Cacopsylla cf. nasuta ( Horváth, 1904 )

Malenovský, Igor, Lauterer, Pavel, Labina, Eugenia & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2012, Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Afghanistan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 1-22 : 7

Cacopsylla cf. nasuta ( Horváth, 1904)

( Figs. 10–12)

Material examined. BADAKHSHAN: Ishmara , 19.vi.1965, 3 ♁♁, M. Daniel leg. ( MMBC, NMPC; dry-mounted) .

General distribution. Kyrgyzstan ( HORVÁTH 1904). New record for Afghanistan.

Host plant. Unknown.

Comments. Cacopsylla nasuta is a poorly documented species. HORVÁTH (1904) described it from one female from Przevalsk ( Kyrgyzstan) without host plant data. The species has not been recorded since. The male specimens from Afghanistan match ŠULC’ s (1913) redescription of the holotype of C. nasuta , particularly the coloration, the long genal processes and the forewing shape, venation and membrane spinulation. They differ in the smaller body size (total body length from head to forewing apex: 2.9–3.2 mm, compared to 3.7 mm as reported by Šulc) which may, however, be sexual dimorphism. Male terminalia of a specimen from Afghanistan are illustrated in Figs. 10–12. Cacopsylla nasuta may be related to C. hippophaes (Foerster, 1848) along with several Palaearctic species associated with Hippophae and Elaeagnus ( Elaeagnaceae ) (see BURCKHARDT & ÖNUÇAR 1993). BAEVA (1985) considers C. nasuta as a junior synonym of C. hippophaes which is not followed here.