Author
- 1958:29 (as ssp. of chinensis) [male, female]
- Iran; Georgia; Syria
Distribution
- Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Jordan?, Syria, Turkey

Synonyms
- None
Bionomics
- Type habitat: mountain vegetation.
Medical Importance
- Suspected vector of L. infantum in U.S.S.R., but may have been confused with P. longiductus (Killick-Kendrick, 1990; Lewis, 1982)
Additional References
- Artemiev 1980b: 1190, current status

