Epipsylla millettiae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), a new psyllid from China associated with Millettia pachyloba (Fabaceae) with comments on Epipsylla including the redescription of E. hainanana
Author
Li, Bin
Author
Yang, Mao-Fa
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2015
2015-07-15
3986
1
135
143
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3986.1.8
037ce039-b5b2-4bb1-b2f2-e63e6532eebd
1175-5326
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Epipsylla mucunae
Yang & Li, 1984
,
=
E. ruiliana
Yang & Li, 1984
,
syn. nov.
,
E. yunnanica
Yang & Li, 1984
,
syn. nov.
;
distribution:
China
(Yunnan);
host:
Mucuna macrocarpa
Wall. (Fabaceae)
.
The three nominal species
E. mucunae
,
E. ruiliana
and
E. yunnanica
have been described from the same geographical region and the same host plant. The minor differences in the descriptions (
Li 2011
) reflect intraspecific variation. For this reason the three species are synonymised.