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Chartoscirta cincta
Family: Saldidae

This genus comprises three species which have concave sides to the pronotum. The pronotum also has a transverse furrow across its entire width.

The upper surface of C. cincta lacks long hairs and the antennae are uniformly thick with the 2nd to 4th segments dark. The wing membrane is long (approximately half the length of the corium).

A common and widespread species in marshes or at the margins of rivers and lakes.

Compare C. elegantula, C. cocksii

Adult: All year
Length 3.5-4.0 mm
Chartoscirta cincta
Adult: Berks (June 2008) ©Jonathan Michaelson

Chartoscirta cincta Charetoscirta cincta
?Nymph: Dorset (August 2010) ©Mark Dunkling

Adult: Dorset (August 2010) ©Mark Dunkling