The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
Author
Halbert, Susan E.
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32614 - 7100 USA
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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Insecta Mundi
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Calophya nigripennis
Riley, 1884
(
Fig. 97
)
Materials
examined.
USA
:
Florida
:
Alachua County
: Gainesville, San Felasco Hammock,
10.iv.2014
,
Rhus copallinum
(Susan Halbert, Rodrigo Diaz, Carolina Arguijo, Kevin Williams) (
FSCA
# E2014-2328) (
FSCA
, dry and slide mounted).
Diagnosis.
Adults differ from other species in the black forewings. Immatures (
Fig. 97
) develop on winged sumac (
Rhus copallinum
) in northern
Florida
.
Distribution.
Distributed widely in the eastern
USA
including northern Florida (
Hodkinson 1988
).
Figures 97–101.
Calophya
,
Mastigimas
and
Diaphorina
.
97)
Immatures of
Calophya nigripennis
.
98)
Adult of
Mastigimas ernstii
.
99)
Fifth instar immature of
Mastigimas ernstii
.
100)
Adult of
Diaphorina citri
.
101)
Immature of
Diaphorina citri
. (Photos by José Rodriguez, USDA, ARS: 97; Jeff Lotz, FDACS, DPI: 98, 99; Jeffrey Lotz and David Ziesk, FDACS, DPI: 100, 101).
Host plants.
Rhus copallinum
L. (
Anacardiaceae
).
Comments.
Immatures develop on stems (
Fig. 97
) or leaves of winged sumac. Adults can be found in early April.