Contribution to the knowledge of selected genera of the tribe Opsiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
El-Sonbati Saad, Wilson Michael, Al Dhafer Hathal
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(1): 257-266, 2018
Published online: 1st August 2018
Published in print: 15th August 2018
Views: 1378
Abstract: The redescriptions of two genera of Opsiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae),
Concavifer Dlabola, 1960 and Phlepsopsius Dlabola, 1979, are given based on
specimens collected recently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Concavifer nativus
Zhuravlev, 1991 syn. nov., and C. sagittatus Emeljanov, 1972 syn. nov. are
proposed as new subjective junior synonyms of C. marmoratus Dlabola,
1960. Phlepsopsius africanus Abdul-Nour, 2007, syn. nov., is proposed as a new
subjective junior synonym of P. arabicus Dlabola, 1979. The genus Hishimonus
Ishihara, 1953 is newly reported for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented
by the species H. phycitis (Distant, 1908). A key is provided to distinguish
the species of Concavifer.
Key words: Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, leafhoppers, taxonomy, new synonymy, distribution, Arabian Peninsula, Palaearctic Region