Psammotettix cephalotes

This came to light in a meadow. After taking the first two photos below the leafhopper disappeared, but a few minutes later one reappeared in the same spot. The rest of the photos are of that individual (it looks duller in the photo but that's just because it was taken in a glass pot to prevent it disappearing again). I am assuming it was the same insect returning but I cannot exclude the possibility that the first two photos were a different individual.

I was aware that there was a species of Psammotettix that looked like this but keyed it from the start of the Deltacephalinae subfamily key to make sure. Of the species of Psammotettix that I'm familiar with, the aedeagus is closest to alienus but sufficiently distinct for me not to worry about the possibility of it being an unusual example of that species. In side view it curves more strongly towards to tip and in flat view the expanded tip is rounded not notched, although the notch can be hard to see in alienus.

male Psammotettix cephalotes showing vertex, pronotum & scutellum, frons, wings and aedeagus (side and flat views), Wendling Beck Project (Norfolk, UK), 245th July 2026