Eupteryx thoulessi Edwards, 1926

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

Eupteryx thoulessi Edwards, 1926

The rear spot on the vertex is irregular and variable in shape ( Fig. 23) and does not allow a reliable identification of this species. Although the habitat is a good indication, the identity needs to be confirmed by examining the aedeagus, that has a pair of spines at the tip in addition to the pair of appendages that is folded backwards ( Fig. 24 ). In moist habitats such as water edges on Mentha aquatica L. and Lycopus europaeus L.VI-XI.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Hoboken, Hobokense Polder (51.195, 4.343), 22.VIII.2017; Dilsen-Stokkem, Kerkeweerd (51.024, 5.752), 2.IX.2017; Merendree, Durmplassen (51.093, 3.578), 9.VI.2018.

Figures

Fig. 24. Eupteryx thoulessi Edwards, 1926, lateral view tip of aedeagus (photo by Koen Lock).