Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984

Mozaffarian, Fariba & Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2022, Leafhoppers of the tribe Adelungiini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) in Iran, Zootaxa 5213 (4), pp. 413-426 : 418-419

Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984

( Figs 7 & 32 )

Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984: 36 , fig. 38.

Adelungia elegans: Dlabola, 1981: 224 , fig. 164.

Material examined: Kerman province: 1 Nymph, Dowlatabad, 8–9.v.1978, (marked as Paratype in HMIM but not mentioned in the original description). Sistan & Baluchestan, 42 nymphs, Iranshahr — Espakeh Rd. , 26°54′54.3′′N 60°30′40′′E, 25.iv. 2012, 887 m, true desert on Tamarix, Mozaffarian leg. ( HMIM) .

Notes: The nymph from Kerman Province (Dowlatabad, 8–9.v.1973) deposited in HMIM and labeled by J. Dlabola as paratype and then mentioned in the lists of Auchenorrhyncha of HMIM ( Mirzayans, 1995; Mozaffarian, 2017). Our review of archived communication between J. Dlabola and H. Mirzayans discovered that Dlabola sent this specimen to Tehran more than three years before publishing the description of Adelungia tridigitata . This may be why the nymph is missed in the type series of original description of A. tridigitata ( Dlabola, 1984) . The illustration published by Dlabola in 1981 for the habitus of A. elegans Melichar (fig. 164) actually belongs to A. tridigitata which was described later ( Dlabola, 1984). The species is endemic to Iran and limited in its distribution to southwest of the country (Dowlatabad (Hajiabad), Espakeh, Jask, Kahnuj ( Dlabola, 1984, Mirzayans, 1995).

The species is closely related or even a junior synonym of Adelungia breviceps Kusnezov, 1931 described after the series of specimens from Turkmenistan ( Kusnezov, 1931) and later placed in synonymy under Adelungia calligoni Oshanin, 1908 by Emeljanov (1975).

Our comparison of the head drawing by Kusnezov (1931, fig. 3) with the habitus drawing by Dlabola (1981, fig. 164) revealed close similarity of A. breviceps and A. tridigitata , however, for final decision male genitalia structure of the types of both species have to be compared.

Figures

FIGURES 3–7. Adelungiini, habitus: 3a–b: dorsal and frontal views of Dalus leopardinus (Haupt, 1917). 4 a–b: dorsal and frontal views of Zubara lycii Al-ne’ami et Lnnavuori, 1982. 5a–b: dorsal and lateral views of Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902.6a–b: dorsal and lateral views of Adelungia primigena Dlabola, 1984. 7: lateral view of nymph Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984.Scale bar: 1 mm

FIGURES 25–40. Physico-geographical map of Iran (25) and the distribution maps of Adelungiini species in Iran 26–40: 26: Achrus albicosta (Kusnezov, 1929). 27: Achrus prodigiosus (Melichar, 1902). 28: Dalus leopardinus (Haupt, 1917). 29: Zubara lycii Al-ne’ami et Lnnavuori, 1982. 30: Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902. 31: Adelungia primigena Dlabola, 1984. 32: Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984. 33: Emelyanogramma proxima (Dlabola, 1960). 34: Melicharella basalis Dlabola, 1960. 35: Platyproctus agraphopteron Bergevin, 1932. 36: Platyproctus impressus (Melichar, 1902). 37: Platyproctus melichari (Kuznezov, 1929). 38: Platyproctus omani (Kameswara Rao et Ramakrishnan, 1983). 39: Platyproctus roseovittatus Dlabola, 1960. 40: Platyproctus schaeuffelei Dlabola, 1960.