Adelungia elegans 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 : 565-567

Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902

( Figs 1A , 2 , 3 , 7A–B , 9A )

Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902: 135 , Pl. 5, figs 3, 3a.

Adelungia elegans: Oshanin, 1908: 468 , figs 1, 2.

Adelungia elegans: Kusnezov, 1931: 102 , figs 1, 2.

Adelungia elegans: Dlabola, 1984: 36 , fig. 37.

Adelungia elegans: Mozaffarian & Gnezdilov, 2022: 418 , figs 5a–b,18a–c, 30.

Emended description. Head process long, enlarged, compressed, with median carina ventrally ( Figs 1 , 2 , 7A ). Laterofrontal sutures not extended beyong antennal base. Lora elongate oval, reaching genal margins ventrally. Ocelli present. Pronotum with median carina. Forewing with reticulate venation, clavus long, 2/3 as long as forewing, and appendix reduced. Hind wings well developped, nearly as long as forewings, with well developed submarginal vein ( Fig. 2A, D ). Hind femur distal macrosetae 2 + 0. Hind tibia laterally flattened. Female sternite VII with median deep notch on hind margin ( Fig. 9A ). Ovipositor slightly protruding beyond hind margins of pygofer in lateral view ( Fig. 2D ).

Fifth instar larva, male ( Figs 3 , 7B ). Head and body with dense small pimples bearing short setae. Head process directed horizontally, flattened ventro-laterally, with median carinae dorsally and ventrally. Light yellow brownish, with brown lateral parts of head process.

Total length. 3.8–4.0 mm.

Type material examined. Lectotype, ♁ (here designated), “ Bampur-Kaskin [print] / se. Persia [print] / Zarudny [print] 30 [hand written in ink] VII98 [print]” // “ Adelungia / elegans Mel. [hand written in ink]” . Paralectotypes: 1♀, 1 larva, “ Bampur-Kaskin [print] / se. Persia [print] / Zarudny [print] 30 [hand written in ink] VII98 [print]” ; 1♀ (head process is deformated), “ Tamin near Taftan [print] / e Kirman, Persia. [print] / Zarudn [print] 23–24. [hand written in ink] VIII98 [print]” ; 1 larva, “ Bazman , se. Kir- [print] / man, se Persia. [print] / Zarudn [print] 2–4. [hand written in ink] VIII98 [print]” .

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 3. Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902, 5th instar larva, male paralectotype: A: dorsal view, B: lateral view, C: front view, D: label. Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 7. Adelungiina, head (antennae not figured), in lateral view: A: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902, male lectotype, B: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902, male paralectotype, 5th instar larva, C: Spathicerula calligoni (Oshanin, 1908), male, Uzbekistan (Dzhar-Kurgan), D: same, female, Uzbekistan (Dzhar-Kurgan), E: same, male (Adelungia breviceps Kusnezov, 1931, lectotype), F: female, Turkmenistan (Merv), G: female, Kazakhstan (Kense). Scale bar—1 mm.

FIGURE 9. Adelungiina, hind margin of female sternite VII: A: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902, paralectotype, B: Spathicerula calligoni (Oshanin, 1908) (Adelungia breviceps Kusnezov, 1931, paralectotype). Not to scale.