Macropsis cerea (Germar, 1837)

Tishechkin, Dmitri Yu., 2020, Review of the genus Macropsis Lewis, 1836 (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) of Southeastern Kazakhstan with description of new species, Zootaxa 4838 (3), pp. 381-405 : 389

10. Macropsis cerea (Germar, 1837)

Figs. 24–25 , 139–144

Macropsis fieberi Ossiannilsson, 1938: 76 (synonymy by Tishechkin, 1998).

Description. Brown, often with variable dark pattern on head, pro-, mesonotum, and forewings ( Figs. 24–25 ).

Abdominal apodemes of 2 nd tergite in male very short, separated by wide round notch ( Fig. 139 ). Sternal apodemes triangular, separated by rounded notch ( Figs. 140–141 ). Penis stem in side view wide, with slight if any extension in middle ( Figs. 142–143 ). 2 nd valvulae of ovipositor with 3–5 preapical teeth each ( Fig. 144 ).

Body length (including tegmina): ♂, 4.5–5.0 mm; ♀, 4.9–5.6 mm.

Host. On different willow species.

Distribution. Transpalearctic within the forest zone. Common throughout the northern half of Kazakhstan; in southeast was found only on Tarbagatai.

Figures

FIGURES 5–28. Macropsis spp., lateral view.

FIGURES 126–150. Macropsis milkoi (126–138), M. cerea (139–144), and M. viridobrunnea (145–150). 126, 130, 134, 139, 145―male abdominal apodemes of the 2nd tergite; 127–128, 131–132, 135–136, 140–141, 146–147—the 2nd sternite; 129, 133, 137, 142–143, 148–149―penis, lateral view; 138, 144, 150―the 2nd valvulae of ovipositor.