Psylla alni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ouvrard, David, Burckhardt, Daniel & Cocquempot, Christian, 2015, An annotated checklist of the jumping plant-lice (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Mercantour National Park, with seven new records for France and one new synonymy, Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 251-271 : 263

Psylla alni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chermes alni Linnaeus, 1758: 454 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — France. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Enchastrayes , La Rente, 1702 m, 44°21’14.022”N- 6°41’56.778”E, 29.VIII.2012, on Alnus sp. , J.-C. Streito ( CBGP), 8 adults ; Alpes-de- Haute-Provence , Entraunes, Oustamura, 1360 m, 44°11’37.8528”N- 6°44’27.6144”E, 14.VII.2011, on Alnus sp. , C. Cocquempot ( CBGP), 1 adult ; Alpes-Maritimes , Lantosque , Saint-Colomban, Camari, 897 m, 43°57’7.9956”N- 7°20’52.5906”E, 04.VII.2008, on Alnus sp. , C. Cocquempot ( CBGP), 3 adults ; Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Entraunes , Le Clôt, 1324 m, 44°11’47.0724”N- 6°44’40.9878”E, 11.VII.2011, C. Cocquempot ( CBGP), 18 adults ; Alpes-de-Haute- Provence , Fours, Tourbière des Girards, 1800 m, 44°18’41.8314”N- 6°44’7.3566”E, 01.IX.2012, J.-C. Streito ( CBGP), 3 adults .

DISTRIBUTION. — Fauna Europaea: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy (mainland + Sardinia), Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine; INPN: no data; additional data from Psyl’list: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), China, Greenland, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Slovenia, Taiwan, United States of America (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington).

COMMENTS

Description in Hodkinson & White (1979a) and Ossiannilsson (1992). Biology in Ossiannilsson (1992), Conci et al. (1993) and Lauterer (1976, 1998). Host-plants: several species of Alnus (Betulaceae) .