Making the most of your host: the Metrosideros-feeding psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of the Hawaiian Islands
Author
Percy, Diana M.
text
ZooKeys
2017
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.649.10213
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.649.10213
1313-2970-649-1
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Pariaconus lehua (Crawford, 1925)
comb. n.
Figure 27
Trioza lehua
Crawford, 1925: 29
Adult colour.
General body colour yellow or orange. Fore wing membrane clear.
Adult structure.
Fore wing apex rounded; surface spinules distributed in all cells; short setae on margins and veins (Fig. 27A). Antennae short (length av. 0.81; ratio AL:HW av. 1.62); genal processes short (ratio VL:GP av. 2.30) and rounded apically; medium short setae on vertex and short setae on thorax; distal proboscis segment short (av. length 0.08); hind tibia slender, length subequal to head width (ratio HW:HT av. 1.02) (Fig. 27
B-C
,
F-G
). Male terminalia (Fig. 27
D-E
): paramere slightly shorter than proctiger (ratio MP:PL av. 1.08), broad and parallel-sided before tapering to a somewhat flat-topped apex with anteriorly directed hook; distal aedeagus segment length subequal to paramere (ratio PL:AEL av. 1.04) with base slightly angular and inflated, and a large hooked apex (ratio AEL:AELH av. 2.30). Female terminalia (Fig. 27
H-I
): proctiger dorsal surface more or less straight, apex bluntly acute, anal ring long (ratio FP:RL av. 3.50); subgenital plate with slight medial bulge ventrally, and acute apex; ovipositor apex with reduced serrations (2 above, 2 below), valvulae dorsalis not strongly convex dorsally.
Figure 27.
Pariaconus lehua
. A fore wing B head C proboscis D male terminalia E aedeagus and paramere F head and antennae G hind leg H female terminalia I ovipositor (serrations indicated).
Egg
.
Unpigmented, not sinusoidal, smooth, no microsculpturing, short pedicel 1/4 length from base, tail lacking.
Immature.
Unknown (see comment under
Pariaconus crassiorcalix
).
Host plant notes.
Unknown.
Island.
Kauai
Distribution notes.
The type location is recorded only as
"Nualolo"
.
Biology.
The biology of this species is unknown, it may form cup galls on stems as morphologically it is close to the two stem cup-gallers,
Pariaconus caulicalix
and
Pariaconus crassiorcalix
.
Type material.
Holotype, male (?) (dry mounted, damaged, abdomen and fore wings missing, BPBM). See Table 2 for details of type and other material examined for this study.