The Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha) of Mose Farm, Shropshire: a baseline survey for the Sandscapes restoration project
Cherrill, A. (2025) The Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha) of Mose Farm, Shropshire: a baseline survey for the Sandscapes restoration project. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 38. pp. 207-226. ISSN 09527583
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Abstract
A survey of Auchenorrhyncha was undertaken as a baseline for monitoring changes arising from a long-term landscape-scale restoration project at Mose Farm in Shropshire. Surveying was completed before work began to create a mosaic of acid grass-heath, scrub and species-rich grasslands. A total of 46 taxa were recorded, including several uncommon species new to the West Midlands. Rarefaction analyses suggested other species remained undetected at low frequency. There were no clear differences in the species composition across various grassland habitats and arable field margins, although arable field margins yielded a longer species list due, in part, to higher turnover (beta diversity) between sample sites. A small number of species were numerically dominant and indicative of nutrient enrichment. However, a range of species often associated with lowland dry acid grasslands were also present in low numbers. These may be expected to increase in abundance across the site as restoration progresses. Records of the Nationally Scarce species Scottianella dalei and Ribautodelphax angulosa, and the uncommon species, R. imitans, are discussed in relation to their known distributions and host plant preferences.
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| Additional Information: | Made available with permission from Dr Michael Wilson, editor. |
| Divisions: | Agriculture and Environment (from 1.08.20) |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Susan Howe |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2026 15:23 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2026 15:23 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18315 |
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