Glycaspis Taylor, 1960

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

Glycaspis Taylor

( Figs 14 , 42, 43 , 48 , 77 )

Diagnosis: Genal processes very large, longer than 2/3 vertex length ( Fig. 14 ). Antenna much longer than head width. Forewing ( Fig. 48 ) long, apically angular, veins R and M+Cu1 short; vein Rs very long, reaching wing apex, curve parallel to costal margin. Metatibia ( Fig. 43 ) shorter than femur, enlarged apically, with a lateral protuberance bearing two spurs, and a group of spurs on the opposite side; metabasitarsus enlarged, broad and curved.

Biology and damage: Immatures are found under a shield of wax known as lerp ( Bouvet et al. 2005; Diodato & Venturini 2007; Santana & Burckhardt 2007). The damage is more serious than that of Ctenarytaina ( Santana & Burckhardt 2007) as the immatures develop on mature leaves. The damage includes growth of sooty mould, leaf discoloration, decrease of growth, foliage loss, shoot dieback and consequent death of the tree ( Bouvet et al. 2005; Diodato & Venturini 2007).

Host-plants: Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) ( Hollis 2004).

Distribution: Native to Australia introduced into Africa, America, Asia and Europe (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012; Spodek et al. 2015).— Colombia: Glycaspis brimblecombei (ICA 2013; Rodas et al. 2014).

Examined material: Glycaspis brimblecombei : Cundinamarca: 1 (male) , Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°35’53"N, 74°4'33"W, 2630 m, 04-May-2011, Ricinus sp. (C. Flautero), UNAB 1371 . Antioquia: 2 (male, female), Envigado , 6°10'19"N, 75°35'49"W, 1675 m, 29-Dec-2013, on leaves of Eucalyptus sp. (F. Serna), UNAB 1372 .

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 37 – 46. 37 – 38. Tubercles of the metapostnotum: 37. Paracarsidara sp.; 38. Synoza cornutiventris. 39 – 40. Limataphalara hollisi: 39. Hind coxa, 40. Hind femur. 41. Ctenarytaina spatulata, mesotibia. 42 – 43. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 42. Foreleg; 43. Hind leg. 44 – 45. Paracarsidara sp.: 44. False crossvein rs – m; 45. Male terminalia in lateral view. 46. Heteropsylla sp., male terminalia in posterodorsal view.

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 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).