Athysanus quadrum Boheman, 1845

Valeria Trivellone, Eva Knop, Tabea Turrini, Line Andrey, Jean-Yves Humbert & Gernot Kunz, 2015, New and remarkable leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland, Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 88, pp. 273-284 : 277

Athysanus quadrum Boheman, 1845 ( Fig. 2 G)

First record from Switzerland: Valais, south-east of Hérémence, south-east of Euseigne, extensively managed meadows at subalpine level that received different amount of water and irrigation since 2011 [46 ° 10 ’09’’ N; 7 ° 25 ’ 27 ’’ E, 1028 m], 1 ♂, larvae, 28.06 .2012, 1 ♀, 10.09. 2012, D-vac, leg. Aline Andrey, det. Gernot Kunz .

Distribution in Europe:Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, France, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland.

Remarks: A. quadrum needs sunny, moist to wet, usually mesotrophic sites, mainly calcareous sedge fens and non-fertilized peat and straw meadows (Nickel 2002). Recent findings in Austria support Lysimachia vulgaris as being the host plant of this leafhopper (Nickel &Kunz unpubl.).