Checklist and comments on the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Indian subcontinent
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Author
Sharma, Anamika
Author
Raman, Anantanarayanan
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-07
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.1
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Cacopsylla santali
(
Mathur, 1975
)
,
comb. nov.
Distribution.
India
:
Tamil Nadu
(
Mathur 1975, as
Psylla santali
).
Host plant.
Adults were collected on
Santalum album
(Santalaceae)
. Immatures are required to confirm whether this is a host (Burckhardt
et al.
2017).
Comments.
Originally described in
Psylla
, this species is not congeneric with
Psylla alni
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
, the type species of
Psylla
. For this reason, it is formally transferred here to
Cacopsylla
as
C. santali
(
Mathur, 1975
)
,
comb. nov.
from
Psylla
.