Macropsis ochotonaria Tishechkin, 1994

Tishechkin, D. Yu., 2020, Review of species of the genus Macropsis Lewis, 1836 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) of Mongolia based on materials of the Soviet-Mongolian zoological expeditions: annotated check-list, illustrated key to species, and new synonym, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4), pp. 350-360 : 351

4. Macropsis ochotonaria Tishechkin, 1994

Figs 2 , 12–15 , 59–61.

DISTRIBUTION. Southern Siberia from Tyva to Transbaikalia, Amur Oblast (valley of the Zeya River), Northern Mongolia ( Fig. 2 ) .

HOST. Willows from the section Helix : S. ledebouriana Trautv. , S. miyabeana Seemen.

REMARKS. Distinctly differs from closely related M. leporina Tishechkin, 1997 in the male calling signal pattern and host specialisation, but is indistinguishable from it in morphological traits. Thus, identification of collection material without exact data on host plant is impossible. For this reason, we provide common distribution map, drawings and photos for these two species.

Dlabola [1965, 1967b, d] records the European species, M. marginata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1836) from Central Aimak of Mongolia. Judging by the drawings in Dlabola [1965], these records should be referred to M. ochotonaria or M. leporina . The reason for misidentification could be the fact that these two species have the same range of colour variations as M. marginata , including very distinctive blackyellow form ( Figs 12–15 ).

Figures

Figs 1–4. Maps of distribution of species of Macropsis in Mongolia and adjacent territories. Рис. 1–4. Карты распространениЯ видов рода Macropsis в Монголии и на сопредельных территориЯх.

Figs 7–32. Macropsis spp., lateral view. Рис. 7–32. Виды рода Macropsis, сбоку.