Cixidia sikaniae D‘Urso & Guglielmino, 1995

Cixidia sikaniae D‘Urso & Guglielmino, 1995 View in CoL (Fig. 5)

PORTUGAL: Aveiro: Mealhada, Grada (40.297, -8.474), 16.VIII.2022, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. L. Silva. GoogleMaps Coimbra: Sanguinheira de Baixo (40.329, -8.719), 2.III.2020, 4 adults, photo on iNaturalist, leg. J. Santos. GoogleMaps Faro: Castro Marim – Praia Verde (37.180, -7.482), 26.VII.2022, 1♂, leg. T. Valkenburg. Leiria: Marinha Grande (39.789, -8.936), 7.VI.2022, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. Svduarte; GoogleMaps same location as previous record, but date 11.VI.2022. GoogleMaps

SPAIN: Barcelona: Manresa (41.738, 1.881), 14.VII.2023, 1 adult, photo on iNaturalist, leg. Snailman. GoogleMaps

Distribution: S Pecies described from Sicily (D’Urso & Guglielmino, 1995) And Also known from SPAin (Asche, 2015). Based on photos on iNaturalist, the species occurs throughout Spain and Portugal.

Ecology: Based on Asche (2015): an univoltine species, nymphs and adults have been found under the bark of oak and pine trees, living on the fungus Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum (Ehrenb.) Ryvarden. The Portuguese record of four adults in March is strange, considering that this is an univoltine species. Other observations of this species (D‘ Urso & Guglielmino, 1995; Asche, 2015; this study) are only from June, July and August.

Identification: The species can be identified according to the original description or the redescription by Asche (2015). Specimens from Spain are of a lighter coloration than the specimens from Sicily (Asche, 2015), and this is also true for specimens from Portugal.