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 Platyproctus melichari (Kuznezov, 1929) ( Figs 11a–b , 22a–d & 37 ) Symphypyga melichari Kuznezov, 1929: 345 , fig. 4. Symphypyga melichari rufinervis Kuznezov, 1929: 346 . Platyproctus melichari : Emeljanov, 1975: 389 . Symphypyga melichari fuscopunctata Kusnezov, 1929: 346 , syn. fide Gnezdilov, 2021: 294. Symphypyga maculatus Pruthi, 1930: 15 , figs 18–20, syn. syn. fide Gnezdilov, 2021: 294. Platyproctus maculatus : Emeljanov, 1975: 389 . Platyproctus maculatus : Viraktamath, 2017: 49 , figs 1–4, 9, 10, 13–16, 23–25. Platyproctus melichari : Gnezdilov, 2021: 294 , figs 12–16, 19–28, 53, 54, 82–88. Material examined: Esfahan Province : 9♀ ♂ Kavir-e Maranjab , 34°10′10.8′′N , 51°30′15.8′′E , 19.vi. 2011 , 868 m, Mozaffarian leg. ( HMIM ) . Kerman province : 12♀ ♂ 22 km N. Kahnuj , 580m , 16.v.1977 , Safavi / Pazuki leg. ( HMIM ) ; 6♀ ♂ Kahnuj , 6 km E. Rameshk Baru , 700 m , 14.iii.1978 , Pazuki leg. ( HMIM ) . Notes: The species was described from Bampur in southeastern Iran (Kuznezov, 1929) and recorded from Pakistan , India , and the United Arab Emirates (Gnezdilov, 2021). Dlabola (1981) and Nast (1972) listed it from Iran with no exact locality. According to the material listed above this species is distributed in southeastern and central Iran ( Fig. 37 ).