Delphacinus mesomelas
A small planthopper associated with dry grasslands. The vertex is obtusely pointed, and the frons has one median unforked keel throughout. Males are dark with a pale band towards the end of the abdomen, and paler foreparts. Females are pale all over. Identification can be confirmed by dissection of male genitalia.
Photographs of a male specimen
Dry grassland
Locally common (ref: Auchenorrhyncha, UK checklist updated 2021, https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_auc.html)
Not known - probably under-recorded
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, field in NW part
16 June 2025
male
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, field in NW part
16 June 2025
male
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, field in NW part
16 June 2025
aedeagus
sue
Coalville, Warren Hills, field in NW part
16 June 2025
tip of aedeagus
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- First record:
- 16/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 16/06/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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