Katacephala grandiceps Crawford, 1914

Halbert, Susan E. & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2020, The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (788), pp. 1-88 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564694
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4564794
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scientific name	Katacephala grandiceps Crawford, 1914
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Katacephala grandiceps Crawford, 1914 View in CoL

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Monroe County: Key Largo , 6.viii.2018, beating mixed vegetation (Ed Putland) ( FSCA # E2018-4187 View Materials ) ( FSCA, dry mounted) ; same but 4.xi.2019 ( FSCA # E2019-6122 View Materials ) (Olga Garcia) ( FSCA, dry mounted) .

Diagnosis. Description by Hodkinson (1991b) and characters given in the key. This is a spectacular psyllid, with dark orange, fuzzy head and thorax and yellow abdomen. Wings are somewhat opaque with a proximal speckled band.

Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, USA: Florida: Charlotte, Lee, and Monroe counties ( Hodkinson 1991b). Two recent specimens (E2018-4187 and E2019-6122) were found in Key Largo, Monroe County.

Host plant. Unknown, perhaps Eugenia foetida Pers. (Myrtaceae) .

Comments. The immatures are not known.