Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia
Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel
Serna, Francisco
Burckhardt, Daniel
63973
2218124
Brown & Hodkinson
1988
[151,299,1304,1330]
Insecta
Psyllidae
Limbopsylla
Animalia
Hemiptera
18
Arthropoda
genus
Diagnosis:Genal processes long and slender. Antennal segment 8 the longest; terminal setae truncate, shorter than segment 10, one setae about half the length of the other. Clypeus pyriform. Forewing obovate, rounded apically; costal break present. Meracanthus prominent; metatibia with genual spine and apical spurs grouped; metabasitarsus with two apical spurs.
Biology and damage:The immatures are free-living on the lower leaf surface and secrete conspicuous wax threads (D. Burckhardt, personal observation). Host-plants: Guatteria(Annonaceae)(NHMB data).
Distribution:Endemic to the New World (NHMB data).
Remarks: Limbopsyllawas erected for some unrelated species with unclear relationships ( Brown & Hodkinson 1988). Ongoing research (D. Burckhardt, personal observation) suggests that L. nataBrown & Hodkinsonis closely related to Platycorypha(Psyllinae). The series from Colombiawhich we examined (USNM) is an undescribed species close to L. nigrivenisBrown & Hodkinson. Thetwo belong to a group of species developing on Guatteria. Their immatures are clearly of ciriacremine type.
Examinedmaterial: Limbopsyllasp.: Meta: 4 (male, female), Restrepo, 2-Oct-1965( J. A. Ramos), USNM.
1701220211
[199,1420,1842,1867]
1965-10-02
USNM
J. A. Ramos
Restrepo
Examined
18
1
Meta