Chlorita dumosa (Ribaut, 1933)

Lock, Koen, 2011, Fifty leafhoppers new to Belgium (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 88, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

Chlorita dumosa (Ribaut, 1933)

The species of this genus have short green bodies with white markings on head, pronotum and scutellum ( Fig. 8 ). Chlorita dumosa is smaller than the next species, with a body length of only 2.3-2.6 mm. Males can be recognised by the aedeagus with three pairs of appendages, the middle one directed backwards and shorter than the shaft ( Fig. 9). In dry grasslands on Thymus spp. V-X.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Andenne, Sclaigneaux (50.501, 5.048), 30.IX.2017 & 14.VII.2018. Chlorita paolii (Ossiannilsson, 1939)

Chlorita paolii is larger than the previous species, with a body length of 2.7–3.0 mm. Males have an aedeagus with one large pair of appendages that possess a small tooth ( Fig. 10 ). On Achillea millefolium L. and Artemisia campestris L. at sunny sites. V-X.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Dilsen-Stokkem, Kerkeweerd (51.021, 5.756), 11.VIII.2018; Kinrooi, Kessenich (51.143, 5.850), 26.IX.2018.

Figures

Fig. 8. Chlorita dumosa (Ribaut, 1933), lateral view (photo by Koen Lock).

Fig. 10. Chlorita paolii (Ossiannilsson, 1939), caudal view aedeagus (photo by Koen Lock).