Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver) (Psyllidae)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Choi, Deuk-Soo, 2020, Using DNA barcoding for identification of some psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) intercepted at South Korea ports-of-entry, Insecta Mundi 2020 (816), pp. 1-10 : 5

3. Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver) (Psyllidae)

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Psylla uncatoides Ferris and Klyver 1932 .

Korea port interceptions. Intercepted 61 times at Korean ports of entry from France, Italy and Netherlands on cut flowers of Acacia plants.

Diagnosis. Adults: General body color orange throughout with paler markings on dorsum of thorax. Forewing membrane pale yellow to pale amber with orange-brown diffuse spots in the apical half. Male proctiger with long tubular apical portion and a rounded posterior lobe bearing a subsidiary finger-like projection; paramere broad, with apex deflexed posteriorly; aedeagus with harpoon-shaped apex ( Hodkinson and Hollis 1987).

Hosts. Fabaceae : Acacia baileyana F.Muell. , Acacia confusa Merr. , Acacia dealbata Link , Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd. , Acacia heterophylla (Lam.) Willd. , Acacia koa A.Gray , Acacia koaia W.Hillebrand , Acacia ligulata Benth. , Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. , Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. , Acacia rivalis J.M. Black , Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl. , Acacia sp., Acacia verniciflua A.Cunn. , Albizia julibrissin Durazz. , Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth. ( Ouvrard 2020) .

Distribution. Algeria, Australia, Chile, Colombia, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, UK, USA ( Ouvrard 2020).

DNA barcoding data for diagnosis. 1 acttgtacct ttaataattg gagctcctga tatagccttc ccccgtctta ataatttaag / 61 attttggctg ttaatcccct ccctgtactt actaattata agaagtctaa ttgaccaagg / 121 agtaggtaca ggttgaactg tttacccccc tctttcaaac tcaatatttc acagtgggta / 181 ctctgtagac atagcaatct tttctttaca tcttgcggga atctcctcga tcctaggagc / 241 tattaatttt atcactacaa ttatcaatat acgaagatgt ttacacaaaa tagaaaactt / 301 acctttattt gtgtgatctg tattaattac agcattttta ttactattag ctttacccgt / 361 tctagcagga gcaatcacta tactactaac tgaccgaaat ataaacacta cgttctttga / 421 ccctgctggg ggtggagacc caattctata ccaacactta ttt (463 bp).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Three species of intercepted psyllids. 1–2) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt), male. 1) Forewing. 2) Genitalia. 3–4) Acizzia hakeae (Tuthill), male. 3) Forewing. 4) Paramere of genitalia. 5–6) Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver), male. 5) Forewing. 6) Genitalia.