The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
Author
Halbert, Susan E.
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32614 - 7100 USA
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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Insecta Mundi
2020
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Trioza magnoliae
(
Ashmead, 1881
)
Materials examined.
USA
:
Florida
: Specimens from Collier, Franklin, Lake, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and St. Lucie counties (
FSCA
, dry and slide mounted, ethanol).
Diagnosis.
Description by
Tuthill (1943)
. Separated from other
Florida
psyllids as indicated in the keys above.
Distribution.
Mexico
,
USA
(FL, GA) (
Hodkinson 1988
).
Host plants.
Persea borbonia
(L.) Spreng.,
P.
palustris
(Raf.) Sarg. (Lauraceae)
.
Comments.
This species, widely distributed in
Florida
, induces pouch galls on
Persea borbonia
and
Persea palustris
(
Mead 1963
)
. Although the insect was named after sweetbay,
Magnolia virginiana
L. (
Magnoliaceae
), this is an unlikely host. It is possible that
Ashmead (1881)
confused one of the
Persea
species with
M.
virginiana
(
Mead 1963
)
. Significantly,
T.
magnoliae
does not colonize
Persea americana
Mill.
(avocado).