Triecphorella geniculata

(Horvath, 1881)

Information

Description

BL ♂: mm; ♀: mm. Base color black, thorax completely black. Legs with red knees. Forewings with only a red, posterior band (which in some cases is reduced to one or two spots) not reaching the edge. 

Genitalia: 

  • Male aedeagus: shaft short and straight. Spine-like appendages short, less than half the length of the shaft.
Ecology

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Distribution

Only known from the Balkan peninsula.

References
  • Horváth, G. 1881. Hemiptera nova vel minus cognita. Tersmészetajzi Füzetek 5: 38-42. (Description)
  • Jach, M. & H. Hoch 2013. Fauna Europaea: Cicadomorpha, Cicadomorpha, Cercopidae. Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2. Available on: www.faunaeur.org.
  • Kunz, G. 2009. Das Insekt des Jahres 2009. Die Gemeine Blutzikade Cercopis vulnerata (ROSSI, 1807) (Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae). Entomologica Austriaca 16: 345-351.
  • Lodos, N. & A. Kalkandelen 1981. Preliminary list of Auchenorrhyncha with notes on distribution and importance of species in Turkey VI. Families Cercopidae and Membracidae. Turkiye Bitki koruma Dergisi 5(3): 133-149.
  • Nast, J. 1972. Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw, Poland,: 550 pp.