A checklist of the leafhoppers of Iran (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: <br />Cicadellidae)

Abstract

A list of Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) of Iran is provided based primarily on literature records from 1902 to the present. In total 390 species are recorded from 13 subfamilies. Ninety three of the recorded species are considered to be endemic to Iran. The current accepted name is given for each species together with synonyms and literature citations relating to Iran. Selenocephalus darei is recognized as a published misspelling for Selenocephalus dareicus Dlabola, 1981. There is no evidence that the Nearctic species Empoasca fabae (Harris, 1841) and Erythroneura comes (Say, 1825) have been found in Iran; previous records appear to have been based on misidentifications. A brief distribution of species within Iran is provided.

Distribution and Relative Abundance of Insect Vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in Olive Groves of the Iberian Peninsula

“…After insect collection, the samples were frozen and conserved in 70% alcohol until sorting out and identification. Spittlebug adults collected from ground cover and olive canopies were sorted out and identified according to [33,34,35,36,37]. Then, all samples were stored in EtOH 70% as a reference-voucher collection at Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICA-CSIC Madrid).…”

The genus Dasydorylas Skevington in Iran, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae)

“…Becker (1913) described two new species from Sistan-o Baluchestan Province; Gharali et al (2008) cited two species from Ilam Province; Kehlmaier & Majnon Jahromi (2015) listed 15 species from Alborz Province; Motamedinia et al (2017) described two new species from Sistan-o Baluchestan and Southern Khorasan Provinces. Due to a wide range of habitat diversity, favouring the existence of more than 390 leafhopper species in Iran (Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016), it is estimated that well over 100 species of pipunculid flies should be present in the country. Collecting material of Dasydorylas from the Eastern (Sistan-o Baluchestan) and Western (Kermanshah) Provinces of Iran revealed two new species of this genus that are described below.…”

Discovery of the genus Mirodryinus Ponomarenko, 1972 (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae) associated with salt cedar trees in the eastern part of Iran

“…Insects from different orders have been known in association with Tamarix species as a primary trophic level (Fornasari, 1998;Wiesenborn, 2005). Among the associated arthropods, a moderately well-defined assemblage of leafhoppers was recorded feeding on Tamarix species (Virla et al, 2010;Sher and Quigley, 2013;Mozaffarian and Wilson, 2016).Wasps of the family Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) are known as natural enemies of leafhoppers, planthoppers, and treehoppers (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) (Guglielmino et al, 2013). While many species of leafhoppers are recorded from Iran Wilson, 2011, 2016), very few species of dryinids are documented.…”

“…Insects from different orders have been known in association with Tamarix species as a primary trophic level (Fornasari, 1998;Wiesenborn, 2005). Among the associated arthropods, a moderately well-defined assemblage of leafhoppers was recorded feeding on Tamarix species (Virla et al, 2010;Sher and Quigley, 2013;Mozaffarian and Wilson, 2016).…”

“…The occurrence of 390 species of leafhoppers in Iran (Mozaffarian and Wilson, 2016) indicates the possible existence of many more dryinid species belonging to different subfamilies. The genus Opsius, represented by 13 species in Iran, shares dryinid parasitoids also belonging to the genera Anteon Jurine, 1807 (Anteoninae); Gonatopus Ljungh, 1810 (Gonatopodinae); and Mirodryinus (Guglielmino et al, 2013).…”