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 238924 C251688B-67DA-452A-ABF9-6853E9ABBBFA Genus Philaenus Stål, 1864 The species of this genus include the most polymorphic of Auchenorrhyncha ( Drosopoulos, 2003 , Drosopoulos et al., 2010 ). Eight species are now recognized, including some that have been described by careful study of the widely distributed Philaenus spumarius (L.) (e.g. Abdul-Nour & Lahoud, 1995 ; Drosopoulos & Remane, 2000 ; Remane & Drosopoulos, 2001 ). Tishechkin (2013) described two new Philaenus species from Iran , but he did not find Ph. spumarius among the specimens he studied.