Macropsis elaeagni Emelyanov, 1964

Tishechkin, D. Yu., 2022, New and interesting records of Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) in European Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 234-248 : 237

12. Macropsis elaeagni Emelyanov, 1964

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DISTRIBUTION. Western Europe, the southern half of European Russia, the South Urals, Kazakhstan, Central Asia. Probably, originally is the Central Asian species, widely introduced with ornamental Elaeagnus angustifolia L. far beyond natural range which is hardly possible to reconstruct now.

RECORD.Was first recorded from Moscow by Tishechkin [2002]. This is the northernmost record of M. elaeagni in European Russia.

REMARKS.In the shape of abdominal apodemes, genitalia, and in the calling signal pattern, males from Moscow are indistinguishable from males from the southern regions of European Russia, Kazakhstan,andCentralAsia[ Tishechkin, 2002, 2015a]. The only European Macropsis species feeding on E. angustifolia . Distinctly differs from other European Macropsis species in uniform whitish pale green coloration.

Рис. 1–20. 1–5 — Nisamia fumigata ; 6–10 — Poophilus costalis ; 11–12 — Anaceratagallia camphorosmatis ; 13–14 — A. fragariae ; 15–16 — A. ribauti ; 17–20 — Macropsis illota : 1 — самец, внеШний вид, сбоку; 2 — то же, самка; 3 — гениталии самца, сбоку; 4 — анальнаЯ трубка, сверху; 5, 8, 18 — стилус; 6 — внеШний вид, сверху; 7 — пигофор, анальнаЯ трубка и генитальные пластины, сбоку; 9, 11, 13–17 — Эдеагус, сбоку; 10 — то же, сЗади; 12 — отросток анальной трубки самца; 19–20 — аподемы второго брюШного тергита самца. На рис. 14 и 16 Ширина основаниЯ Эдеагуса покаЗана стрелками.