A new species of Leptopus (Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) from caves in Iran, with notes on other cavernicolous Iranian Heteroptera Author Khazaei, Zohreh Shiraz University khazaiizohreh@yahoo.com Author Polhemus, Dan A. Dept. of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum bugman@bishopmuseum.org Author Tahami, Mohadeseh S. Shiraz University text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-09 4763 2 246 258 journal article 22923 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.7 7d4894a3-fd17-4aad-835d-8983a1233333 1175-5334 3758301 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3515C2C5-F905-4280-9D2B-AC9326E6525F Leptopus hispanus Rambur, 1840 ( Fig. 7 , 9 ) Leptopus hispanus Rambur 1840: 181 . Material examined . CYPRUS : 1 male , 2 females , Polemedia hills, 11 March 1949 , G. Mavromoustakis ( USNM ); 6 males , Yermasoyia River , 5000 ft. , 20 October 1946 , G. Mavromoustakis ( USNM ); 1 female , same data as preceding but 10 February 1947 ( USNM ); 3 males , 1 female , same data as preceding but 23 December 1939 ( USNM ); 1 male , Yermasoyia River plain, January 1965 , G. Mavromoustakis ( USNM ). ALGERIA : 1 male , Tamanrasset , 28 February 1980 , CL 1685, J. T. Polhemus ( USNM ex JTPC); 1 male , Ouarsenis [Ouarsenis Range, northwestern Algeria], Region du Mont , leg. Vauloger ( USNM ). TUNISIA : 1 male , Sbeitla , leg. Vauloger ( USNM ex Drake ); 1 male , 1 female , Fondouk Ouaril ( USNM ). MOROCCO : 1 female , Bou Chaut , leg. Antoine ( USNM ex Drake ). ITALY : 2 females , Umbria , Torricella , Lake Trasimeno , February 1929 , C. Mancini ( USNM ex Drake ). TURKMENISTAN : 1 female , Kopet Dagh [Kopet Dag mountain range], Ahnger [leg. D. H Ahnger ]. TAJIKISTAN : 2 males , 2 females , Kondara Valley , Varzob village, 9 September 1937 , leg. Gussakovski ( USNM ex JTPC). Discussion . This species is easily recognized by its strongly contrasting color pattern, consisting of a predominantly black head, pronotum and scutellum, and predominantly pale white hemelytra with a broad, black transverse fascia behind the claval apex ( Fig. 7 ). The foreleg possesses five stout spines along its posterior margin ( Fig. 9 ), which are proportionally longer than those present in L. gakalae .