Revisionary notes on the genus Adelungia Melichar, 1902 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Megophthalminae), with the description of a new genus Author Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. 0000-0002-7331-8744 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia vmgnezdilov @ mail. ru, Vladimir. Gnezdilov @ zin. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7331 - 8744 nezdilov@zin.ru Author Neimorovets, Vladimir V. 0000-0001-7096-5447 All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection, Russian Academy of Sciences, Podbelskogo 3, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196608, Russia neimorovets @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7096 - 5447 neimorovets@mail.ru text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-12 5284 3 564 574 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5284.3.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.3.7 1175-5326 7929725 3C1C77C6-C26E-48CD-B94A-665AB8DD645C Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 ( Figs 1A , 2 , 3 , 7A–B , 9A ) Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902: 135 , Pl. 5, figs 3, 3a. Adelungia elegans : Oshanin, 1908: 468 , figs 1, 2. Adelungia elegans : Kusnezov, 1931: 102 , figs 1, 2. Adelungia elegans : Dlabola, 1984: 36 , fig. 37. Adelungia elegans : Mozaffarian & Gnezdilov, 2022: 418 , figs 5a–b,18a–c, 30. Emended description. Head process long, enlarged, compressed, with median carina ventrally ( Figs 1 , 2 , 7A ). Laterofrontal sutures not extended beyong antennal base. Lora elongate oval, reaching genal margins ventrally. Ocelli present. Pronotum with median carina. Forewing with reticulate venation, clavus long, 2/3 as long as forewing, and appendix reduced. Hind wings well developped, nearly as long as forewings, with well developed submarginal vein ( Fig. 2A, D ). Hind femur distal macrosetae 2 + 0. Hind tibia laterally flattened. Female sternite VII with median deep notch on hind margin ( Fig. 9A ). Ovipositor slightly protruding beyond hind margins of pygofer in lateral view ( Fig. 2D ). FIGURE 2. Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 : A: male lectotype, dorsal view, B: same, lateral view, C: same, front view, D: female paralectotype, lateral view, E: lectotype labels. Scale bar—1 mm. FIGURE 3. Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 , 5 th instar larva, male paralectotype: A: dorsal view, B: lateral view, C: front view, D: label. Scale bar—1 mm. Fifth instar larva, male ( Figs 3 , 7B ). Head and body with dense small pimples bearing short setae. Head process directed horizontally, flattened ventro-laterally, with median carinae dorsally and ventrally. Light yellow brownish, with brown lateral parts of head process. Total length. 3.8–4.0 mm. Type material examined. Lectotype , ♁ (here designated), “ Bampur-Kaskin [print] / se. Persia [print] / Zarudny [print] 30 [hand written in ink] VII98 [print]” // “ Adelungia / elegans Mel. [hand written in ink]” . Paralectotypes : 1♀ , 1 larva , “ Bampur-Kaskin [print] / se. Persia [print] / Zarudny [print] 30 [hand written in ink] VII98 [print]” ; 1♀ (head process is deformated), “ Tamin near Taftan [print] / e Kirman , Persia . [print] / Zarudn [print] 23–24. [hand written in ink] VIII98 [print]” ; 1 larva , “ Bazman , se. Kir- [print] / man, se Persia . [print] / Zarudn [print] 2–4. [hand written in ink] VIII98 [print]” .