Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Auchenorrhyncha but which ?
Posted by Makro Freak on 11-04-2008 16:54
#1
Hello,
i found this cicada today. Is it possible to define the infraorder on the basis of this pictures ?
loc . munich germany in a forrest
size. aprox 2-3 mm
Best regards
Richie
Posted by Makro Freak on 11-04-2008 16:56
#2
detail
Posted by Makro Freak on 11-04-2008 16:57
#3
habitat
Posted by John Bratton on 11-04-2008 17:28
#4
I think it is a Stenocranus.
John Bratton
Posted by Makro Freak on 11-04-2008 18:20
#5
Thanks John.
Regards
Richie
Posted by John Bratton on 12-04-2008 11:23
#6
I ran it through the British key (Le Quesne's RES Handbook). Germany has the same species. It came to Stenocranus minutus. A = 2x B, whereas in the other species A is no more than 1.5 x B. Also, the foretibia does not widen towards the tip and the dark lines on the frons look brown rather than black.
John
Posted by Makro Freak on 12-04-2008 12:42
#7
Thanks again John. After you gave me the family i assumed minutus after comparing a lot of pictures and informations on the web. Now i can categorize it on wikimedia commons. Could this be a early stage of S. minutus ?
Edited by Makro Freak on 12-04-2008 12:51
Posted by John Bratton on 14-04-2008 18:32
#8
Well, it could be, but I don't know enough about them to recognise the early stages. Its forehead needs to grow quite a lot to match its mum.