Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar)

Avivar-Lozano, Laura, Pérez-Guerrero, Sergio, Reis, Fabio & Aguin-Pombo, Dora, 2024, Three leafhoppers newly recorded from the European mainland (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae), with notes on their habitats, Zootaxa 5432 (1), pp. 1-18 : 8-10

Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar)

( Figs 3–5B )

Gnathodus bipunctatus Melichar

Cicadula bipunctella Matsumura

Cicadulina zeae China

Cicadulina bipunctella bipunctella (Matsumura)

Cicadulina bipunctella zeae China

Cicadulina bipunctata (Melichar)

Material examined

SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Cádiz : • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Jérez de la Frontera, ‘ Rancho Cortesano’; 57 m. a.s.l; 36°39’28”N, 6°00’26”W; 14. XII.2021 ; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to vineyard .

Córdoba: • 1 ♀; Córdoba ‘ Campus Rabanales 1’; 142 m .a.s.l; 37°55’06”N, 4°43’17”W; 24.X1.2021; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to olive. • 1 ♂; ‘ Campus Rabanales 2’; 142 m .a.s.l; 37°55’10”N, 4°43’22”W; 22.X.2019; S. Pérez leg.; idem .

Huelva: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Almonte , ‘ El Rocio’; 13 m .a.s.l; 37°08’48”N, 6°29’37”W; 11.XI.2020; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to strawberries crops. • 3 ♀; Rociana del Condado , ‘ Camino del Chaparral’; 84 m .a.s.l; 37°16’23”N, 6°35’17”W; 30.XI.2021; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous of open-scrub near to vineyard. • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ibid.; 13.XII.2021; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 13.I.2022; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Lepe , ‘ Arroyo de Vascogil’; 42 m .a.s.l; 37°17’01”N, 7°14’36”W; 19.XI.2020; S. Pérez leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to strawberries crops. • 4 ♂, 2 ♀; ‘ Cañada del Corcho’; 45 m .a.s.l; 37°15’25”N, 7°17’46”W; 19.XI.2020; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to berries crops.

Sevilla: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Alcalá del Río ; 11 m .a.s.l; 37°30’52”N, 5°58’03”W; 27.VIII.2020; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to citrus crops. • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; ibid .; 15.IX.2020; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ibid .; 19.X.2020; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♀; Cantillana ; 106 m .a.s.l; 37°38’05”N, 5°48’34”W; 18.XI.2020; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to olive crops. • 1 ♂; 96 m . a.s.l; 37°38’14”N, 5°48’32”W; 30.I.2020; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♂; ibid .; 30.X.2020; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♀; ibid .; 18.XI.2020; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♀; ibid .; 15. V.2021; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ibid .; 10.XII.2021; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ibid .; 07.II.2022; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♀; ibid .; 26.IV.2022; idem . leg.; idem . • 1 ♂; ibid .; 27. V.2022; idem . leg.; idem . ( Fig 1 , Ca1, Co1, Co2, Hu8, Hu7, Hu1, Hu2, Se1, Se2, Se3).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map with species records by localities in Western Andalusia. Representative images of sampling areas.

FIGURE 3. Adult of Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar). (A) Female forewing, right dorsal view; (B) Head, pronotum and scutellum of male, dorsal view. (C–L) Male genitalia: (C) Pygofer, left lateral dorsal view; (D) Pygofer process, dorsal view (i–ii right and iii–v left); (E) Subgenital plate, dorsal view; (F) Genital valve, dorsal view; (G–J) Aedeagus: lateral (G–H), ventral (I) and dorsal (J) views; (K) Connective, ventral view; (I) Style, right dorsal view. Specimens from Huelva and Sevilla (Spain), 15 September 2020, 13 December 2021, 13 January 2022 and 07 February 2022. Scale: 0.5 mm for A–B and 0.1 mm for C–L.

FIGURE 4. Male adult of Maiestas angustisecta (Linnavuori). (A) Head, pronotum and scutellum of male, dorsal view; (B) Head of male, ventral view. (C–J) Male genitalia: (C) Subgenital plate and genital valve, ventral view; (D) Pygofer, left lateral view; (F) Right style, dorsal view; (E) Connective, dorsal view; (G–J) Aedeagus, dorsal (G–H) and left lateral (I–J) view. Scale: 0.5 mm for A–B and 0.1 mm for C–J. (A–F and H–J) Specimens from Madeira Island and (G) Specimen from San Bartolomé de la Torre, Huelva, (Spain),11 January 2021.

FIGURE 5. Habitus of three species. (A) Female adult of Balclutha incisa (Matsumura). (B) Female adult of Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar). Male adult of (C) Maiestas angustisecta (Linnavuori).