Cavariella konoi Takahashi, 1939

Figs 13, 14, 33D

Cavariella konoi Takahashi, 1939: 117.

Specimens examined.

One ap. viv. fem. and one ala. viv. fem. (slides), one ap. viv. fem. (COI: OP956129), China: Jilin, 4.VIII.2017, No. 41101-1-1, on Salix, coll. H. Long and T.Y. Liu ; one ap. viv. fem. and one ala. viv. fem. (slides), one ap. viv. fem. (COI: OP956132), Jilin, 8.VIII.2017, No. 41195-1-1, on Salix, coll. H. Long and T.Y. Liu.

Diagnosis.

PT 1.67-1.80 × Ant. VIb; URS 1.02-1.08 × HT II; SIPH long clavate (Fig. 13H), 0.21-0.22 × body length; ABD TERG VIII with short conical supra-caudal (Fig. 13J), 0.04-0.07 mm, as long as basal width; Ant. III and IV each with 28-32, 3 circular secondary rhinaria in alatae (Fig. 14B) (Takahashi 1939).

Comment.

Cavariella konoi was first described in China by Zhang et al. (1999), but by checking the specimens, it was established that they were misidentified and should be Cavariella nigra Basu, 1964.

Biology.

The species was found feeding on the undersides of leaves of Salix (Fig. 33D) in China, and it migrate between Salix and Apiaceae (Blackman and Eastop 2022).

Distribution.

China (Jilin), Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, UK, USA.