Tautoprosopa transcaspia EMELJANOV , 1978

Gnezdilov, VM, 2002, On The Identity And Systematic Position Of Hysteropterum Pictifrons Melichar, 1906 (Homoptera: Cicadina, Issidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (3), pp. 213-217 : 216

Tautoprosopa transcaspia EMELJANOV, 1978

Brachyprosopa (Tautoprosopa) transcaspia EMELJANOV, 1978: 332 , Fig. 33.

Hysteropterum pictifrons (non MELICHAR, 1906): LINNAVUORI, 1952: 191, Fig. 4 , F-J. Verticisium pictifrons (non MELICHAR, 1906): DLABOLA, 1979: 282–283, Figs 103–110.

Material examined. ZIN: male ( holotype); 9 males and 3 females ( paratypes) .

Distribution. SW Kazakhstan, W Turkmenia, N Iran ( Mazandaran).

Discussion. LINNAVUORI (1952) based on examination of material from “Transcaspia ” misidentified T. transcaspia EM. as H. pictifrons MEL. DLABOLA (1979) based on figures of H. pictifrons (non MELICHAR, 1906) in the paper by LINNAVUORI recorded this species from North Iran.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Bubastia pictifrons (MELICHAR), male (lectotype) and female (paralectotype): 1 = male head (ventral view), 2 =male head (dorsal view), 3 = penis (ventral view), 4 = penis (lateral view), 5 = male anal tube (dorsal view), 6 = male anal tube (lateral view), 7 = female anal tube (dorsal view), 8 =