Short correspondence article with regards to the sightings of Austroagallia avicula in Gozo and Austroagallia sinuata in Malta. Three specimens of the Austroagallia avicula from Ramla were erroneously included in Austroagallia sinuata.peer-reviewe

D'Urso, Vera

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BULL. ENT. SOC. MALTA (2016) Vol. 8 :  83–84CorrespondenceAustroagallia avicula (Ribaut, 1935) (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)– a new record from the Maltese Islands Vera D’URSO1  During a survey on the Auchenorrhyncha fauna of Gozo some specimens belonging to Austroagallia avicula (Ribaut, 1935) were collected from Ramla, a Natura 2000 site. In a previous paper on the Maltese Auchenorrhynca fauna (D’Urso & MifsUD, 2012) three specimens of the above mentioned species from Ramla were erroneously included in Austroagallia sinuata (Mulsant & Rey, 1855). At the present state of knowledge, A. avicula is reported only from Gozo and A. sinuata only from various habitats in Malta. Austroagallia avicula (Ribaut, 1935)(Fig. 1)Material examined: Maltese Islands, Gozo, Ramla, 28.i.1997, 2 ♂♂ & 1 ♀, leg. D. Mifsud (as A. sinuata); Ramla, 5.ii.2015, 2 ♂♂ & 11 ♀♀, on Ononis, leg. V. D’Urso & D. Mifsud.1 Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Italy. E-mail: dursove@unict.itDOI: 10.17387/BULLENTSOCMALTA.2016.09Figure 1: Habitus photograph of Austroagallia avicula (female). Scale bar = 1 mmNotes: The species is currently known from southern France, Sicily, Sardinia, Near East, Asia and from northern Africa. Adults were collected on Ononis sp. in Sicily and in Gozo, mostly in coastal habitats. A phytoplasma belonging to 16SrII group was detected in A. avicula in Oman, in alfalfa fields infected with witches’ broom phytoplasma but that phytoplasma was distinct from lime witches’broom phytoplasma, the most commonly found phytoplasma in the Sultanate (Khan et al., 2003).ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  I would like to thank David Mifsud for all his help and encouragement to prepare this scientific note.REFERENCESD’Urso V. & MifsUD D. (2012) A preliminary account of the Auchenorrhyncha of the Maltese Islands (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 5: 57–72.Khan a.J., Botti s., al-sUBhi a.M., ZaiDi M.a., altosaar i., alMa a. & Bertaccini a. (2003) Molecular characterization of the 16S rRNA gene of phytoplasmas detected in two leafhopper species associated with alfalfa plants infected with witches’ broom in Oman. Phytopathologica Mediterranea, 42: 257–267.Received: January 10, 2016Accepted: February 20, 2016Correspondence84

Austroagallia avicula (Ribaut, 1935) (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) : a new record from the Maltese Islands

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Austroagallia avicula (Ribaut, 1935) (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) : a new record from the Maltese Islands

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