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Description
BL ♂: 10 mm; ♀: ? mm. Base color black, face and vertex red with a black spot between the ocellus and the eye. Pronotum black with a small red line along the front and sides, apically with a broader red band between the tegulae. Scutellum red. Sternits and legs red, only the tarsi somewhat darkened.
Distribution
Known from the type location: Algeria (Sidi-bel-Abbès).
Notes
The name Cercopis haupti replaces the name Tomaspis trifasciata Haupt, 1917 according to Metcalf, 1961. The name Tomaspis trifasciata was not available since Melichar described Tomaspis trifasciata Melichar, 1915.
References
- Haupt, H. 1917. Neue paläarktische Homoptera nebst Bemerkungen über einige schon bekannte. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 36: 229-262.
- Metcalf, Z.P. 1961. Part 2. Cercopidae. In: Metcalf, Z.P. 1963 - General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicule VII. North Carolina State College. Page 1-607.
- Nast, J. 1933. Beiträge zur Morphologie und geographischen Verbreitung der miteeleuropäischen und mediterranen Arten aus der Subfamilie Cercopinae (Homoptera, Cercopidae). Annales musei Zoologici Polonici 10: 7-32.