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Description
BL ♂♀: 6-7.5 mm. Pronotum with process which is a bit shorter than elytra, reaching to the end of the 2nd apical cell. The process is flattened, has a dark tip and is entirely punctuated. Pronotum brownish, with lateral spines which are triangular, acute and arched forwards. Forewings acute and with brown veins. Legs brown, abdomen black.*
Ecology
Found in mostly dry and warm sites on woody and herbaceous plants. Adults can be found between July and November.
Distribution
Oxyrhachis capeneri is known from the central Mediterranean area.
References
- Fieber, F.X. 1876. Les Cicadines d'Europe d'après les originaux et les publications les plus récentes. Deuxième partie: Descriptions des espèces. Traduit de l'allemand par Ferd. Reiber (sic). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. Strassburg. (Sér. 3). 3: 11-268.
- Holzinger, W.E., I. Kammerlander & H. Nickel 2003. The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe, Fulgoromorpha, Cicadomorpha excl. Cicadellidae. Brill Publishers, Leiden: 673 pp.
- Izzard, R.J. 1953. Notes on the genera Oxyrhachis Germar, 1835, Pedalion Buckton, 1903, Gongroneura Jacobi, 1910 and Negus Jacobi, 1910 (Homoptera, Membracidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 89: 116-117. (Description)
- Jach, M. & H. Hoch 2013. Fauna Europaea: Cicadomorpha, Cicadomorpha, Membracidae. Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2. Available on: www.faunaeur.org.
- Nast, J. 1972. Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw, Poland,: 550 pp.
* Description based on Fieber's description of Oxyrhachis delalandei Fairmaire, 1846. For his description he used specimens from the Mediterranean area, which were later used for the description of Oxyrhachis capeneri.