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| FRV |
Posted on 11-03-2021 12:51
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Hi, I have photographed this small insect in the soil in a deciduous forest near Paris. I thought at first it was a Issus but when I looked closer at the eyes (not composed) it was clearly not that. Rather small (3-4mm). Any idea what it could be? A homopteran? Thanks for helping, FRV FRV attached the following image:  [151.14Kb] |
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| FRV |
Posted on 11-03-2021 12:52
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
another view
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| eklans |
Posted on 11-03-2021 13:14
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 3960 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hi FRV, very interesting! I'm quite confident it's a nymph of the Delphacidae - an example see here: http://www.britis...dalei.html. The white processes at the derrière is wax? Or is it a mould? Greetings, Eric |
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| FRV |
Posted on 11-03-2021 13:42
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Thank you Eric, I'm quite sure the white process at the rear of the abdomen is not mould. Wax? I don't know. Someone on a FB entomological group told me exactly the same thing that it could be a Delphacidae, so, two independant persons having the same opinion : it must be correct! Is the small eyes an ancestral character? |
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| eklans |
Posted on 11-03-2021 15:44
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 3960 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Yes, FRV, the eyes... Maybe it's Cixiidae (although in a family with Asiraca everything can happen): https://www.flick.../501057159. This one seems to have smaller eyes and waxy processes and it may be the "subterranean immature of Reptalus panzeri". From: Revealing the identity of some early described European Cixiidae... MICHAEL D. WEBB, ALEX J. RAMSAY & VALÉRIE A. LEMAÎTRE Greetings, Eric Edited by eklans on 11-03-2021 15:50 |
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| FRV |
Posted on 11-03-2021 17:06
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Thank you Eric, surer to stick to the family : Cixiidae! FRV |
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