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]” .