Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Two new species of the genus Philaenus (Homoptera, Aphrophoridae) from Iran

  • Published:
Entomological Review Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Two new species of Philaenus from Iran are described. Philaenus elbursianus sp. n. belongs to the Ph. signatus species group from the nominotypical subgenus. Philaenus iranicus sp. n. differs considerably from all the known representatives of the genus and was separated in a new subgenus Gyrurus subgen. n. The occurrence of this highly peculiar species in Iran may indicate that the center of origin of the genus Philaenus lies in this territory and not in the Mediterranean region as it was considered before.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Abdul-Nour, H. and Lahoud, L., “Rèvision du genre Philaenus Stål, 1864 au Liban, avec la description d’une nouvelle espèce: Ph. arslani n. sp. (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae),” Nouv. Revue Entomol. N. S. 12(4), 297–303 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Drosopoulos, S. and Asche, M., “Biosystematic Studies on the Spittlebug Genus Philaenus with the Description of a New Species,” Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 101, 169–177 (1991).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Drosopoulos, S., Maryanska-Nadachowska, A., and Kuznetsova, V., “The Mediterranean: Area of Origin of Polymorphism and Speciation in the Spittlebug Philaenus (Homoptera, Aphrophoridae),” Zoosyst. Evol. 86(1), 125–128 (2010).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Drosopoulos, S. and Quartau, J.A., “The Spittlebug Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899 (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae) is a Distinct Species,” Zootaxa 68, 1–8 (2002).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Drosopoulos, S. and Remane, R., “Biogeographic Studies on the Spittlebug Philaenus signatus Melichar, 1896 Species Group (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with the Description of Two New Allopatric Species,” Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. N. S. 36(3), 269–277 (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Remane, R. and Drosopoulos, S., “Philaenus tarifa sp. n.: an Additional Spittlebug Species from Southern Spain (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae),” Deutsche Entomol. Ztg. 48(2), 277–279 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    D. Yu. Tishechkin

Authors
  1. D. Yu. Tishechkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to D. Yu. Tishechkin.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © D.Yu. Tishechkin, 2012, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 91, No. 9, pp. 1058–1061.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Tishechkin, D.Y. Two new species of the genus Philaenus (Homoptera, Aphrophoridae) from Iran. Entmol. Rev. 93, 73–76 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873813010119

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873813010119

Keywords

Search

Navigation