Arytinnis hakani (Loginova) Percy Csiro, 2003

Percy Csiro, Diana M., 2003, Legume-feeding psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of the Canary Islands and Madeira, Journal of Natural History 37, pp. 397-461 : 438

Arytinnis hakani (Loginova) comb. n.

Arytainilla hakani Loginova, 1972: 21 ; Hodkinson and Hollis, 1987: 42; Rapisarda, 1987: 66.

Adult colour. Bright green to mid-green or yellow-green; forewing clear, veins uniform light brown.

Adult and nymphal descriptions. Loginova (adult, 1972), Rapisarda (5th instar nymph, 1987).

Nymphal colour. Fourth to fifth instars bright green or paler blue-green.

Host plant. Teline monspessulana .

Distribution. Continental: Mediterranean.

Notes. This species has the most widespread distribution of the three continental members of Arytinnis gen. n. It is recorded from the western Mediterranean as far east as Algeria (Burckhardt 1989) and southern Italy (Conci et al., 1993); the host plant distribution, however, extends further east to Syria (Gibbs and Dingwall, 1972).

Comment. Both adult and 5th instar nymph are extremely similar to the Madeiran species, A. incuba , and these two species may represent recent disjunction and diversification.

Material examined. Morocco: 28 W, 16 X, 3 nymphs, Western Rif Mountains , W of Bab-Taza, 35°10∞N. 5°20∞W, ca 1000 m, 29 March 1998 ( DP 146 ) . 24 W, 23 X, Western Rif Mountains , E of Bab Berret, 34°56∞N, 4°50∞W, ca 1400 m, 22 June 1998 ( DP 256 ) . Spain: 20 WX, Gerona , 9 km La Bisbal-Calogne rd, 1 June 1975, D. Hollis ( BMNH) . 12 W, 15 X, 8 nymphs, Andalusia, Parque Natural de los Alcornocales , 36°15∞N, 5°37∞W, ca 300 m, 25 December 1997 ( DP 118 ) . 38 W, 23 X, 21 nymphs, Andalusia, ca 10 km S of Ubrique , 36°35∞N, 5°30∞W, ca 600–700 m, 24 March 1998 ( DP 143 ) .