Tettigometra (Metroplaca) longicornis Signoret, 1866

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 : 480-481

Tettigometra (Metroplaca) longicornis Signoret, 1866

( Figs 9a–b and 26 )

Tettigometra longicornis Signoret, 1866: 159 Material examined. Ardabil province: Majareh, 21–22.vii.1996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC) ; Gilan province: Rostamabad, Salansar, 6–8.v.2001, leg. R. & S. Linnavuori, 1 specimen ( NMWC). This is the first record of the species from Iran .

Distribution and habitat. Dlabola (1981) recognized the species as an arboreal-pontomediteranean faunal element, found in steppes of Anatoly. According to Nast (1972), the species is distributed in Northern Africa, Western, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia and Afghanistan. These records in northwestern Iran ( Fig. 26 ) are the first ones for the country. However, due to the distribution of the species from north of Africa to central Asia and Afghanistan, it may be present also in central north and northeast of Iran.

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.