Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Lock, Koen, 2011, Fifty leafhoppers new to Belgium (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 88, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Males of Acericerus Dlabola, 1974 have a dark longitudinal stripe on the frons, which is thinner in A. heydenii than in the other species of this genus. Both males and females of A. heydenii can easily be recognised by the black Y-shaped mark at the base of the vertex next to the eyes ( Fig. 1). Common in woody habitats, especially parks, on Acer spp. , mostly Acer pseudoplatanus L. VII-VI.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Oudenaarde, Wallebos (50.843, 3.638), 2.XI.2014; Gent, Blaarmeersen (51.049, 3.680), 13.VIII.2017; Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Baafskouterpark (51.058, 3.758), 21.VIII.2017; Turnhout, stadspark (51.309, 4.944), 22.VIII.2017; Bernissart, Marais d’Harchies (50.467, 3.685), 3.IX.2017; Mariakerke, Groene Velden (51.079, 3.666), 10.IX.2017; Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Baafskouterpark (51.058, 3.758), 10.IX.2017; Mariakerke, Arbedpark (51.046, 3.752), 11.IX.2017; Mechelen, Tivolipark (51.047, 4.471), 20.IX.2017; Merendree, Durmplassen (51.091, 3.565), 21.IX.2017; Auderghem, Jardin Jean Massart (50.814, 4.439), 10.VIII.2018; Gentbrugge, Arbedpark (51.046, 3.751), 16.VIII.2018; Gent, Muinkpark (51.042, 3.731), 24.VIII.2018; Torhout, Bos van Wijnendale (51.063, 3.047), 26.VIII.2018; Westouter, Rodeberg (50.789, 2.761), 1.IX.2018; Trooz, La Rochette (50.586, 5.667), 22.IX.2018.

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