Macrosteles ossiannilssoni Lindberg, 1954

Aguin-Pombo, Dora & Freitas, Carlos, 2008, An annotated check list of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera) of the Madeira and Salvages archipelagos, Zootaxa 1762, pp. 1-28 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181963
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231471
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scientific name	Macrosteles ossiannilssoni Lindberg, 1954
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Macrosteles ossiannilssoni Lindberg, 1954 View in CoL

Macrosteles ossiannilssoni Lindberg, 1954: 237 View in CoL ; Lindberg, 1961: 63

Macrosteles sexnotatus View in CoL ; Lindberg, 1941: 31 [identification error]

Cicadula fasciifrons View in CoL ; China, 1938: 46 [Identification error]

Distribution. Europe. MADEIRA: reported from many localities from the coast up to mountain slopes ( Lindberg, 1941). PORTO SANTO: reported only from Serra de Dentro-Pico Juliana ( Lindberg, 1961).

Habitat. Wet shores of streams with rich vegetation ( Lindberg, 1961).

Remarks. Lindberg (1941) examined 15 specimens of Cicadula fasciifrons Stål from Wollaston’s collection, studied also by China (1938, p.46), and misidentified them as Macrosteles sexnotatus Fall. 1806 . Later, Lindberg (1961) stated that this material could belong either to M. ossianilssoni , to M. fascifrons or to M. ramosus (= quadricornis ). Because M. ossiannilssoni was very common in Madeira, Lindberg considered this material as probably M. ossiannilssoni . M. fascifrons is known from Scandinavia and Siberia; therefore, its presence in Madeira is unlikely. This record should be further confirmed.