Megipocerus is a genus of cicadas from the subfamily Idiocerinae , which includes the only species Megipocerus mordvilkoi Zakhvatkin, 1945 . [one]
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Spread
The range of this species is located in the East of Russia [2] , namely in the south of Primorsky Krai . [one]
Description
In length reaches 6.9-7.2 millimeters. The face, crown and pronotum are light yellow with brown spots. Fore wings transparent or translucent, have a light golden brown color. Veins of fore wings brown with white or yellow spots. [one]
The transition of the face to the crown is smooth. The length of the mesonotum exceeds the length of the pronotum and crown taken together. The first wings are relatively short and wide; A 2 is closely pressed to the flap edge of the wing; between C and R 1 there are two additional veins. [one]
Males
Pigaphore lobes have a process that extends from the ventral margin and runs along the inner wall; there are several teeth on the process. Genital plates are wide and triangular, relatively flat, pubescent with hairs of moderate length. The stylus is not large in size, its apical part is smaller than the basal, shovel-shaped, somewhat curved. The connection is elongated X-shaped. The penis is stocky, has a spear-shaped top of the trunk; gonopore apical. [one]
Ecology
Inhabits Megipocerus mordvilkoi in mixed and deciduous forests . [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Key to insects of the Far East of the USSR. T. III. Coleoptera, or beetles. Part 1 / under total. ed. P. A. Lera . - L .: Nauka , 1989 .-- S. 59 .-- 572 p. - 3,150 copies. - ISBN 5-02-025623-4 .
- ↑ Leafhopper checklist, part M Archived on June 5, 2010.