Forcipata forcipata (Flor, 1861)

Lock, Koen, 2011, Fifty leafhoppers new to Belgium (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 88, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

Forcipata forcipata (Flor, 1861)

It can be recognised by the broad aedeagus with a hook-shaped, angled tip ( Fig. 28 ). In open forests and forest margins on Carex spp. VI-X. The species was already reported by LETHIERRY (1880), but this turned out to be an incorrect identification (LETHIERRY, 1992).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Oudenaarde, Wallebos (50.843, 3.639), 23.VIII.2015, 1.IX.2015 & 26.IX.2015; Beloeil, Forêt de Stambruges (50.527, 3.735), 20.VIII.2017 .

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Figures

Fig. 28. Forcipata forcipata (Flor, 1861), lateral view aedeagus (photo by Koen Lock).