Cixidia cf. lapponica (Zetterstedt, 1828)

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 : 142

Cixidia cf. lapponica (Zetterstedt, 1828) (Fig. 1)

SPAIN: Tarragona: 1.5 km northeAst of L‘ Ampolla - barranca Platja del Baconé (40.817, 0.722), 28.IV.2023, 1♀ collected from a pine tree, leg. C.F.M. den Bieman.

Distribution: This species has an Eurosiberian distribution (Asche, 2015). The most southwestern records are from southeastern France (La Colle-sur-Loup & Mt. Ventoux). Recently the species was recorded from Slovenia (Seljak, 2023). For a detailed overview of the distribution, see Asche (2015).

Ecology: The species is considered boreoalpine or boreomontane, living in montane pine- or coniferous-forests where the nymphs live under the bark of decaying wood; it is a univoltine species, with adults between July and September, while hibernation takes place in the nymphal stage (Asche, 2015; Seljak, 2023).

Identification: The species can be identified with Asche (2015).

Notes: Even though the single specimen fits the general description of Cixidia lapponica , and easily keys out to it with the key in Asche (2015), we refrain from putting a definitive name on the specimen until males of this species are found on the Iberian Peninsula. Distribution and habitat of the Spanish specimen does not correspond with those of C. lapponica . Besides this, the Spanish specimen was collected in April, much earlier than records in other parts of Europe.