The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
Halbert, Susan E.
Burckhardt, Daniel
Insecta Mundi
2020
2020-09-25
2020
788
1
88
5VMFM
Caldwell, 1940
Caldwell
1940
[192,666,1529,1559]
Insecta
Psyllidae
Aphalaroida
Animalia
Hemiptera
45
44
Arthropoda
species
masonici
Materials examined. USA: Florida: Specimens from Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe counties ( FSCA, dry and slide mounted, ethanol).
Diagnosis.In life, A. masoniciis a small, compact yellow/orange psyllid with thickened, rhomboidal forewings and rounded genae not produced into distinct processes. The immatures have seven segmented antennae and several long setae with blunt tips on the posterior margin of the abdomen. A description of the adults is provided by Hodkinson (1991c).
Distribution.Known only from Florida( Caldwell 1938b, 1940; Hodkinson 1991c). The first collection, i.e. the typeseries, was from Key Largo (Monroe County) Florida, collected on 30.iii.1938from Acacia( Caldwell 1938b). The species was found again in Miami-Dade County by DPI inspector Duraid Hanna (Miami-Dade County, Homestead, 18.xii.2000, unidentified Fabaceae (Duraid I. Hanna), (FSCA# E2000-4829)). More DPI Figures 139–148. Psyllidae. 139) Telmapsylla minuta: teneral adult, in profile. 140) Telmapsylla minuta: immature with tubular wax secretion filled with honeydew. 141) Acizzia jamatonica: female, in profile. 142) Acizzia jamatonica: oblique dorsal view. 143) Acizzia jamatonica: eggs. 144) Acizzia jamatonica: immatures. 145) Euceropsylla martorelli: female. 146) Euceropsylla russoi: female. 147) Heteropsylla fusca: female. 148)Damage by immatures of Mitrapsylla albolineataon Senna polyphylla. (Photos by Lyle Buss, University of Florida, Entomology Department: 139–146; Jeff Lotz, FDACS, DPI: 147; Susan Halbert, FDACS, DPI: 148). collections (FSCA#s E2001-20; E2002-941, 4710, E2003-564) were made from Miami-Dade County from Lysiloma latisiliquum(L.) Benth. ( Fabaceae).
Host plants. Lysiloma latisiliquum(L.) Benth. ( Fabaceae). Caldwell (1938b, 1940) reported the species from AcaciaMill. (Fabaceae)which is an unlikely host in the light of repeated findings of the psyllid on Lysiloma.
Comments.There are eight species of Aphalaroidalisted in Hodkinson (1991c). Of those, only A. masonicioccurs in Florida. FreysuilaAleman, 1887