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Description
BL ♂♀: 4.5-5.0 mm. Frons, clypeus and mesotum blackish or darkbrown. Carinae of frons light brown. Wings more or less hyaline without. Phallosoma apically with three movable spines. Right dorsal lobe apically bent inward. Differs from other species within the Cixius sticticus group by the ventral apical spine of the phallotheca, which is as long as the lateral spines. (Wagner, 1939; Holzinger et al, 2003; Biederman & Niedringhaus, 2004)
Ecology
Recorded from Pinus mugo. (Nickel, 2003)
Distribution
Known from high mountainous parts of central Europe. (Ribaut & Lacroix, 1958; Nickel, 2003)
Taxonomic status
Usually treated as a morphotype of Cixius sticticus, the status has to be clarified. (Holzinger et al. 2003)
References
- Biederman, R. & R. Niedringhaus 2004. Die Zikaden Deutschlands – Bestimmungstafeln für alle Arten. WABV Fründ.
- Holzinger, W.E., Kammerlander, I. & Nickel, H. 2003. The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe, Fulgoromorpha, Cicadomorpha excl. Cicadellidae. Brill Publishers, Leiden: 673 pp.
- Nickel, H. 2003. The leafhoppers and planthoppers of Germany (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha), patterns and strategies in a highly diverse group of phytophagous insects. Pensoft Series Faunisitica 28.
- Ribaut, H. & Lacroix, Cl. 1985. Liste des espèces Françaises des genres Cixius, Tachycixius, Neocixius et description de Tachycixius pyrenaicus (Fieb.) (Homoptera Cixiidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse 93: 483-488.
- Wagner, W. 1939. Die Zikaden des Mainzer Beckens. Zugleich eine Revision der Kirschbaumscher Arten aus der Umgebung von Wiesbaden. Jahrbuch des Nassauer Vereins fur Naturkunde Wiesbaden 86: 77-212. (Description)
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