Tainarys inopinata (Burckhardt), 2000

Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y., 2000, The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae): systematics, biogeography and host plant relationships, Journal of Natural History 34 (1), pp. 57-155 : 131

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https://doi.org/10.1080/002229300299688

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scientific name

Tainarys inopinata (Burckhardt)
status

comb. nov.

Tainarys inopinata (Burckhardt) View in CoL , comb. n.

( ®gure 63) L eurolophus inopinatus Burckhardt, 1989: 872 . Holotype, l Paraguay: Province Presidente Hayes, Trans-Chaco 293 km, Estancia Apendice , 1.xi.1988, at light (F. Baud) ( MHNG)

D escription . Adult (®gure 63). By Burckhardt (1989).

Larva, host plants, gall and biology unknown.

Material examined. Paraguay: HOLOTYPE, l14, l 29 m PARATYPES; Province Presidente Hayes, Trans-Chaco 293 km, Escancia Apendice, 1.xi.1988, at light (F. Baud). Dry mounted ( MHNG, NHMB) .

Comments. Tainarys inopinata bears an anteriorly rounded head, a short, wide frons, forewings with a costal break and small surface spinules on the membrane, and relatively slender legs. Because of these characters T. inopinata belongs to Tainarys rather than to L eurolophus as was suggested by Burckhardt (1989).

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aphalaridae

Genus

Tainarys