Psammotettix striatus Linnaeus 1758

Psammotettix striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Thamnotettix striatus Linnaeus, 1758: 437 Psammotettix alienus; Lindberg, 1961: 66 Deltocephalus striatus; China, 1938: 46 [identification error] Psammotettix striatus; Lindberg, 1941: 31 [identification error] Distribution. Holarctic. DESERTA GRANDE: locality unknown (Lindberg, 1961). MADEIRA: Reported from many localities from coastal areas up to mountain tops on northern and southern slopes (Lindberg, 1961; China, 1938; Lindberg, 1941). PORTO SANTO: reported from three localities from coastal areas up to high altitudes in northern slopes (Lindberg, 1961). Habitat and/or food plants. Herbaceous vegetation and in the outside of cultivated terrains (Lindberg, 1961). Remarks. China (1938) identified the material of Wollaston���s collection as Deltocephalus striatus (= Psammotettix striatus) and Lindberg (1941) identified it as Psammotettix striatus. Later, Lindberg (1961) reexamined this material and considered it to be P. a l i e n u s. Presently Psammotettix alienus is considered a synonym of Psammotettix striatus (Razvyazkina & Pridantseva, 1968). This species is a vector of viruses and phytoplasms which cause plant diseases (Della Giustina, 1989).
Published as part of Aguin-Pombo, Dora & Freitas, Carlos, 2008, An annotated check list of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera) of the Madeira and Salvages archipelagos, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1762 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181963
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