Evaluation of Cercopidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha) Species Distributed in Sinop and Kastamonu (Turkey) in Taxonomic Terms

Abstract

In this study, specimens belonging to Cercopidae collected from Sinop and Kastamonu in 2016-2018 were evaluated. Three species belonging to to genus Cercopis and Triecphorella were identified. General morphological characteristics, drawings of male and fern ale of genital structures, measurements of some body part, distributional data (Turkey and in the world) and collection localities of the species were given. Brief ecological notes on examples are mentioned. The data about the elytral color/pattern variation of identified species were also examined.