Circulifer haematoceps (Mulsant & Rey, 1855)

Aguin-Pombo, Dora & Freitas, Carlos, 2008, An annotated check list of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera) of the Madeira and Salvages archipelagos, Zootaxa 1762, pp. 1-28 : 12-13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181963
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231459
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scientific name	Circulifer haematoceps (Mulsant & Rey, 1855)
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Circulifer haematoceps (Mulsant & Rey, 1855) View in CoL

Jassus haematoceps Mulsant & Rey, 1855: 229

Circulifer haematoceps View in CoL var. vittiventris ; Lindberg, 1961: 65

Distribution. Palaearctic region including Macaronesia but here known only from Madeira. PORTO SANTO: locality unknown ( Lindberg, 1961).

Habitat and food plants. Unknown.

Remarks. Circulifer haematoceps and C. opacipennis have been variously regarded as different species or the second as a synonym of the first. Here the interpretation of Young & Frazier (1954) is followed and both species are considered valid. Circulifer haematoceps is an important vector in Mediterranean Basin and Near East ( Kersting and Baspinar, 1995).

localities ( Quartau, 1984).

Habitat and/or food plants. Areas with mixed vegetation including Agropyron junceiforme , Suaeda vera and Limonium papillatum ( Quartau, 1984) .

Remarks. An important vector of Spiroplasma citri ( Kersting et al., 1992) . See Circulifer haematoceps for other comments.