Hephathus nanus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835), Herrich-Schaffer, 1835

Valeria Trivellone, Eva Knop, Tabea Turrini, Line Andrey, Jean-Yves Humbert & Gernot Kunz, 2015, New and remarkable leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland, Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 88, pp. 273-284 : 279-281

Hephathus nanus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835) ( Fig. 2 H)

First record from Switzerland: Ticino, Bioggio, Righetto, vineyard [46 °0’ 18.88 ’’ N, 8 ° 53 ’ 45.11 ’’ E, 437 m], 1 ♂,0 4.08. 2011, D-vac, leg. &det. Valeria Trivellone .

Second record from Switzerland: Ticino, Monteceneri, Bironico-Cassona, vineyard [46 ° 7 ’ 3.79 ’’ N, 8 ° 55 ’ 59.18 ’’ E, 511 m], 2 ♂♂, 14.06. 2014 & 04.08.2011, D-vac, leg. &det. Valeria Trivellone .

Third record from Switzerland: Ticino, Lavertezzo, Montedato, vineyard [46 ° 10 ’ 47.25 ’’ N, 8 ° 53 ’ 16.87 ’’ E, 336 m], 1 ♂, 20.07. 2011, sweep-net, leg. &det. Valeria. Trivellone

Distribution:Albania, Austria, Balearic Is., Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland. Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.

Remarks:This species is usually found on sunny, oligotrophic and xerothermic sites, often in quite disturbed pastures (Nickel 2003). In this study some specimens were collected on vineyards floor vegetation and one specimen was unexpectedly collected from vine canopy.