Calophya verticornis Kwon, 1983

Cho, Geonho, Burckhardt, Daniel & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, Check list of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Korean Peninsula, Zootaxa 5177 (1), pp. 1-91 : 25

Calophya verticornis Kwon, 1983

( Figs. 32–33 )

Calophya verticornis Kwon, 1983: 77 .

Calophya rhae Li, 1992b: 204 ; synonymised with Calophya verticornis by Li (1997: 351).

Calophya triangula Yang, 1984: 32 ; synonymised with Calophya verticornis by Kwon & Kwon (2020: 86).

Calophya melanocephala Li, 1997: 363 , syn. nov.

Distribution in Korea. CN, GB, GG, GN, GW, JN ( Kwon 1983; Kwon & Kwon 2020) (SNU).

Host plant. Adults were collected on Rhus chinensis Mill. and Toxicodendron trichocarpum (Miq.) Kuntze (Anacardiaceae) which are both likely hosts.

Comments. Kwon (1983) described the species based on a single female specimen without host indication. Later, Miyatake (1992) provided a description of the male from Japan. Calophya verticornis Kwon, 1983 and C. melanocephala Li, 1997 appear morphologically identical, suggesting they are conspecific. Therefore, we synonymise the latter with the former.

Figures

FIGURES 30‒37. Habitus. 30. Calophya shinjii, adult female. 31. Calophya shinjii, fifth instar immatures. 32. Calophya verticornis, adult male. 33. Calophya verticornis, adult female. 34. Carsidara limbata, adult male. 35. Carsidara limbata, adult female. 36. Carsidara limbata, fifth instar immature. 37. Homotoma unifasciata, adult male. (Photos 34–36 from Cho et al. (2016b), 37 from Cho et al. (2017a))