Checklist and comments on the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Indian subcontinent
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Author
Sharma, Anamika
Author
Raman, Anantanarayanan
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-07
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.1
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Colophorina vittata
(
Crawford, 1912
)
Distribution.
Bangladesh
(
Mathur 1975
), as
Euphalerus vittatus
);
India
:
Tamil Nadu
(
Kandasamy & Thenmozhi 1985
, as
Euphalerus marginalis
; Kandasami 1986, as
Euphalerus marginalis
),
West Bengal
(
Mathur 1975, as
Euphalerus vittatus
),
Uttarakhand
(
Mathur 1975, as
Euphalerus vittatus
);
Nepal
(
3 ♂
, Terai districts (
Narayani
, Janapur and
Sagarmatha
), Kathmandu to Hile, various stops in villages along the way,
26‒27.v.2001
,
Cassia fistula
(D. Burckhardt) #2a(1);
3 ♂
,
3 ♀
, same but
Kosi
, Akibunkyabeshi, local name Baireni,
27°12’N
/
87°15’E
, to Shawa Khola,
27°17’N
/
87°13’E
,
300‒400 m
,
31.v.2001
, farmland with various trees and shrubs,
Cassia fistula
#6(1) [NHMB, dry mounted]).
Host plant.
Cassia fistula,
C. marginata
(Fabaceae)
.
Comments.
Kandasamy and Thenmozhi (1985)
and
Kandasamy (1986)
reported
Euphalerus marginalis
Capener, 1973
from Tamil Nadu. The description by
Kandasamy (1986)
leaves no doubt that this is a misidentification of
Colophorina vittata
(
Crawford, 1912
)
, a species which was previously reported from India (
Mathur 1975
). This is supported by the host plant listed by
Kandasamy (1986)
as
Cassia
marginata
(Fabaceae)
.
Euphalerus marginalis
is an Afrotropical species which develops on
Burkea africana
(Fabaceae)
.