Platyproctus melichari
- 1. Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran
- 2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia. vmgnezdilov @ mail. ru; vgnezdilov @ zin. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7331 - 8744
Description
Platyproctus melichari (Kuznezov, 1929)
(Figs 11a–b, 22a–d & 37)
Symphypyga melichari Kuznezov, 1929: 345, fig. 4.
Symphypyga melichari rufinervis Kuznezov, 1929: 346.
Platyproctus melichari: Emeljanov, 1975: 389.
Symphypyga melichari fuscopunctata Kusnezov, 1929: 346, syn. fide Gnezdilov, 2021: 294.
Symphypyga maculatus Pruthi, 1930: 15, figs 18–20, syn. syn. fide Gnezdilov, 2021: 294.
Platyproctus maculatus: Emeljanov, 1975: 389.
Platyproctus maculatus: Viraktamath, 2017: 49, figs 1–4, 9, 10, 13–16, 23–25.
Platyproctus melichari: Gnezdilov, 2021: 294, figs 12–16, 19–28, 53, 54, 82–88.
Material examined: Esfahan Province: 9♀ ♂ Kavir-e Maranjab, 34°10′10.8′′N, 51°30′15.8′′E, 19.vi. 2011, 868 m, Mozaffarian leg. (HMIM). Kerman province: 12♀ ♂ 22 km N. Kahnuj, 580m, 16.v.1977, Safavi / Pazuki leg. (HMIM); 6♀ ♂ Kahnuj, 6 km E. Rameshk Baru, 700 m, 14.iii.1978, Pazuki leg. (HMIM).
Notes: The species was described from Bampur in southeastern Iran (Kuznezov, 1929) and recorded from Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates (Gnezdilov, 2021). Dlabola (1981) and Nast (1972) listed it from Iran with no exact locality. According to the material listed above this species is distributed in southeastern and central Iran (Fig. 37).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- HMIM
- Event date
- 1977-05-16 , 1978-03-14 , 2011-06-19
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Platyproctus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Kuznezov
- Species
- melichari
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1977-05-16 , 1978-03-14 , 2011-06-19
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platyproctus melichari (Kuznezov, 1929) sec. Mozaffarian & Gnezdilov, 2022
References
- Emeljanov, A. F. (1975) Materials for the revision of the tribe Adelungiini (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 54 (2), 383. [English translation published in Entomological Review, 54 (2), 104]
- Kusnezov, V. (1929) Neue Arten der Gattung Symphypyga Haupt. (Homoptera, Jassidae). Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academy des Sciences de l'URSS, 30, 339 - 350.
- Viraktamath C. A. (2017) Review of the leafhopper tribe Adelungiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) from the Indian subcontinent. Entomon, 42 (1), 47 - 58.
- Dlabola, J. (1981) Ergebnisse der tschechoslovakisch-iranischen entomologischen Expeditionen nach dem Iran (Mit Angaben uber einige Sammelresultate in Anatolien) (1970 und 1973) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhycha). II Teil. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, 40, 127 - 311.
- Nast, J. (1972) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers. Warsaw, 550 pp.