Euphyllurinae

Martoni, Francesco, Burckhardt, Daniel & Armstrong, Karen, 2016, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 4144 (4), pp. 556-574 : 560

Euphyllurinae

‘ Gyropsylla ’ zealandica ( Ferris & Klyver, 1932)

Distribution: New Zealand: FD, NC ( Ferris & Klyver 1932, as Metaphalara zealandica ; Dale 1985, as ‘Genus A’ zealandica ), NN, SI, SL, WD ( Dale 1985, as ‘Genus A’ zealandica ).

Host plants: Unknown.

Comments: When describing Metaphalara zealandica Ferris & Klyver (1932) pointed out taxonomically its ‘doubtful position’, but did not provide reasons for including it in the New World genus Metaphalara . Tuthill (1952) cited the species under Gyropsylla , a senior synonym of Metaphalara . After examining the type species of Gyropsylla, Dale (1985) concluded that it was not congeneric with G. zealandica , which is related to Psyllopsis , and instead represented an undescribed genus in the ‘Diaphorininae’ (= Diaphorinini sensu Burckhardt & Ouvrard 2012). This classification was followed by subsequent authors ( Burckhardt 1986, 1987; Brown & Hodkinson 1988).

Psyllopsis fraxini ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Asia, Europe; introduced into North America, Australia and New Zealand: AK, SL ( Dale 1985), MC ( Dumbleton 1964; Dale 1985); SC (FHDB).

Host plants: Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae) . In the Palaearctic on several Fraxinus spp. ( Ossiannilsson, 1992).

Natural enemies: Ausejanus albisignatus ( Knight, 1938) ( Hemiptera : Miridae ) ( Macfarlane et al. 2010).

Psyllopsis fraxinicola ( Foerster, 1848)

Distribution: North Africa, Asia, Europe; introduced into North and South America, Australia and New Zealand: MC ( Dumbleton 1964; Dale 1985), WI ( Dale 1985); CO, SC, TK, WN, WO (FHDB).

Host plants: Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae) . In the Palaearctic on several Fraxinus spp. ( Ossiannilsson, 1992).

Natural enemies: Ausejanus albisignatus ( Knight, 1938) ( Hemiptera : Miridae ) ( Macfarlane et al. 2010).