Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cercopidae id ?

Posted by BubikolRamios on 25-05-2013 21:57
#1

Loc.: Slovenia

Posted by empeejay on 31-05-2013 15:00
#2

This looks like Cercopis arcuata.

Posted by BubikolRamios on 31-05-2013 15:22
#3

Where are missing red dots ?
Besides I have bottom shot of c.a. where also bottom color pattern differs fom upper, see this:
http://agrozoo.ne...0998cd1f49

Edited by BubikolRamios on 31-05-2013 15:23

Posted by empeejay on 31-05-2013 16:24
#4

Don't worry about the lack of red dots. The pattern of the fore wing is variable in Cercopis.

The main feature is the colour of the connexivum. The ventral plates are completely red in arcuata and each with a black spot (rarely absent) in sanguinolenta. Also there is a difference in shape between the two when viewed from above. Broadly ovoid in arcuata and elongate ovoid in sanguinolenta.

The pictures above therefore appear to be more like arcuata to me, whereas the the other picture you have linked to must be something different, as it has a black spotted connexivum.

This is based on information in The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe Volume 1.