Cacopsylla araliae (Konovalova, 1981)

(Figs. 69–72)

Рsylla araliae Konovalova, 1981: 11 .

Cacopsylla araliae; Cho et al. (2017a: 539).

Cacopsylla (Hepatopsylla) aralicola Kwon & Kwon, 2020: 140, syn. nov.

Distribution in Korea. GB, GW, GG, JN (Cho et al. 2017a; Kwon & Kwon 2020, as Cacopsylla (Hepatopsylla) aralicola) (KNA, NHMB, NIBR, SNU).

Host plant. Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. (Araliaceae) (Cho et al. 2017a).

Comments. Kwon & Kwon (2020) suggested that the Korean populations differ from Cacopsylla araliae, described from the Primorsky Krai, in the structure of the terminalia and erected a new species, C. aralicola, for the former. We examined material from Korea (SNU) and Russia (IBSS), but could not find these alleged differences. We therefore synonymise the two taxa.