Opsius pallasi (Lethierry)

El-Sonbati, Saad A., Wilson, Michael R. & Dhafer, Hathal M. Al, 2020, The Tamarix feeding Leafhopper genus Opsius Fieber, 1866 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Opsiini) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 67 (1), pp. 1-12 : 1

Opsius pallasi (Lethierry)

Athysanus pallasi Lethierry 1874: 449

Opsius pallasi Lethierry 1874: 449

Athysanus pallasii Puton 1875: 138

Opsius pallasi Dlabola 1979: 131

Opsius distantiatus Dlabola 1960a: 2

Specimens examined.

No specimens were examined from KSA. Several specimens of this species from Iran were studied but not illustrated.

Distribution.

European Russia, Tajikistan ( Dlabola 1960a; Metcalf 1967) Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Metcalf 1967); Saudi Arabia ( Dlabola 1979); Iran ( Dlabola 1981) (Figs 75 , 76 ).

Diagnosis.

The males of this species can be easily distinguished from all other members of the genus by the aedeagus and phallobase with one pair of processes; and the aedeagal shafts substantially shorter than the basal appendages.

Figures

Figures 75 - 79. 75, 76. Distribution of Opsius spp. 75. World distribution (point indicates presence in the country). 76. Local distribution; 77 - 79. Habitats of Opsius spp. 77. Locality: Muzahimiyah, Al Khararah: 24 ° 24.35 ' N, 46 ° 14.67 ' E; 78. Locality: Abha, Sad Abha: 18 ° 19.32 ' N, 42 ° 31.00 ' E; 79. Type locality: Jazan, Wadi Jazan: 17 ° 01.275 ' N, 42 ° 59.187 ' E.