Eumecurus eryx ( Fennah, 1957 )

Huang, Min & Holzinger, Werner E., 2010, Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 34-52 : 39-40

Eumecurus eryx ( Fennah, 1957)

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Oliarus eryx Fennah, 1957: 43 ( Zaire: Matadi) Eumecurus eryx (Fennah) , Emeljanov 1992 Material examined. Namibia: 4 males, 4 females, Verdekoppies Perdekamp (19°20’S, 16°54’E), Etosha Nat. Park, 15.i.1987, J. Irish and E. Marais; 1 male, 1 female, Nau-Obes (19°19’S, 16°37’E), Etosha Nat. Park, 17.i.1987; 1 female, Tweekoppies (19°02.5’S, 16°59.5’E), Etosha Nat. Park, 19–20.i.1987, J. Irish and E. Marais; 1 female, Aikab (19°21’S, 16°59’E), Etosha Nat. Park, 16.i.1987 E. Marais and J. Irish (all NMNW).

Description. see Van Stalle (1987: 94, as Oliarus eryx )

Distribution. Zaire, Congo, Nambia (new record).

Ecology. recorded only in the rainy season (December to February).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Habitus photographs, dorsolateral view. 1. Duilius tenuis, female; 2. Pentastiridius moestus, male; 3. P. sudanicus, male; 4. P. limbifer, male; 5. Eumecurus incompletus, male; 6 E. kibuyanus, male; 7. E. decempunctatus, male; 8. E. mashonanus, male; 9. E. brachycephalus, male; 10. Atonurus meridianus, male; 11. E. hottentottus, female; 12. A. namibianus, male; 13. E. eryx, female. Scale bar A = 1 mm for figs 1 – 6, scale bar B = 1 mm for figs 7 – 13.