Review of the leafhopper genus Anaceratagallia Zachvatkin, 1946 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae: Agalliini) from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia
Author
Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-31
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8.
Anaceratagallia
(
Anaceratagallia
)
frisia
(
Wagner, 1939
)
Figs. 3, 183–188
Description.
Only two males from Central
Iran
(
Yazd
) were investigated. Penis in side view almost as in
A.
(
A
.)
laevis
but slightly more slender (
Figs. 183, 185, 187
). Unlike all other members of
A.
(
A
.)
laevis
species group, male anal collar appendage narrow, spine-like (
Figs. 184, 186, 188
).
Biology.
On saline land in dunes (
Wagner, 1939
), in olive yards, citrus orchards, and on different crops (
Thanou
et al.
, 2018
).
Calling signal.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Germany
,
Netherlands
,
Greece
,
Iran
.
Remarks.
The male genitalia of this species are distinctive in shape. Until recently it was known only from
Germany
and
the Netherlands
. However, an ecological relationship with saline lands suggests that it is much more widespread, especially in the southern regions of the Palaearctics which is evidenced by its recent discovery in
Greece
(
Thanou
et al.
, 2018
) and
Iran
(our data).