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 text Insecta Mundi 2020 2020-09-25 2020 788 1 88 journal article 7877 10.5281/zenodo.4564694 cf4856a2-ba4a-4a53-bcf4-9ac3dc863677 1942-1354 4564694 2454C96B-5D17-4162-A3BB-296F5C0DC216 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).