Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia
Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel
Serna, Francisco
Burckhardt, Daniel
63J26
2218135
Heslop-Harrison
Heslop-Harrison
[151,542,1544,1570]
Insecta
Carsidaridae
Paracarsidara
Animalia
Hemiptera
9
Arthropoda
genus
Diagnosis:Head about as wide as mesoscutum, deeply cleft; discal foveae as deep oblique grooves; median ocellus placed almost central on vertex ( Fig. 16). Antenna usually longer than 2/3 forewing length. Forewing ( Fig. 50) narrowing to a subacute apex, pterostigma present, costal break absent; M+Cu1 almost as long as R and Cu1; cell m1 large and wedge-shaped; cell cu1 without radular spinules; Cu2 distant from Cu1b. Metatibia with genual spine, apical spurs arranged as 1+3+1; metabasitarsus with single spur. Male subgenital plate with a laterodorsal appendage on either side ( Fig. 45).
Biology and damage:Little is known about their biology. Briceño (2002)and Briceño & Hernández (2008)classified them as “trunk insects” (Spanish “insectos de fuste”) in reference to the damage found on branches of Bombacopsis quinata(Malvaceae). Host-plants:Species within the Malvaceae( Brown & Hodkinson 1988; Hodkinson 1989).
Distribution:Neotropical ( Brown & Hodkinson 1988; Hodkinson 1989).— Colombia: Paracarsidara gigantea(Crawford).
Remarks:This is the first record of Paracarsidara dugesiiin Colombia. The report of Carsidaraby Vélez (1973)concerns Paracarsidarawhich is the only genus of Carsidaridaeoccuring in the New World ( Hollis 1987a).
Examined material: Paracarsidara dugesii: Magdalena:1 (female), Bahia de Gairaca, Parque Tayrona, ca. 20 kmN Santa Marta, 31-Oct-1985(H.-G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female), Villa de Culebra, nr. Bonda, ca. 10 kmE Santa Marta, 01–11-Nov-1985(H.-G. Müller), MHNG;— Paracarsidarasp. 1: Antioquia:10 (female), La Pintada, 5°44'31"N, 75°36'19"W, 600 m, Oct-1971, Malvaceae (A. Madrigal), MEFLG 1917 ( UNAB 1138); 10 (male, female), Medellín, 6°15'46"N, 75°34'40"N, 1479 m, Oct-1972, Malvaceae (A. Madrigal), MEFLG 2010 ( UNAB 1378).— Paracarsidarasp. 2: Antioquia:3 (male, female), San Jerónimo, 6°26'30"N, 75°43'40"W, 780 m, May- 1963, Ceiba(Malvaceae)(N. Delgado), MEFLG 2062 (UNAB 1375).— Paracarsidarasp. 3: Norte de Santander:3 (female), El Zuila, May-1978(G. Martinez), CTNI 61.