Paraphysifer narsikulovi ( Dlabola, 1960 ), comb. n., 2023

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & Sinaiko, Guy, 2023, Revisionary notes on the genus Paraphysifer Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2020 (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), Zootaxa 5254 (2), pp. 295-300 : 298

Paraphysifer narsikulovi ( Dlabola, 1960), comb. n.

( Figs. 2A , 3A )

Psammotettix narsikulovi Dlabola, 1960: 2 , Taf. 1, fig. 8.

Psammotettix narsikulovi: Emeljanov, 1964: 424 , figs 25, 26.

Psammotettix narsikulovi: Dubovsky, 1966: 204 , fig. 69, 7–9.

Psammotettix narsikulovi: Mitjaev, 1971: 175 , fig. 64, 5, 6.

Note. The species was described from Tigrovaya Balka in Tadzhikistan ( Dlabola, 1960). Later it was recorded from Kazakhstan ( Mitjaev, 1971, 2002), Uzbekistan ( Dubovsky, 1966), Turkmenistan ( Tishechkin, 2000), and northwestern China (Dzhungaria) ( Mitjaev & Huang, 1995). Its host plant is Aeluropus littoralis ( Emeljanov, 1964; Mitjaev, 1971, 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paraphysifer spp., male, dorsal view. A: P. narsikulovi (Dlabola, 1960), Kazakhstan (Karaganda Province, Kzyldzhar railway station); B: P. salsuginosus (Logvinenko, 1961), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Golubitskaya village); C: P. perpictus (Logvinenko, 1978), dissected, Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village). D: P. pictipennis (Kirschbaum, 1868), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village).

FIGURE 3. Genital structures of Paraphysifer spp. A: P. narsikulovi (Dlabola, 1960), Kazakhstan (Karaganda Province, Kzyldzhar railway station); B: P. salsuginosus (Logvinenko, 1961), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Golubitskaya village); C: P. perpictus (Logvinenko, 1978), Russia (Krasnodar Territory, Shabel’skoe village). 1: genital capsule, lateral view; 2: subgenital plate and partial stylus; 3: aedeagus, lateral view; 4: aedeagus, ventral view. Scale bar—1 mm for full genital capsules (A1, B1, C1) and 0.5 mm for all other structures.