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New species added to the Hungarian species list - Ficocyba ficaria

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New species in the Hungarian species list: Ficocyba ficaria.

Note about izeltlabuak.hu (arthropods)

The izeltlabuak.hu website primarily focuses on arthropods found in Hungary. This entry also deals with Hungarian fauna.

The species was already included in the izeltlabuak.hu Hungarian species list, specifically due to the https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/talalat/494044 observation.

The first publication describing the occurrence has now been published. The species has also received a new Hungarian name: fehér fügekabóca.

Source: Sándor Koczor, Bence Péter Schlitt, Attila Takács, Klaudia Kőszegi, Zsolt Medve, Balázs Kiss (2025): The fig leafhopper, Ficocyba ficaria (Horváth, 1897) established in Hungary (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) - Bulletin of Insectology 78 2025, 97–101