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
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Mitrapsylla
Crawford
(
Figs 30
,
56
,
82
)
Diagnosis:
Head slightly wider than mesonotum; lateral ocelli raised on tubercles; anteorbital tubercles present as tubercles in front of lateral ocelli; a prominent ridge along each side of coronal suture; genal processes conical, 0.3–0.9 times as long as vertex (
Fig. 30
). Antennae 2.1–4.4 times longer than head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal, longer than segment 10. Clypeus with a pair of long setae and a group of shorter ones. Forewing obovate, broadly rounded apically; pterostigma and costal break present; vein Cu1a strongly arched so that cell cu1 tall; radular spinules forming narrow patches (
Fig. 56
). Meracanthus prominent, pointed; metatibia with genual spine and 1+3+1 apical spurs; metabasitarsus with 2 apical spurs. Male proctiger and aedeagus lobed (
Crawford 1914
;
Brown & Hodkinson 1988
).
Biology and damage:
Immatures are free-living (
Brown & Hodkinson 1988
) and secrete wax filaments (
Palmer & Pullen 2001
).
Mitrapsylla albalineata
Crawford
is considered a potential weed control agent for
Senna obtusifolia
(Fabaceae)
, commonly found infesting terminal leaves (
Palmer & Pullen 2001
).
Host-plants:
Fabaceae (
Ouvrard 2017
)
.
Distribution:
Neotropic and Neartic regions (
Ouvrard 2017
).
Examined material:
Mitrapsylla burckhardti
Brown & Hodkinson
:
Magdalena
: 14 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
19-Nov-1985
, light trap (H. G. Müller), MHNG, NHMB.—
Mitrapsylla fusca
Brown & Hodkinson
:
Magdalena
: 1 (female), Parque Tayrona,
Bahia de Neuguangue
, ca.
25 km
NE Santa Marta,
30-Sep- 1985
(H. G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
28-Oct-1985
, light trap (H. G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female),
Bahia de Gairaca, Parque Tayrona
, ca.
20 km
N Santa Marta,
31-Oct-1985
(H. G. Müller), MHNG.—
Mitrapsylla itaparica
(Crawford)
:
Magdalena
: 12 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
28-Oct- 1985
,
19-Nov-1985
,
01–26-Apr-1986
, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.—
Mitrapsylla surinamensis
(Šulc)
:
Magdalena
: 1 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
27- Apr–09-May-1986
, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.—
Mitrapsylla
sp. 1:
Magdalena
: 26 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
19-Nov-1985
,
01–26-Apr-1986
, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.—
Mitrapsylla
sp. 2:
Magdalena
: 1 (male), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda,
01–11-Nov-1985
, colour pan (H. G. Müller), MHNG; 2 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
28-Oct-1985
,
19-Nov-1985
, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.—
Mitrapsylla
spp.:
Magdalena
: 2 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
19-Nov-1985
, light trap (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161414; 2 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín,
19-Nov-1985
, light trap (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161415; 1 (female), Parque Tayrona, Cañaveral,
15-Jul-1976
(C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161409; 1 (female), Parque Tayrona, Gairaca,
30-Nov-1977
(C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161411; 1 (male), Parque Tayrona, Gairaca,
1-Dec-1977
(C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161412; 1 (male), Parque Tayrona, Cañaveral,
8-Nov-1977
(C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161413.
Antioquia
: 1 (male), Puerto Berrío, Alto de las Águilas, Hacienda Manaos,
450 m
, 6°27'8,90”N, 74°36'4,46”W,
05-Jul-2013
, black light trap (J. A. Rafael), CEUA 89020.
Santander:
1 (female), Cimitarra, Corr. Puerto Olaya, Central Termocentro ISAGEN,
110 m
,
12-Jun-2005
, light trap (M. Castaño & C. Rivera), CEUA 89023.