Hishimonus hamatus Kuoh, 1976

Valeria Trivellone, Eva Knop, Tabea Turrini, Line Andrey, Jean-Yves Humbert & Gernot Kunz, 2015, New and remarkable leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland, Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 88, pp. 273-284 : 281-282

Hishimonus hamatus Kuoh, 1976 ( Fig. 6)

First record from Switzerland: Ticino, Agno, green area [45 ° 59 ’ 44.51 ’’ N, 8 ° 54 ’ 9.21 ’’ E, 272 m], 2 ♂♂, 21.06. 2014, mouth aspirator, leg. &det. Valeria Trivellone .

Second record from Switzerland: Ticino, Stabio, Montalbano, woody margins surrounding the vineyards [45 ° 51 ’ 18.44 ’’ N, 8 ° 55 ’ 39.38 ’’ E, 417 m], 2 ♂♂ and 1 ♀, 19 – 26.07.2011, 8 – 15.07.2014 & 24 - 30.09.2014, yellow sticky trap, leg. &det. Valeria. Trivellone

Distribution:Australia, China, Ethiopia, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Slovenia, Italy? &Switzerland.

Remarks:The genus Hishimonus Ishihara belongs to the tribe Opsiini of Deltocephalinae , and is native to the Oriental region with records into the Ethiopian, Australian and eastern Palaearctic regions (Dai et al. 2013). Some species of Hishimonus are known to be of economic importance, because they were recorded as vector of phytoplasmas causing dwarf disease, Rhus yellows and witches broom (Weintraub &Beanland 2006; Seljak 2013). The first appearance in 2012 in Europe (Slovenia) was published by Seljak (2013). However, an increasing number of records (http://www.fitosanitario.re.it)and recent findings from the surroundings of Grado (Italy) suggest its primary introduction in the North of Italy. Nevertheless dissected material is still not available.