Neophilaenus minor (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Angelova, Radost & Gjonov, Ilia, 2024, Twenty-five-year mapping species of the superfamily Cercopoidea (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) in Bulgaria, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 124720-e 124720 : e124720-

Neophilaenus minor (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Notes

Distribution map (Fig. 10 a ) and habitus (Fig. 10 b ).

Chresonymy: Ptyelus minor Kb. in Joakimov (1909)

Literature data: Sofia Plain ( Lindberg 1949); Vitosha Mts. ( Joakimov 1909); Sredna Gora Mts. ( Joakimov 1909); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley ( Sander 1985); Belasitsa Mts. ( Bajrjamova 1988); Rhodopes ( Sander 1985).

New data: Danube Plain; Dobrudzha; Pre-Balkan; Western Stara Planina Mts.; Kraishtensko-Konjavo Region; Vitosha Mts.; Ograzhden Mts.; Rila Mts.; Pirin Mts.; Slavjanka Mts.; Mesta River Valley; Rhodopes; Upper Thracian Lowland. Detailed occurrence data: Angelova and Gjonov (2024).

Phenology: March-September.

Altitudinal distribution: 150-2050 m a. s. l.

Host plant: Corynephorus canescens , Festuca ovina , Koeleria glauca and probably species of fine-leaved grasses ( Nickel 2003).

Figures

Figure 10 a. Distribution map in Bulgaria;

Figure 10 b. Habitus, specimen from Croatia (photo: G. Kunz, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66521555).