Calophya schini Tuthill, 1959 (Figs. 11–29)

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Mexico: Hidalgo: 2 males, Tepeji del Río de Ocampo, Highway 57D, 19.8739667°N, 99.3346833°W, 2,130 m asl, 17-VIII-2015, Schinus molle, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-21(4).—México State: Montecillo, colegio de Postgraduados, 19.4637278°N, 98.9042722°W, 2,240 m asl, 16-II-2015, Schinus molle, Paul Mendez; 9 males, 15 females, same but 19.4623000°N, 98.9053333°W, 2,190 m asl, 10–12-VIII-2015, Schinus molle, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-14(5); 11 males, 10 females, Teoljhuacán, San Franzisco Mazapa, 19.6846838°N, 98.8427900°W, 2,300 m asl, 9-VIII-2015, Schinus molle, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-13(1); 1 male, Highway 136 Texcoco to calpulalpan, km 35, 19.5489000°N, 98.7721667°W, 2,520 m asl, 11-VIII-2015, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-15(-); 2 males, Highway 136 Texcoco to calpulalpan, border to Tlaxcala, 19.5587000°N, 98.7077167°W, 2,870 m asl, 11-VIII-2015, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-16(-).— Michoacán: 5 males, 5 females, cuitzeo highway cuitzeo—Salamanca, 19.9928611°N,102.6463111°W,1,840 m asl,15-XI-2014, Schinus molle, Paul Mendez; 2 females, Maravatío, 19.9062667°N, 100.5036833°W, 2,125 m asl, 17-VIII-2015, Schinus molle, D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz, #15-22(4) (ccP, NHMB).

DESCRIPTION

Originally described by Tuthill (1959) with redescripljons of adults and immatures by Burckhardt & Basset (2000) and Burckhardt et al. (2011).

DISTRIBUTION

Originaljng probably from Chile and Peru; introduced into Argen- ljna, Bolivia, Colombia; USA (California); Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa; Portugal; and New Zealand. Recorded from Mexico from following states: Baja california, Hidalgo, México city (Distrito Federal), México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz (cibrián et al. 1995; Alvarez-Zagoya & cibrián-Tovar 1999).

HOST PLANT

Schinus molle L. ( Sapindales: Anacardiaceae). Immatures induce pit galls on leaves of the host.

COMMENTS

Calophya schini was originally described by Tuthill (1959) from Peru from S. molle . Burckhardt (1988), based on very limited material, synonymized C. rubra and C. schini . Cibrián (1991), accepljng this synonymy, recorded the psyllids from S. molle under the name C. rubra . In a revision of the Schinus -inhabiljng psyllids, which was based on extensive material and used morphological, morphometric, and host plant characters, Burckhardt & Basset (2000) showed that C. rubra and C. schini were morphologically disljnct species. The former developed in closed stem galls on Schinus polygama (cav.) cabrera ( Sapindales: Anacardiaceae) and the laIJer in pit galls on the leaves of S. molle . Here, we would like to emphasize that the species developing on S. molle is C. schini and that C. rubra, which is monophagous on S. polygama, is endemic to chile and does not occur in Mexico.