Tettigometra (Tettigometra) varia Fieber, 1865

(Figs 21a–b and 37)

Tettigometra varia Fieber, 1865: 565

T. varia Fieber: Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mozaffarian & Wilson (2011).

Material examined. Esfahan province: Ghamsar, Ghazaan, 14.vi.11, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen (HMIM), Taragh, Keshe, 1768m, 17.vi.11, leg. Mozaffarian, 1 specimen (HMIM); Fars province: Khanezenyan, 13– 14.vi.2003, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen (NMWC); Ghom province: Ghom, 34°38’N 50°53’E, 7.xi.1975, leg. Sabzevari, 1 specimen (HMIM); Kerman province: Kerman, 22–23. v.1 996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens (NMWC), Sarcheshmeh, 2225m, 19.v.1996, leg. R. Linnavuori, 3 specimens (NMWC); Khorasan-e Razavi province: 70 km West Dargaz, 14.vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 6 specimens (NMWC), Khalkanlu, 30 K. E. Ghuchan, 7.vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 2 specimens (NMWC), Parvand, 70 km W Sabzevar, 31.1 . vi.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori (NMWC), Zoshk, 24.v.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 4 specimens (NMWC); Khorasan-e Shomali province: Golestan Park, 150 km West Bojnurd, 14.vii.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen (NMWC), Zard, 100 km WNW Bojnurd , 13.vii.1994, leg. R. Linnavuori, 6 specimens (NMWC); Lorestan province: Borujerd, 4–5.vi.2005, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen (NMWC); Markazi province: Saveh, 8–9.vi.2003, leg. R. Linnavuori, 1 specimen (NMWC).

Distribution and habitat. Eastern Europe, Jordan, Afghanistan and Central Asia (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011). Recorded distribution in Iran along with the label data of the examined material shows the distribution of the species in Northeast, west and south of Iran (Fig. 37) which can be considered as the continuation of its distributional area. Dlabola (1981) mentioned this species as an arboreal-pontomediterranean faunal element. The species is found in steppe woods with Juniperus (Dlabola 1981, Holzinger et al. 2003) and has been found in the elevation of 1000 m to 2225 m.