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 scitulus Drake 1954 ( Fig. 8 ) Leptopus scitulus Drake 1954: 111 . Material examined . INDIA , Uttarakhand : 1 male , 5 females , Dehra Dun, U. P. [ Uttar Pradesh , later subdivided to create Uttarakand], 20 September 1951 , R. N. Kuthari ( holotype and paratypes , USNM ex Drake). Discussion . This species has a striking and distinctive coloration, with the head, pronotum and scutellum brown, suffused with dark yellow on the frons and tylus, anterior pronotal lobe, and extreme apex of the scutellum; the hemelytra contrastingly pale white, with a broad dark bifasciate marking posteriorly in the form of an ‘H’ laid on its side, with the upper fascia traversing the central part of the corium and the apex of the clavus, connected by a dark confluent patch beyond the claval apex to a second transverse fascia covering the extreme posterior part of the corium and base of the wing membrane; and the distal portion of the wing membrane pale, traversed longitudinally by narrow, dark brown veins ( Fig. 8 ). Postocular spots are usually absent, and at best only weakly developed. The central tumescence on the vertex is roughly circular and only moderately developed, with a longitudinal carina leading anteriorly from it to the near the anterior margins of the eyes, where it bifurcates above the frons. In general form and coloration, this species is closest to L. hispanus , and differs from L. gakalae in having a more elongate, parallel-sided form, and being fully macropterous. The holotype is a point-mounted male in moderately good condition, with all appendages present except for antennal segment IV on the right side. It has not been dissected.