Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Bergahorn-Winkerzikade

Synonyms and other combinations:

Idiocerus heydenii Kirschbaum, 1868 | Idiocerus maculatus Melichar, 1896 |

  • Acericerus heydenii 8560
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2018-12-01 12:56:24
    Image number: 8560

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2018-12-01 12:56:24
  • Acericerus heydenii, female 3401
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii, female, conf. Herbert Nickel
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2008-11-09 10:15:25
    Image number: 3401
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2008-11-09 10:15:25
    conf. Herbert Nickel
  • Acericerus heydenii, female 11150
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-10-24 12:06:42
    Image number: 11150
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-10-24 12:06:42
  • Acericerus heydenii, female 11151
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-10-24 12:06:58
    Image number: 11151
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-10-24 12:06:58
  • Acericerus heydenii, male 11203
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2023-12-10 10:07:43
    Image number: 11203
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2023-12-10 10:07:43
  • Acericerus heydenii, male 11204
    Acericerus heydenii (Kirschbaum, 1868)  Bergahorn-Winkerzikade   
    Acericerus heydenii, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2023-12-09 14:51:39
    Image number: 11204
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2023-12-09 14:51:39

Distribution:
In parts of Europe (absent on the Iberian Peninsula and in the northeast); locally frequent in central and southern Germany.
Habitat:
In forests, parks, river flood plains and settlements on maple (Acer); up to altitudes of 1250 m.
Description:
Length 6.0 - 6.5 mm; mainly brown; wing veins dark brown to black with white sections.
Biology:
Adults of Acericerus heydenii can be found almost all year round. They like to fly into apartments in autumn and winter.
Acericerus heydenii forms one generation per year and lives on maple, mostly on sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), significantly less on Norway maple (Acer platanoides), field maple (Acer campestre) and Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum).
The females lay their eggs in the tissue of the host plants. After hatching, the nymphs pass through 5 instars. Final instar nymphs are found in August and September.
Acericerus heydenii hibernates as adult.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Marlies Stöckmann, Robert Biedermann, and Rolf Niedringhaus: Key for the identification of the nymphs of the leafhopper subfamily Idiocerinae in Germany (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae, Idiocerinae), Cicadina 11: 59-72 (2010).