Cixidia sikaniae D‘Urso & Guglielmino, 1995

Haas, Matthé Cornelis de & Valkenburg, Thijs, 2024, First records of Cixidia maroccana Anufriev, 1969 from the Iberian Peninsula and some additional new records of Achilidae St ṏl, 1839 (Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha), Arquivos Entomolóxicos 28, pp. 141-146 : 143-144

Cixidia sikaniae D‘Urso & Guglielmino, 1995 (Fig. 5)

PORTUGAL: Aveiro: Mealhada, Grada (40.297, -8.474), 16.VIII.2022, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. L. Silva. Coimbra: Sanguinheira de Baixo (40.329, -8.719), 2.III.2020, 4 adults, photo on iNaturalist, leg. J. Santos. Faro: Castro Marim – Praia Verde (37.180, -7.482), 26.VII.2022, 1♂, leg. T. Valkenburg. Leiria: Marinha Grande (39.789, -8.936), 7.VI.2022, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. Svduarte; same location as previous record, but date 11.VI.2022.

SPAIN: Barcelona: Manresa (41.738, 1.881), 14.VII.2023, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. Snailman.

Distribution: S Pecies described from Sicily (D’Urso & Guglielmino, 1995) And Also known from SPAin (Asche, 2015). Based on photos on iNaturalist, the species occurs throughout Spain and Portugal.

Ecology: Based on Asche (2015): an univoltine species, nymphs and adults have been found under the bark of oak and pine trees, living on the fungus Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum (Ehrenb.) Ryvarden. The Portuguese record of four adults in March is strange, considering that this is an univoltine species. Other observations of this species (D‘ Urso & Guglielmino, 1995; Asche, 2015; this study) are only from June, July and August.

Identification: The species can be identified according to the original description or the redescription by Asche (2015). Specimens from Spain are of a lighter coloration than the specimens from Sicily (Asche, 2015), and this is also true for specimens from Portugal.