Diario de john__b

Macrosteles sardus Ribaut (1948).

M. sardus is a species of leafhopper with a limited distribution in central and western Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom (den Bieman and de Haas, 2019; Holzinger, 2009; Jach and Hoch, 2013; Niedringhaus et al., 2010; Seljak, 2004; Świerczewski and Walczak. 2011; et al, 2016).

Occurrence in the UK

M. sardus is listed in bold in the current checklist of UK Auchenorrhyncha (last updated 11th Jan 2021) indicating that it is a new addition to the British fauna since the list produced by Le Quesne & Payne (1981).

Currently, in the UK there are four accepted records for M. sardus and one pending review, as follows:
There are two accepted records of M.sardus in iNaturalist

• the first record for the UK being on the 19th Sept 2020 from Epsom, (link)
• and a second from 27th Sept 2020 from Folkstone, Kent (link)

Both these records were confirmed by Michael Wilson on the basis of dissection of males.

There are three additional records of M.sardus in iRecord

• two from 2022 on the 16th Sept and 18th Sept 2022, and one from 2023 on 6th Oct 2023. All three records are from Berkshire (link to iRecord records)

The 2022 records were confirmed by Alan Stuart on the basis of dissected males while the record from 2023, is also a male, is yet to be reviewed. The two iRecord records from 2022 have been incorporated into both the UK's NBN Atlas (here) the international GBIF database (here).

References

• den Bieman CFM and de Haas M. 2019. Five leafhoppers and one planthopper new for the Netherlands (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae & Tettigometridae). Entomologische Berichten 79 (4): 147-153. Link
• Ribaut, H. (1948b) Deux espèces ilaliennes nouvelles d'Homoptères récoltées par M. le Prof. A. Servadei. Redia, 33, 217–219.
• Marcin Walczak, Cezary Gębicki, Wacław Wojciechowski, and Dariusz Świerczewski. 2016. The fauna of planthoppers and leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha et Cicadomorpha) in the city of Częstochowa (southern Poland). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum. Bytom Entomology, no. 24-25, pp. 193. PL ISSN 0867-1966, PL ISBN 978-83-88880-97-1
• Świerczewski and Walczak. 2011. New records of leafhoppers for Poland (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha). P olish Journal of Entomology, 80, 291-298 , DOI: 10.2478/v10200-011-0021-4. Link

Records of two DNA profiles of M. sardus can be found in the BOLD database here: Bold link

The following provides details of and links to keys and species lists, descriptions of, and other web resources related to the Insects of Mallorca. First it lists links to general resources and papers and then to resources for specific orders and families of insects. All resources are in English unless otherwise stated.

I will update it periodically as and when I come across sources of information but welcome comments regarding any relevant resources not listed.

General
The iNaturalist 'place' ID for Mallorca is here and for Insects of Mallorca is here.

Riddiford N.J., Veraart JA., Férriz I., Owens NW., Royo L., and Honey MR. 2014 The Albufera Initiative for Biodiversity: a cost effective model for integrating science and volunteer participation in coastal protected area management Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 14 (2), 267-288. Link

TAIB - The Albufera Initiative for Biodiversity http://taib.info/

Class Insecta
Order Odonata

• Sato M., and Riddiford N. 2008. A preliminary study of the Odonata of S’Albufera Natural Park, Mallorca: status, conservation priorities and bio-indicator potential. J Insect Conserv., 12, 539–548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-007-9094-5. Link
• Muddeman, J., Lockwood M., Farino T. 2015. List of the Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Spain and Portugal, including the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores. Includes note of species found in the Balearics. Link
• Tysoe M. and Rebassa M. 2020. Description and list of Balearic dragonflies and damselflies [recorded in 2019] (In Catalan). Es Busqueret, 50, 40-61 Winter 2020 Link

Order Orthoptera

• Gangwere SK and Llorente V. 1992. Distribution and habits of the Orthoptera (sens. lat.) of the Balearic Islands (Spain). Eos, 68(1), 51-87. Link

Order Hemiptera

• Palau i Camps JM. 1959. Pequeño catálogo de hemípteros heterópteros de Mallorca. Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears, 5, 7-11. Link
• Ribes, J. 1965. Hemipteros de Mallorca. Publicaciones del Instituto de Biologia Aplicada, 39, 71-95, November 1965. Link
• Zarazaga. 2024. List of Hemiptera of Iberian Peninsular and the Balearic Islands. Link

Auchenorrhynca

• Vadell M and Hoch H. 2009. Cixius (Ceratoxicius) pallipes Fieber, 1876 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae): first record for Spain). Boll. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears, 52, 123-128. ISSN 0212-260X. Palma de Mallorca. Link
• Bella et al. 2022. Discovery of Hishimonus diffractus Dai, Fletcher & Zhang, 2013 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in Europe, with remarks on previously recorded species of the genus. Zootaxa, 5159 , 558–570. Link
• The Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW) database - A knowledge and a taxonomy database dedicated to planthoppers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Fulgoroidea) lists 10 species of Planthoppers as present in the Balearics. Link.
• Avivar-Lozano L et al., 2024. Three leafhoppers newly recorded from the European mainland (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae), with notes on their habitats. Zootaxa 5432 (1), 1- 18. Link Note this paper as part of it's introduction has a good overview of the (relatively poor for Europe) state of systematic overviews of Auchenorrhyncha of the Iberian Peninsular (not specifically Mallorca).

Order Neuroptera

• Monserrat VJ. 2005. Catalogo de los Neuropteros de Baleares con nuevos datos sobre su fauna (Insecta, Neuroptera) (in Spanish). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears, 48, 71-85. ISSN 0212-260X. Link
• Monserrat VJ. 2015. The hemerobides of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands (Insecta, Neuropterida, Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Graellsia, 71(2) Link

Order Coleoptera

• Whitehead, P.F. 1993. Observations on Coleoptera of Mallorca, Balearic Islands. BolI. Soco Híst. Nat. Balears, 36, 45-56 Link

Family Dermestidae

• Holloway GJ, Foster CW, Callaghan A (2019) New distributional record of Anthrenus dorsatus Mulsant & Rey, 1868 (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) on the island of Mallorca, Spain. Check List 15 (1): 33–36 Link
• Miguel Prieto-Manzanares & Andreas Herrmann. 2019. New records of dermestids (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 113, 19-28 Link

Order Diptera
Family Syrphidae

• Kassebeer CF. 2002. Zur Schwebfliegenfauna (Diptera, Syrphidae) der Balearen [The hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Balearic Islands], Dipteron, 4(2), S131-156, ISSN 1436-5596 Link
• Riddiford, NJ. & Ebejer, MJ. 2006. Sorne Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) with special reference to the habitats in the Pare Natural de s'Albufera de Mallorca. Boll. Soco Hist. Nat. Balears, 49: 185-197. ISSN 0212-260X. Palma de Mallorca Link

Order Hymenoptera

• Baldock D. 2014. A provisional list of the wasps and bees of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera aculeata: Chrysidoidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea). Zeitschrift fur Entomologie, 35(16), 333-404, ISSN 0205-4413. 2 January 2014. Link
• Baldock D., Livory A. and Owens NW. 2020. The Bees and Wasps of the Balearic Islands. 2020. Link