New and remarkable leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland
Author
Valeria Trivellone
Author
Eva Knop
Author
Tabea Turrini
Author
Line Andrey
Author
Jean-Yves Humbert
Author
Gernot Kunz
text
Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft
2015
88
273
284
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.33990
Hishimonus hamatus
Kuoh,
1976
(
Fig.
6
)
First record from
Switzerland
:
Ticino
,
Agno, green area
[
45
°
59
’
44.51
’’ N
,
8
°
54
’
9.21
’’ E
,
272 m
],
2
♂♂
,
21.06
.
2014
,
mouth aspirator
, leg. &det.
Valeria
Trivellone
.
Second record from
Switzerland
:
Ticino
,
Stabio, Montalbano, woody margins surrounding the vineyards
[
45
°
51
’
18.44
’’ N
,
8
°
55
’
39.38
’’ E
,
417 m
],
2
♂♂
and
1
♀
,
19
–
26.07.2011
,
8
–
15.07.2014
&
24
-
30.09.2014
,
yellow sticky trap
, leg. &det.
Valeria. Trivellone
Distribution
:Australia, China, Ethiopia, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Slovenia, Italy? &Switzerland.
Remarks
:The genus
Hishimonus
Ishihara
belongs to the tribe
Opsiini
of
Deltocephalinae
, and is native to the Oriental region with records into the Ethiopian, Australian and eastern Palaearctic regions (Dai
et al.
2013
). Some species of
Hishimonus
are known to be of economic importance, because they were recorded as vector of phytoplasmas causing dwarf disease, Rhus yellows and witches broom (Weintraub &Beanland
2006
; Seljak
2013
). The first appearance in
2012 in
Europe (Slovenia) was published by Seljak (
2013
). However, an increasing number of records (http://www.fitosanitario.re.it)and recent findings from the surroundings of Grado (Italy) suggest its primary introduction in the North of Italy. Nevertheless dissected material is still not available.