Jankovski. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 7, 76 - 146.

Mozaffarian, F. & Gnezdilov, V. M. (2022) Leafhoppers of the tribe Adelungiini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) in Iran. Zootaxa, 5213 (4), 413 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5213.4.5

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adelungiina: A: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 (after Melichar 1902), B: Spathicerula calligoni (Oshanin, 1908) (after Oshanin 1908). Not to scale.

FIGURE 2. Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902: A: male lectotype, dorsal view, B: same, lateral view, C: same, front view, D: female paralectotype, lateral view, E: lectotype labels. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Adelungiina:A: Adelungia primigena Dlabola, 1984, holotype, dorsal view, B: same, lateral view, C: same, labels, D: Spathicerula calligoni (Oshanin, 1908) (Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984, holotype), dorsal view, E: same, lateral view, F: same, labels. Scale bar—1 mm.