A faunistic study on the leafhoppers of northwestern Iran (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) Author Abdollahi, Tandis Author Jalalizand, Ali Reza Author Mozaffarian, Fariba Author Wilson, Michael text ZooKeys 2015 496 27 51 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.496.9059 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.496.9059 1313-2970-496-27 70F2805813AA4220A076FDC6C46BC87A Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Cicadellidae Psammotettix alienus (Dahlbom, 1850) Psammotettix alienus : Ribaut 1952 : 243, figs 579-580; Emeljanov 1964: 541, fig. 194: 8, 9; Biedermann and Niedringhaus 2009 : 337. Material examined. Ardabil: 4♂♀, Moghan, 18.May.1978, leg. Abaii (Fig. 1, A1). Azarbaijan-e-Sharghi: 3♂♀, Marand, 1610 m, 28.July.1976, leg. Broumand & Pazouki (Fig. 1, ASh6). Azarbaijan-e-Sharghi: 1♀, Tabriz, Gharachaman, 1600 m, 16.July.1976, leg. Broumand & Pazouki (Fig. 1, ASh8). Dlabola (1981) reported this species from Marand, Sufian and Zonuschay, Maku and in 1971 from Tabriz-Bostanabad, Miyaneh-Zanjan, Miyaneh-Siah chaman, Siah chaman-Basmenj (Fig. 1, ASh6, ASh7, ASh5, AG1, ASh12, ASh16, ASh15, ASh13). Worldwide distribution. East Palaearctic, Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Madeira, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia Central, Russia North, South Russia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia), Near East, Nearctic region, North Africa ( De Jong 2013 ). Comment. Nematollahi and Khajehali (2000) reported this species as a vector for wheat dwarf virus on Zea (maize) in Isfahan.