Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia Author Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel Author Serna, Francisco Author Burckhardt, Daniel text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-20 4350 3 journal volume 31376 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.2 c5176d49-ee06-4e6e-946c-7895b400b5ea 1175-5326 1059233 42EC36DB-84AD-44DF-ADA4-978DA50CDA46 Tuthillia Hodkinson, Brown & Burckhardt ( Figs 21 , 64 , 74 , 80 ) Diagnosis : Head and thorax covered in conspicuous hairs ( Figs 21 , 64 ). Head as broad as or broader than thorax; vertex rectangular to trapezoidal; genal processes with the outer margin straight and the inner strongly convex from above; occipital sclerite may be developed as a tubercle; lateral ocelli raised on tubercles close to posterior margin of eye; anteorbital tubercles present ( Fig. 21 ). Antenna 1.2–2.2 times the head width; segments 9 and 10 broader; setae on antennae longer than width of segments; segment 3 the longest; segment 10 longer than 9. Forewing somewhat rectangular, broad to very elongate; veins bearing prominent setae much longer than the diameter of veins; Rs long and sinuous; vein M1+2 strongly arched upwards; rs-m crossvein occasionally present; C+Sc and pterostigma somewhat thickened; costal break present. Meracanthus prominent; metatibia without genual spine and with a crown of 8–14 apical spurs; metabasitarsus with 2 apical spurs. Male proctiger densely hairy with broad posterior lobes. Biology and damages: Tuthillia cognata Hodkinson, Brown & Burckhardt represents a major pest in plantations of Myrciaria dubia , also known as camu-camu ( Couturier et al. 1992 ). Damage includes curling of apical leaves which turn yellow and wither ( Burckhardt & Couturier 1988 ), dessication of buds and terminal leaves preventing plant growth ( Couturier et al. 1992 ); immatures are found inside the leaf-curls producing great amounts of waxy secretions ( Burckhardt & Couturier 1988 ). T. myrcianthis Burckhardt, Queiroz, Marsaro Junior & Wyniger induces irregular blister galls on the adaxial surface of fresh leaves of Myrcianthes pungens . Inside the gall a colony of immatures develops which are covered in long threads of wax (Burckhardt et al. 2012). Specimens of Tuthillia latipennis Hodkinson, Brown & Burckhardt were collected in Colombia on Myrcianthes sp. whose leaves presented deformations as shown in Fig. 74 ; immatures were found in groups confined to those deformations, covered with threads of wax (field observation). Host-plants: Myrtaceae (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012; Burckhardt et al. 2012; NHMB data). Distribution: Central and South America ( Hodkinson et al. 1986 ). Remarks: This is the first record of this genus in Colombia . Examined material: Tuthillia latipennis : Cundinamarca: 8 (male, female), Bogotá, Teusaquillo: Barrio Belalcázar, 4°38'07"N, 74°04'41"W, 2624 m , 14-Feb-2015 , Myrcianthes sp. (J. Rodas), UNAB 1478; 12 (male, female), Bogotá, Éxito de la 69, 4°40'17"N, 74°09'08"W, 2544 m , 13-mar-12 (F. Serna), UNAB 1478; 2 (male, female), Bogotá, 4°53'N, 74°08'W, 2603 m , 21-Aug-2012 (L. Zubieta), UNAB 1478.