Cicadina (Insecta: Homoptera) of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria)

Publication Type:Book Chapter
Year of Publication:2004
Authors:I. Gjonov
Book Title:Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)
Series Volume:1957
Pagination:315–330
Keywords:auchenorrhyncha, Bulgaria, Cicadina, distribution, homoptera, rhodopes
Abstract:

On the basis of published and original data 128 species of Cicadina (Homoptera) are reported from the Bulgarian part of the Eastern Rhodopes. They belong to 12 families: Cixiidae – 7 species, Delphacidae – 16, Dictyopharidae – 5, Tettigometridae – 10, Caliscelidae – 2, Issidae – 8, Flatidae – 1, Cicadidae – 1, Cercopidae – 2, Aphrophoridae – 6, Membracidae – 2 and Cicadellidae – 68 species. That is about 20% of known Bulgarian species. New to the region are 62 species and 4 of them are new to the Bulgarian fauna: Tettigometra fusca, Tettigometra vitellina, Opsius cypriacus and Thamnotettix creticus.

Taxonomic name: 
Aphrophoridae, Cixius distinguendus, Cixius stigmaticus, Hyalesthes luteipes, Myndus musivus, Reptalus apiculatus, Reptalus melanochaetus, Reptalus quinquecostatus, Tachycixius pilosus, Phantia subquadrata, Tettigometra hexaspina, Tettigometra laeta, Tettigometra obliqua, Tettigometra virescens, Tettigometra griseola, Tettigometra sulphurea, Tettigometra atra, Caliscelis affinis, Ommatidiotus dissimilis, Agalmatium bilobum, Agalmatium flavescens, Bubastia corniculata, Bubastia josifovi, Bubastia novalis, Issus coleoptratus, Issus muscaeformis, Mycterodus immaculatus, Cicadetta mediterranea, Cercopis intermedia, Cercopis sanguinolenta, Aphrophora alni, Aphrophora salicina, Lepyronia coleoptrata, Neophilaenus exclamationis, Neophilaenus lineatus, Philaenus spumarius, Centrotus cornutus, Stictocephala bisonia, Acanthodelphax spinosus, Calligypona reyi, Delphacodes capnodes, Delphacodes mulsanti, Ditropis pteridis, Euconomelus lepidus, Eurysa lineata, Flastena fumata, Florodelphax leptosoma, Javesella dubia, Javesella obscurella, Javesella pellucida, Laodelphax striatellus, Paradelphacodes paludosus, Ribautodelphax albostriatus, Xanthodelphax stramineus, Stenocranus minutus, Asiraca clavicornis, Callodictya krueperi, Dictyophara europaea, Dictyophara lindbergi, Dictyophara multireticulata, Ranissus edirneus, Utecha trivia, Megophthalmus scanicus, Hephathus nanus, Anaceratagallia ribauti, Austroagallia sinuata, Dryodurgades anatolicus, Acericerus vittifrons, Acericerus rotundifrons, Balcanocerus balcanicus, Idiocerus herrichii, Populicerus fulgidus, Penthimia nigra, Eupelix cuspidata, Paradorydium paradoxum, Hecalus glaucescens, Aphrodes bicinctus, Stroggylocephalus agrestis, Alebra albostriella, Chlorita tessellata, Kybos abstrusus, Kybos virgator, Kybos strigilifer, Eupteryx melissae, Eupteryx stachydearum, Linnavuoriana sexmaculata, Arboridia cantoreanica, Arboridia parvula, Kropka unipunctata, Zygina frauenfeldi, Chiasmus conspurcatus, Doratura heterophyla, Doratura stylata, Fieberiella septentrionalis, Japananus hyalinus, Neoaliturus fenestratus, Opsius lethierryi, Balclutha punctata, Macrosteles fieberi, Macrosteles laevis, Macrosteles viridigriseus, Deltocephalus pulicaris, Recilia schmidtgeni, Allygidius atomarius, Allygidius mayri, Anoplotettix fuscovenosus, Artianus manderstjernii, Cicadula flori, Cicadula lineatopunctata, Cicadula quadrinotata, Conosanus obsoletus, Elymana sulphurella, Euscelidius schenckii, Euscelis alsius, Euscelis incisus, Euscelis lineolatus, Handianus procerus, Hardya anatolica, Hesium domino, Mocydia crocea, Phlepsius intricatus, Platymetopius major, Platymetopius ponticus, Platymetopius undatus, Selenocephalus obsoletus, Thamnotettix exemptus, Thamnotettix thrax, Adarrus multinotatus, Arocephalus longiceps, Jassargus obtusivalvis, Metalimnus formosus, Psammotettix cephalotes, Psammotettix confinis, Psammotettix provincialis, Psammotettix striatus, Euscelis obsoletus, Hysteropterum grylloides, Aphrophora salicis, Empoasca virgator, Typhlocyba sexpunctata, Hysteropterum tauricum, Goniognathus brevis, Ribautodelphax fumatus, Tettigometra fusca, Tettigometra vitellina, Artianus mandersteineri, Cicadula divaricata v. pallidifrons, Cixius intermedius, Empoasca abstrusa, Eupteryx stachyderum, Goniognathus bolivari, Micrometrina baranii, Neoaliturus guttulatus, Opsius cypriacus, Tettigometra sicula, Thamnotettix creticus
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