Leafhoppers of the tribe Adelungiini (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) in Iran Author Mozaffarian, Fariba Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran Author Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. 0000-0002-7331-8744 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia. vmgnezdilov @ mail. ru; vgnezdilov @ zin. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7331 - 8744 vmgnezdilov@mail.ru text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-28 5213 4 413 426 journal article 198865 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.5 f0a790f9-408c-4599-936d-b48ec53cdbab 1175-5326 7381477 CA161133-CCA5-4C43-BCDE-D2B7838F50D2 Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 ( Figs 5a–b , 18a–c & 30 ) Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902: 60 , figs 3, 3a. Adelungia elegans : Oshanin, 1908: 468 , figs 1, 2. Adelungia elegans : Kusnezov, 1931: 102 , figs 1, 2. Material examined: Kerman province : 27♀ ♂ Jiroft , 22 km N. Kahnuj , 580 m , 16.v.1977 , Safavi / Pazuki leg. ( HMIM ) ; 2♀ Kahnuj , 6 km Rameshk Baru , 700 m , 14.iii.1978 , Pazuki leg. ( HMIM ) . 1♀ Sistan & Baluchestan province : Bampur , LT, 27°12′07′′N , 60°30′4.7′′E , 25.iv. 2012 , 563 m, Mozaffarian leg. ( HMIM ) ; 1♀ Bampour , Bazman , 12–14.iv.1973 , Safavi / Borumand leg.( HMIM ) ; 2 ♂ Iranshahr—Espakeh Rd , 26°54′54.3′′N , 60°30′40′′E , 25.iv. 2012 , 887 m, true desert on Tamarix , Mozaffarian leg. ( HMIM ) . Notes: The species is known as an endemic Iranian species and was already recorded from Bampur, Bazman, Dowlatabad, Gowk, Kahnuj and Taftan in true deserts on Tamarix sp. ( Dlabola, 1981 , 1984 ; Mirzayans, 1995 ; Melichar, 1902 ) in the southeast of Iran . The new data is within the same range ( Fig. 30 ) and in 580–887 m a.s.l.