Psalmocharias querula (Pallas, 1773)

Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, Zootaxa 4420 (4), pp. 475-501 : 495

Psalmocharias querula (Pallas, 1773) ( Figs 67 and 74 )

Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Unknown economic importance on young twigs and stems of grapevine ( Farahbakhsh, 1961).

Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Not recorded.

Distribution in Iran: Widely distributed.

Conclusion: The specimens of this species appear in mass emerge in some years. However, the pest status of the species and the vitality for controlling the species in the agro-ecosystems have not ever been recorded.

Figures

FIGURES 61–68. Habitus of Cicadidae of Iran recorded as pests in orchards: 61. Chloropsalta ochreata; 62. Chloropsalta smaragdula; 63. Cicadatra alhageos; 64. Cicadatra persica; 65. Pagiphora annulata; 66. Psalmocharias flava; 67. Psalmocharias querula; 68. Tibicen plebejus (already published in: Mozaffarian & Sanborn 2016).

FIGURES 69–75. Male genitaliae of Cicadidae of Iran recorded as pests in orchards: 69. Chloropsalta ochreata, apical part of aedeagus, ventral view; 70. Chloropsalta smaragdula, aedeagus, lateral view; 71. Cicadatra alhageos, laeral view; 72. Cicadatra persica, apical part of aedeagus, lateral view; 73. Psalmocharias flava, apical part of aedeagus, lateral view; 74. Psalmocharias querula, apical part of aedeagus, lateral view; 75. Tibicen plebejus, Aedeagus, lateral view.