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Species Arthaldeus pascuellus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Paralimnini
Subtribe Paralimnina
Genus Arthaldeus
Species pascuellus (Arthaldeus pascuellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sorhoanus pascuellus
Explanation of Names
Arthaldeus pascuellus (Fallén 1826)
Size
3-4 mm(1)
Identification
The deeply notched pregenital sternite (the plate covering the base of the ovipositor) is distinctive; also the two little dark spots at the tip of the head (on the upper side).
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA(2)
Season
Adults present Jun to Nov in the UK(1)
Food
on grasses(3)
Internet References
Species page(4)
Species profile(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
3.Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. I: Apterygota, Palaeoptera, Hemimetabola
Bei-Bienko G.Y., ed. 1964. Leningrad: Zool. Inst. 935 pp.
4.Zahniser J.N. (2007-) An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Contributed by tom murray on 12 June, 2006 - 4:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov, TurtleDude
Last updated 23 September, 2017 - 4:55pm

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