Calophya Löw, 1879

Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4350 (3) : -

Calophya Löw

( Figs 22, 23 , 71 , 81 )

Diagnosis: Head a little wider than mesonotum, with posterior margin slightly concave; genal processes often present, of variable size and shape ( Fig. 22 ); genae with a prominent basal swelling below the eye ( Fig. 23 , arrow). Antennae short, about as long as head width; sometimes with less than 10 segments; segment 3 always the longest; terminal setae usually much longer than segment 10. Forewing of variable shape; pterostigma present but may be very narrow; costal break present; cell cu1 large, m1 small; anal break in distance of apex of Cu1b. Meracanthus short, pointed and straight; metatibia without genual spine and 1+(2–5) apical spurs; metabasitarsus without apical spurs.

Biology and damage: Immatures of Calophya schini induce pit galls on leaves, shoots and buds of Schinus molle (Anacardiaceae) ( Fig. 71 ). High infestation produces tissue deformation due to elevated number of galls, which may result in premature defoliation and dessication of branches ( Pinzón & González 2002).

Host-plants: Sapindales ; one species on Fouquieria ( Fouquieriaceae, Violales ) and one perhaps associated with Phoradendron ( Santalaceae , Santalales ) ( Burckhardt & Basset 2000; Mendez et al. 2016).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan except for Afrotropical and west Palaearctic regions ( Burckhardt & Basset 2000).— Colombia: Calophya schini ( Pinzón & González 2002) .

Examined material: Calophya schini : Cundinamarca: 6 (male, female), Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°63'N, 74°08'W, 2603 m, 29-Jan-2014, Schinus molle (R. Simbaqueba) , UNAB 1374; 4 (male, female), Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38.302’N, 74°5.177'W, 2624 m, 5-Feb-2015, Schinus molle (J. Díaz) , UNAB 1374; 1 (male), Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38'N, 74°05'W, 2603 m, 21-Aug-2012 (L. Zubieta), UNAB 1374.— Calophya sp.: Magdalena: 1 (male), PNN Tayrona: Pueblito, 11°20’N, 74°2’W, 225 m, 26-Oct–22-Nov-2000, Malaise (R. Henriquez) IAvH-E- 161385.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 27. Head, anterodorsal view. 10. Gyropsylla sp. 11. Lanthanaphalara sp. 12. Limataphalara hollisi. 13. Ctenarytaina spatulata. 14. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 15. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 16. Paracarsidara sp. 17. Synoza cornutiventris. 18. Caradocia sp. 19. Diaphorina citri. 20. Katacephala sp. 21. Tuthillia latipennis. 22 – 23. Calophya schini. 24 – 25. Mastigimas sp. 26. Acizzia uncatoides. 27. Ciriacremum sp.

FIGURES 71 – 76. 71. Pit-galls of Calophya schini on Schinus molle. 72 – 73. Mastigimas cedrelae on Cedrela montana. 74. Tuthillia latipennis on Myrcianthes sp. 75 – 76. Acizzia uncatoides on Acacia sp.

FIGURES 81 – 83. Local distribution maps. 81. Calophyidae: Calophya spp. (black triangle), Mastigimas spp. (white circle). 82. Psyllidae: Acizzia spp. (white circle), Ciriacremum sp. (black triangle, black inverted triangle), Epiacizzia sp. (black inverted triangle), Euceropsylla spp. (black square), Heteropsylla spp. (white triangle, black triangle, black inverted triangle), Mitrapsylla spp. (black circle, black triangle, black inverted triangle), Platycorypha spp. (black triangle). 83. Triozidae: Calinda spp. (white circle), Leuronota spp. (black square), Trioza spp. (black circle), Triozoida spp. (white triangle).