Calophya hermicitae, Burckhardt & Basset, 2000

Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y., 2000, The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae): systematics, biogeography and host plant relationships, Journal of Natural History 34 (1), pp. 57-155 : 90-98

Calophya hermicitae sp. n.

(®gures 6F±K, 15, 59)

Description. Adult. Coloration. Head and thorax dark brown to almost black, shiny. Genal processes, antennae and legs whitish to yellowish, metacoxae and metafemora sometimes light brown. Forewings brown at base, remainder transparent or weakly yellowish; veins light yellowish. Abdomen including genitalia greenish to yellowish, strongly contrasting with head and thorax.

Structure. Anterior portion of vertex covered in very short, inconspicuous setae; genal processes long, slender, contiguous in the middle. Forewings (®gure 6F) oblong±oval, subangular apically; surface spinules present in all cells, leaving broad, spinule-free stripes along the veins, sometimes reduced to just a few. Genitalia as in ®gure 6G±K. Male subgenital plate short; proctiger thick; paramere lanceolate with two apical teeth on the inner face which are close together; distal portion of aedeagus short with large apical dilatation. Female proctiger short, clavate in pro®le; subgenital plate truncate apically.

Measurements in mm (3, l 3 m). HW 0.49±0.55; AL 0.45±0.56; WL 1.54±1.82; MP 0.13±0.20; PL 0.18±0.19; AA 0.09±0.11; FP 0.19±0.22; VL/GL 1.00±1.50; AL/F1 2.70±3.06; AL/HW 0.94±1.02; WL/HW 3.14±3.50; WL/WW 2.26±2.62; a/b 1.23±1.45; c/d 0.74±0.87; TL/HW 0.55±0.67; MP/HW 0.33±0.37; AB/AA 1.09±1.44; FP/HW 0.39±0.45; FP/SL 1.36±1.57; FP/CL 2.11±2.75; FP/FA 3.67±5.50.

Fifth instar larva (®gure 15). Orange. Anterior margin of head forming two large lobes. Antennae S-shaped, with sectasetae. Legs without or with strongly reduced

claws. Anterior margin of humeral lobes ending distal to anterior eye margin. Abdominal dorsum without median row of horns. Caudal plate ratio 0.46. Circumanal ring oval. Head, wing bud and abdominal margins with sectasetae.

Host plants, gall and biology. Schinus montanus and patagonicus . Inducing pit

galls on the leaves. The gall was described and illustrated by NunÄez and Sa  iz (1994, nr 50-1, ®gure 21).

Distribution. Chile (Regions V, VII and IX).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, l Chile: V Region , Province Los Andes, 25 km W Portillo, 32ss50¾S 70ss08¾W, 1900±2100 m, 1.xii.1993, Schinus montanus (D. Burckhardt) , dry mounted ( MHNG).

PARATYPES. Chile: V Region, 7, l 12 m, 3 larvae, same data as holotype; 1, l 4 m, same data but RõÂo Blanco to Portillo, Valle Aconcagua, 2200±2400 m, 23.xi.1992; IX Region, 1 m, Province Malleco, Tolhuaca National Park, sector Laguna Verde, 1000±1300 m, 27.i.1996, Schinus patagonicu s (D. Burckhardt); 2, l 1 m, Province CautõÂn, ConguillõÂo National Park, 950 m, 19± 21.xii.1990, mixed Nothof agus forest, Schinus patagonicus (D. Agosti and D. Burckhardt). Dry and slide mounted (MHNG, NHMB).

Material not included in type series. Chile: V Region, galls, same data as holotype; larvae from pit galls on the leaves of Schinus montanus , same data but 19 km Portillo to RõÂo Blanco, 1900 m, 23.xii.1995, subalpine scrub; larvae from pit galls on the leaves of Schinus montanus , same data but Portillo to RõÂo Blanco, 1800 m, 31.xii.1995, mediterranean scrub; VII Region, larvae from pit galls on the leaves of Schinus patagonicus , Province Talca, Parque Gil de Vilches, Monumento Natural, sector administracõÂon to Piedras blancas, 1350±1600 m, 12.i.1996, mixed Nothof agus forest (D. Burckhardt); larvae from pit galls on the leaves of Schinus patagonicus , same data but sendero El Enladrillado, Valle El Venado, 1350±1700 m, 14.i.1996, mixed Nothof agus forest.