Aphrodes makarovi Zachvatkin, 1953

Tishechkin, D. Yu., 2022, New and interesting records of Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) in European Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 234-248 : 241

19. Aphrodes makarovi Zachvatkin, 1953

Figs 64–66.

DISTRIBUTION. Western Europe, central regions of European Russia. So far was not found in Central Asia, Siberia, and the Russian Far East [ Tishechkin, 1998, 2017; Bluemel et al., 2014].

RECORDS. Reliably known only from the central part of European Russia.

REMARK. In different biotopes, mainly, on Urtica dioica L. [ Tishechkin, 1998]; also, on Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. and some other Asteraceae [ Bluemel et al., 2014]. In a typical case, these species differ quite clearly in the shape of the aedeagus and coloration, but the extreme variants of variability in different species slightly overlap. Comparative data on the A. bicincta species group with a key to species can be found in Bluemel et al. [2014]. For identification of species from European Russia the following key can be used.

1. Aedeagus shaft almost straight in lateral view, bases of lower spines are situated at the level of ends of upper spines or lower (Figs 61–63). Usually light brown, oblique light stripes on forewings are distinct and contrasting ................................................................ A. diminuta

— Aedeagus shaft usually more or less bent in lateral view, bases of lower spines as a rule are situated higher than the ends of upper spines (Figs 58–60, 64–66) .................. 2

2. Bases of lower spines of aedeagus are usually situated at the level of middles of upper spines or even higher; aedeagus shaft distinctly bent in the middle in lateral view (Figs 64–66). Coloration brown with more contrasting light pattern ................................................ A. makarovi

— Bases of lower spines of aedeagus usually are situated only slightly higher than the ends of upper spines; aedeagus shaft only slightly bent above the middle in lateral view (Figs 58–60). Coloration light brown with less contrasting light pattern ............................... A. bicincta