The aphrophorid spittlebugs of Iran (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae)
Author
Mozaffarian, Fariba
Author
Wilson, Michael R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4052
4
442
456
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.2
9d4b3479-d215-40cc-9230-af23bc3a00fe
1175-5326
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C251688B-67DA-452A-ABF9-6853E9ABBBFA
Aphrophora salicina
(
Goeze, 1778
)
(
Figs 2
,
21
)
Cicada salicina
Goeze, 1778
: 309
.
Aphrophora salicina
(
Goeze, 1778
)
:
Moosavi & Sadeghi Namaghi (2012)
: 9
, fig.
2i.
Material examined.
Khorasan-e Shomali: Golestan park,
150 km
W. Bojnurd,
vii.2007
, leg. Linnavuori,
1♂
, 1♀ (
NMWC
). Mazandaran: Hassanabad,
vii.1995
, leg. Linnavuori,
1♂
, 1♀ (
NMWC
).
Distribution and habitat.
The species is mostly associated with
Salix
species but according to
Moosavi & Sadeghi Namaghi 2012
), the species has also been found on sugar beet. It is recorded from Europe to Northern Africa,
Iran
(North and Northeast, fig. 21), Central and Northern Asia. The species is suggested as a potential vector for the bacterium
X. fastidiosa
, which infests olive trees in Europe (
European Food Safety Authority 2013
).