Cercopis sanguinolenta
| Cercopis sanguinolenta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cercopidae |
| Genus: | Cercopis |
| Species: | C. sanguinolenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercopis sanguinolenta (Scopoli, 1763) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cicada sanguinolenta Scopoli, 1763 | |
Cercopis sanguinolenta is a species of froghopper in the family Cercopidae. It occurs in Europe and the Near East.
Description
The adult is 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in) long. It is seen in May through July on herbaceous plants and shrubs, mainly in meadows and woodland edges. It feeds on the sap of the plants. It can fly, but it more often moves by jumping.
It is black with bright red marks on the elytra. This species is very similar to Cercopis vulnerata, but its red stripes are smaller and the rear stripe is only slightly curved, while in Cercopis vulnerata, it is U-shaped. C. sanguinolenta also has a few black spots on the ventral plates of the connexivum, the lateral border of the abdomen.
The male is larger than the female.[1]
References
- ↑ Biedermann, R. (2002). "Mating success in the spittlebug Cercopis sanguinolenta (Scopoli, 1763) (Homoptera, Cercopidae): the role of body size and mobility" (PDF). Journal of Ethology 20 (1): 13–18. doi:10.1007/s10164-002-0048-9. Retrieved 8 August 2012.