Caradocia Laing, 1923

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

Caradocia Laing

( Figs 18 , 80 )

Diagnosis: Head deflexed, almost at right angle to longitudinal body axis, considerably wider than mesoscutum; vertex strongly concave posteriorly; lateral ocelli raised on tubercles situated inwards from latero-posterior margin, almost in line with the inner margin of antennal insertions ( Fig. 18 ); occipital sclerite very broad so eyes appear stalked; genal processes conspicuous, longer than vertex length, adpressed apically. Antennae 4.3–5.5 times head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal and shorter than segment 10. Forewing broadly rounded apically; pterostigma rudimentary or absent; cell m1 long and narrow. Metacoxa with narrow and pointed meracanthus; metatibia with a small genual spine and an apical crown of spurs; metabasitarsus with two apical spurs. Male proctiger with posterior lobe in the two basal thirds, apically narrow and cylindrical. Female terminalia cuneate.

Biology and damage: Unknown.

Host-plants: Tapirira guianensis (Anacardiaceae) reported for Caradocia longiantennata White & Hodkinson (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012) .

Distribution: Central and South America ( Hodkinson 1989).

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

Examined material: Caradocia sp.: Meta: 1 (female), PNN Sierra de La Macarena, Casino, 3°21’N, 73°56’W, 490 m, 10–20-Apr-2004, on Malaise (W. Villalba), IAvH-E.

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 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).