Paraphysifer salsuginosus ( Logvinenko, 1961 ), 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 salsuginosus ( Logvinenko, 1961), comb. n.

( Figs. 2B , 3B )

Psammotettix salsuginosus Logvinenko, 1961: 51 , fig.1, 1–5.

Psammotettix salsuginosus: Emeljanov, 1964: 424 , figs 23, 24.

Note. The species was described from southern Ukraine ( Logvinenko, 1961) and later recorded from Moldova ( Talitsky & Logvinenko, 1966), southern European Russia (Krasnodar Territory) ( Gnezdilov, 2000), Bulgaria ( Emeljanov et al., 2002), and Turkey ( Lodos & Kalkandelen, 1987). It is recorded from Aeluropus littoralis ( Emeljanov, 1964) and Salicornia sp. (Amaranthaceae) ( Lodos & Kalkandelen, 1987).

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.