Muellerianella fairmairei
Length 2.5 to 4 mm. Brachypterous (short-winged) and macropterous (long-winged) form occur. A brown planthopper, with a broad pale zone down the central part of the pronotum and scutellum. Females cannot be identifed with certainty; males can be separated by examination of internal genitalia.
other Muellerianella
males 
Males can be identified by microscopic examination of genitalia. Photographs of a specimen from top down will support ID
Damp grasslands/ditches etc. with Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa).
Summer-Autumn.
Common (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021)
Few records, possibly under-recorded due to ID difficulty
AJ Cann
Sandhills Lodge
19 September 2022
AJ Cann
Sandhills Lodge
19 September 2022
AJ Cann
Sandhills Lodge
19 September 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Delphacidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 19/09/2022 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 19/09/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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