Bactericera nigricornis (Foerster)

Spodek, Malkie, Burckhardt, Daniel & Freidberg, Amnon, 2017, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Israel, Zootaxa 4276 (3), pp. 301-345 : 332

Bactericera nigricornis (Foerster)

Material examined. MH: 2 ♀, Har Hermon, 1600‒1750 m, 26.vi.1997, 13.vii.2000 (A. Freidberg); 28 ♂, 15 ♀, Har Hermon, 2000‒2100 m, 26.vi.1997, 27.v.1999, 17.vi.1999, 27.vi.1999, 25.ix.1999, 3.vii.2000, 11.vi.2003, Acer sp. and Quercus sp. (A. Freidberg); 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Har Hermon, 33o18.252’N 35º47.174’E, 2000 m, 7.v.2010 (D. Burckhardt); UG: 1 ♀, Tel Hay, 32o39.455’N 35o17.560’E, 100 m, 12.v.2010 (D. Burckhardt); CCP: 1 ♂, Herzliyya hill, 32º11’N 34º49’E, 30.viii.2008 (A. Freidberg); SCP: 2 ♀, Nahal Hazav, Bitronot Ruhama, 5.iv.2005 (A. Freidberg).

Host plant. Polyphagous; no information available from Israel.

Comments. New record for Israel. Previous records ( Rivnay 1962; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; as Trioza nigricornis ) are misidentifications and concern Bactericera trigonica .