Calophya catillicola, Burckhardt & Basset, 2000

Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y., 2000, The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae): systematics, biogeography and host plant relationships, Journal of Natural History 34 (1), pp. 57-155 : 82

Calophya catillicola sp. n.

(®gure 4A-E)

Description. Adult. Coloration. Head and thorax dark brown to almost black, shiny. Genal processes in apical half and antennae, except for apical two segments, whitish. Legs dark brown with yellowish tibial apex and basitarsus. Forewings transparent with whitish veins. Abdomen including genitalia greenish to yellowish, strongly contrasting with head and thorax.

Structure. Anterior portion of vertex covered in very short, inconspicuous setae; genal processes long, slender, contiguous in the middle. Forewings (®gure 4A) elongate, widest near the middle, angular apically; surface spinules absent, apart from base of cell cu 2. Genitalia as in ®gure 4B±E. Male subgenital plate short; proctiger relatively slender, produced posteriorly; paramere lamellar, short with two large apical teeth on the inner face; distal portion of aedeagus short with apical dilatation about half as long as segment. Female proctiger short, clavate in pro®le, with concave dorsal margin; subgenital plate subacute apically.

Measurements in mm (1, l 1 m). HW 0.46±0.47; AL 0.45±0.47; WL 1.52±1.61; MP 0.12; PL 0.08; AA 0.11; FP 0.20; VL/GL 0.88±1.15; AL/F1 2.50±3.36; AL/HW 0.96±1.02; WL/HW 3.30±3.43; WL/WW 2.40±2.41; a/b 1.33 ±1.43; c/d 0.71±0.76; TL/HW 0.64±0.67; MP/HW 0.26; AB/AA 1.09; FP/HW 0.43; FP/SL 1.11; FP/CL 2.22; FP/FA 2.86.

Fifth instar larva. Anterior margin of head forming two large lobes. Antennae irregularly triangular. Legs without or with strongly reduced claws. Anterior margin of larval humeral lobes ending distal to anterior eye margin. Abdominal dorsum without median row of horns. Caudal plate ratio 0.45. Circumanal ring oval. Head, wing bud and abdominal margins with sectasetae.

Host plant, gall and biology. Schinus fasciculatus . Inducing pit galls on the leaves.

D istribution . Argentina (Mendoza).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, l Argentina: Province Mendoza, above Villa Vicencia , 50 km NW Mendoza, 1800±2200 m, 18.i.1987, Schinus fasciculatus (D. Burckhardt) , dry mounted ( MHNG).

PARATYPES. Argentina: 1, l 1 m, same data as holotype; 2 larvae, Mendoza, Mendoza Valley, Punta de Vaca to Uspallata , 1900 m, 16± 19.i.1997, in pit galls of Schinus fasciculatus (D. Burckhardt) ; 1 m, same data but Uspallata to Potrerillos , 1700 m, 30± 31.xii.1995, Schinus fasciculatus ; 1 m, same data but Potrerillos , 1300 m, 17.i.1997; 2 m, same data but km 27 Uspallata to Potrerillos , 1500 m, 19.i.1997. Dry and slide mounted ( MHNG, NHMB) .

Material not included in type series. Argentina: pit galls on the leaves, Province Mendoza, Mendoza Valley, Potrerillos , 1300 m, 17.i.1997, Schinus fasciculatus (D. Burckhardt) ; pit galls on the leaves, same data but km 27 Uspallata to Potrerillos, 1500 m, 19.i.1997; pit galls on leaves, same data but Punta de Vaca to Uspallata, 1900 m, 16± 19.i.1997; larvae ex pit galls on leaves, same data but above Villa Vicencia, 50 km NW Mendoza, 1800±2200 m, 18.i.1987. Preserved in alcohol ( MHNG) .