Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902

(Figs 5a–b, 18a–c & 30)

Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902: 60, figs 3, 3a.

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

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

Material examined: Kerman province: 27♀ ♂ Jiroft, 22 km N. Kahnuj, 580 m, 16.v.1977, Safavi / Pazuki leg. (HMIM) ; 2♀ Kahnuj, 6 km Rameshk Baru, 700 m, 14.iii.1978, Pazuki leg. (HMIM) . 1♀ Sistan & Baluchestan province: Bampur, LT, 27°12′07′′N, 60°30′4.7′′E, 25.iv. 2012, 563 m, Mozaffarian leg. (HMIM) ; 1♀ Bampour, Bazman, 12–14.iv.1973, Safavi / Borumand leg.(HMIM) ; 2 ♂ 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 species is known as an endemic Iranian species and was already recorded from Bampur, Bazman, Dowlatabad, Gowk, Kahnuj and Taftan in true deserts on Tamarix sp. (Dlabola, 1981, 1984; Mirzayans, 1995; Melichar, 1902) in the southeast of Iran. The new data is within the same range (Fig. 30) and in 580–887 m a.s.l.