Crastina heslopharrisoni (Samy) Spodek & Burckhardt & Freidberg, 2017

Spodek, Malkie, Burckhardt, Daniel & Freidberg, Amnon, 2017, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Israel, Zootaxa 4276 (3), pp. 301-345 : 312

Crastina heslopharrisoni (Samy) comb. nov.

Material examined. CN: 2 ♀, Nahal Zin, 6.iv.1998 (V. Kravchenko & N. Meltzer); 1 ♀, Har Harif, rt. 10, N junction, 30º31’N 34º33’E, 11.iv.2002 (A. Freidberg).

Host plant. Unknown.

Comments. New record for Israel.

Samy (1972) described the species in Craspedolepta . It has a small, very short, parallel-sided frons (rather than narrow, long, ribbon-shaped as in Craspedolepta ) and a subrectangular, laterally rounded mesosternum (rather than narrowed in the middle, with antero-lateral rim as in Craspedolepta ). Based on these characters, the species belongs to Crastina . Here we formally transfer it as Crastina heslopharrisoni ( Samy, 1972) , comb. nov.