Syncoptozus Enderlein, 1918

Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4350 (3) : -

Syncoptozus Enderlein

( Figs 15 , 49 , 60 , 77 )

Diagnosis: Body strongly depressed; wings held flat over body ( Fig. 60 ). Head strongly flattened, slightly wider than mesoscutum, wedge-shaped ( Fig. 15 ); lateral ocelli placed far forward; genal processes absent. Antenna with sculpture as rows of small spinules; bases of terminal setae well separated. Clypeus very small. Forewing ( Fig. 49 ) with pterostigma small, short and somewhat thicker than membrane; vein Cu1 shorter than Cu1b and perpendicular to M and Cu1a; apex of Cu1b directed towards wing base; cell cu1 very long and low; bifurcation of M strongly diverging, hence cell m1 large, triangular and almost equilateral. Meracanthus absent or poorly developed; metatibia without genual spine, with (5–7)+1 apical spurs; metabasitarsus without spurs; all tarsal segments elongated; tarsal claws straight and long, appearing like a third tarsal segment.

Biology and damage: Immatures are housed in roll leaf galls ( Hodkinson 1990).

Host-plants: Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) ( Hodkinson 1989).

Distribution: Neotropical ( Hodkinson 1989).

Remarks: This is the first record of the genus from Colombia.

Examined material: Syncoptozus mexicanus Hodkinson : Cundinamarca: 11 (male, female), Bogotá, Teusaquillo, Estación Transmilenio Univ. Nal., 4°38'8"N, 74°4'58"W, 2590 m, 25-Jan-2014, Magnolia grandiflora (R. Simbaqueba) UNAB 1373; 12 (male, female), Bogotá, Teusaquillo, Estación Transmilenio Ciudad Universitaria, 4°37'56.04”N, 74°5'4.37”W, 2561 m, 25-Jan-2014, Moraceae (F. Serna) , UNAB 1373.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 27. Head, anterodorsal view. 10. Gyropsylla sp. 11. Lanthanaphalara sp. 12. Limataphalara hollisi. 13. Ctenarytaina spatulata. 14. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 15. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 16. Paracarsidara sp. 17. Synoza cornutiventris. 18. Caradocia sp. 19. Diaphorina citri. 20. Katacephala sp. 21. Tuthillia latipennis. 22 – 23. Calophya schini. 24 – 25. Mastigimas sp. 26. Acizzia uncatoides. 27. Ciriacremum sp.

FIGURES 47 – 58. Forewing. 47. Ctenarytaina eucalypti. 48. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 49. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 50. Paracarsidara sp. 51. Synoza cornutiventris. 52. Katacephala sp. 53. Mastigimas sp. 54. Acizzia uncatoides. 55. Ciriacremum sp. 56. Mitrapsylla sp. 57. Trioza sp. 58. Triozoida sp.

FIGURES 59 – 70. Habitus, lateral view. 59. Limataphalara hollisi. 60. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 61. Paracarsidara sp. 62. Synoza cornutiventris. 63. Diaphorina citri. 64. Tuthillia latipennis. 65. Mastigimas sp. 66. Ciriacremum sp. 67. Euceropsylla sp. 68. Calinda sp. 69. Leuronota sp. 70. Triozoida sp.

FIGURES 77 – 80. Local distribution maps. 77. Aphalaridae: Ctenarytaina spp. (white square), Gyropsylla sp. (white triangle), Glycaspis brimblecombei (black triangle), Lanthanaphalara sp. (black square), Limataphalara hollisi (black pentagon), Syncoptozus mexicanus (black circle). 78. Carsidaridae: Paracarsidara spp. (black circle). 79. Homotomidae: Synoza cornutiventris (black diamond). 80. Liviidae: Caradocia sp. (white square), Diaphorina citri (black triangle), Katacephala sp. (black square), Tuthillia latipennis (white circle).