Cixius ( Ceratocixius ) remotus Edwards, 1888

Mozaffarian, Fariba & Hoch, Hannelore, 2023, Contribution to the planthopper fauna of Iran: Cixiidae, tribe Cixiini (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha), Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (3), pp. 567-581 : 573

Cixius ( Ceratocixius) remotus Edwards, 1888 ( Figs 3C, 4I–L & 6F) new record

Cixius remotus Edwards, 1888:100 [ England]; Cixius ( Ceratocixius) remotus China, 1942:97.

Material examined. IRAN • 1 ♂, E. Azarbaijan province; Jolfa, Asiab Kharabe , 38°51'30.5"N 45°51'24.1"E, 980 m a.s.l., 4.ix.2007, Mozaffarian leg. ; 1♀, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiari Province, Farsan, Heidarabad , 32°21'35"N 50°23'44.3"E, 2373 m a.s.l., 22.vi.2009, Mozaffarian leg. ; 8 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Fars province, Sepidan, Sheshpir , 2200 m a.s.l., 25–26.v.1995, Hashemi / Sarafrazi / Badii leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Gilan province, Rasht , 0 m a.s.l., 29.viii.2001, Manzari / Mofidi leg. ; 6 ♂♂, 1♀, Kohkiluyeh & Boirahmad province, Kakan, Hoseinkhani , 2100 m a.s.l., 26.v.1995, Hashemi / Badii / Sarafrazi leg. ; 2 ♂♂, Yasuj, Tang-e sorkh, 30°26'14.2"N 51°45'49.2"E, 2057 m a.s.l., 15.vi.2009, Mozaffarian leg. ; 1 ♂, Yasouj, Tolegorgi , 2000 m a.s.l., 4.v.1985, Mirzayans / Hashemi leg. ; 1 ♀, Mazandaran province, Marzanabad , 400 m a.s.l., 6.vii.1995, Badii / Sarafrazi / Linnvuori leg. ; 4 ♀♀, Marzanabad, Kotir Forest , 1220 m a.s.l., 12.iv.1990, Ebrahimi / Badii leg. ; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, Tonekabon, Sehezar, Ash-mahalleh , 760 m a.s.l., 7.ix.1990, Ebrahimi / Badii leg.

Remarks. The species has been recorded from Europe ( Nast, 1972), Turkey ( Önder et al., 2011) and Lebanon ( Picciau et al., 2016). This is the first record of Cixius remotus from Iran. The collecting sites in Iran ( Fig. 6F) are in the western half of the country in various elevations (from sea level to 2057 m a.s.l.): in lowland coastal biotopes of the Caspian Sea to the more northern and mountainous areas such as humid part of the Zagros mountain in northwest as well as the dry parts of the Zagros mountain in southwest, and the hyrcanian forests on the northern slopes of Alborz mountain in north of the country). Thus it is safe to say that C. remotus shows a broad geographical and ecological distribution in Iran.