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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Ctenarytaina caudata
(
Mathur, 1975
)
,
comb. nov.
Distribution.
India
:
Uttarakhand
(
Mathur 1975, as
Euphyllura caudata
);
Nepal
(
1 ♀
,
Kosi
, Pakhribas,
27°03’N
/
87°18’E
,
1700 m
, to Mangmaya,
27°07’N
/
87°15’E
,
300 m
,
29.v.2001
, farmland, maize and rice fields, with small patches of strongly degraded forest,
Syzygium cumini
(D. Burckhardt)
#4(3) [NHMB, dry mounted]);
Sri
Lanka
(
1 ♀
, Kandy,
600 m
,
1‒18.iv.1991
(J. Kolibáč) [NHMB, dry mounted]).
Host plant.
Syzygium cumini
(Myrtaceae)
.
Comments.
As suggested by
Hodkinson (1986)
,
Euphyllura caudata
Mathur, 1975
and
E. concolor
Mathur, 1975
are members of the genus
Ctenarytaina
Ferris & Klyver, 1932
, based on the presence of a subapical comb of bristles on the mesotibia in the adults and additional pore fields on the caudal plate in immatures. Here they are formally recombined as
Ctenarytaina caudata
(
Mathur, 1975
)
,
comb. nov.
from
Euphyllura
and
Ctenarytaina concolor
(
Mathur, 1975
)
,
comb. nov.
from
Euphyllura
.