First record of Aconurella nuristana Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Iran

Pakarpour Rayeni, Farzad; Seraj, Ali Asghar; Nozari, Jamasb; Wilson, Michael

doi:10.48311/jcp.2015.1207

First record of Aconurella nuristana Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Iran

10.48311/jcp.2015.1207

Volume 4, Issue 2
June 2015

Pages 225-229

Authors

F. Pakarpour Rayeni ¹

A. A. Seraj ²

J. Nozari ³

M. Wilson ⁴

¹ PhD candidate of Entomology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Researcher at Biosystematic lab in University of Tehran, Karaj

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.

³ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

⁴ National Museum of Wales

Abstract

A faunistic survey was conducted to identify the leafhoppers in the southwest of Iran (Khouzestan Province) in 2014. Among the collected materials, Aconurella nuristana Dlabola, 1957 is recorded for the first time for Iranian leafhoppers fauna. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species is presented briefly.

Keywords

Leafhopper

First record

Citrus orchards

Dezful

Khouzestan