Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani (Konovalova & Loginova, 1985)

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Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani (Konovalova & Loginova, 1985)

( Figs. 46−48 )

Psylla pseudosieboldiani KONOVALOVA & LOGINOVA, 1985: 22. Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani ; LABINA et al., 2014: 327. Psylla (Hepatopsylla) abieti SENSU KWON, 1983: 69, P. P., NEC KUWAYAMA, 1908: 175. Psylla koreana PARK, 1992: 22 , syn. nov.

Cacopsylla koreana ; PARK, 1996: 271.

Cacopsylla sieboldiana LI, 2011: 1106 , syn. nov.

Material examined. South Korea: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, identified as Psylla abieti , JJ, Mt. Hanlasan, 22.vii.1981 (Y. J. Kwon) ( NHMB) .— South Korea (GB, GG, GN, GW, JB, JJ, JN) ( NHMB, NIBR, SNU) .

Host plant. Acer pseudosieboldiani (Pax) Kom., A. pictum Thunb. var. mono (Maxim.) Maxim. (Sapindaceae) , confirmed by the presence of immatures.

Comments. Among the East Asian Cacopsylla species associated with Acer spp. ( Sapindaceae ) (Konovalova & Loginova 1985; Park & Lee 1992), two species, i.e. C. abieti and C. pseudosieboldiani , are characterised by massive, apically truncate genal processes and by relatively broad, yellow to ochreous forewings, lacking a dark pattern except for the dark claval apex and bearing very dense surface spinules, covering the entire wing membrane. The paramere of C. abieti is broad subapically, that of C. pseudosieboldiani slender. Psylla koreana Park (1992) and Cacopsylla sieboldiana Li (2011) display these head and forewing characters and, in particular the apically slender paramere, suggesting that they are conspecific with C. pseudosieboldiani . For this reason, we synonymise them. We have examined specimens from JJ identified by Y. J. Kwon as P. abieti that are C. pseudosieboldiani . Judging from his description, it appears that the specimens treated by Kwon (1983) under P. abieti are a mix of C. albopontis and C. pseudosieboldiani .

Figures

FIGURES 45 ‒ 52. HABITUS. 45. Cacopsylla peninsularis, ADULT FEMALE. 46. Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani, ADULT MALE. 47. Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani, ADULT FEMALE. 48. Cacopsylla pseudosieboldiani, FIFTH INSTAR IMMATURE. 49. Cacopsylla pulchra, ADULT FEMALE. 50. Cacopsylla sangjaei, ADULT MALE. 51. Cacopsylla sangjaei, ADULT FEMALE. 52. Cacopsylla sangjaei, FIFTH INSTAR IMMATURE.