Mitrapsylla ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson)

Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Burckhardt, Daniel, Cavichioli, Rodney R. & Queiroz, Dalva L., 2020, Taxonomy and host-plant relationships of the psyllid genus Mitrapsylla (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) in Brazil, Zootaxa 4887 (1), pp. 1-100 : 27-28

Mitrapsylla ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson)

( Figs 109 , 139 , 169 , 211 ‾213, 289, 319, 349, 374)

Acizzia ceplaciensis White & Hodkinson, 1980: 78 .

Holotype ♁, Brazil: Bahia, Ilhéus, 5 km N of km 22 on Ilhéus to Itabuna road ( BR 415 ), CEPEC/CEPLAC water tower, -14.7833, -39.2333, suction trap (20 m) ( MZSP) (not examined).

Mitrapsylla ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson) . Combination by Burckhardt 1987: 189.

Material examined. Minas Gerais: 4 ♁, 1 ♀, Vazante, Fazenda Bainha , -17.8817, -46.8833, 660–670 m, 29– 30.x.2012, Cerrado vegetation, edges of disturbed forest, eucalypt plantation, creek, Machaerium aculeatum (D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz) , #50(10) ( NHMB, slide mounted, 70% ethanol); 7 ♁, same but -17.6451, -46.7086, 900 m, 06.i.2016 (D.L. Queiroz), #747(-) ( NHMB, 70% ethanol) .— Rio de Janeiro: 1 ♁, 2 ♀, Itatiaia , -22.4827, -44.5706, 440 m, 15–17.iv.2019, planted trees, waste places, Machaerium hirtum (D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz) , #331(6) ( NHMB, 70% ethanol) .

Diagnosis. Genal process, in dorsal view, subconical; with subacute or narrowly rounded apex; GL/VL 0.4. Paramere, in lateral view, irregularly lamellar; anterior margin almost straight before apex; posterior margin strongly concave along apical half, weakly convex in basal half; apex truncate, strongly directed posteriorly; in dorsal view, with wavy sclerotised ridge and blunt posterior tooth, the former in lower level than the latter. Aedeagus complex tripartite; in lateral view, lateral lobule elongate, suboval; ventral process with apical expansion considerably smaller than dorsal lobe.

Description. Colouration. Body with white striped-pattern; variation: vertex with stripes along lateral and posterior margins sometimes absent; older specimens with markings with dark outline. Head and thorax dark yellow to yellowish-brown; genal process lighter than head. Eye grey to dark red; ocelli colourless to orange. Antenna light to dark yellow, segments 1–2 concolorous with head. Clypeus light yellow to concolorous with head; rostrum light yellow to dark yellow. Thorax with margins of sclerites darker. Forewing colourless, sometimes yellowish around veins M 1+2, Cu 1a and Cu 1b; veins very light yellow to very light brown; pterostigma concolorous or slightly lighter than veins. Hindwing colourless. Legs light to dark yellow with tarsi light brown, hindleg sometimes lighter than fore- and midlegs. Abdomen light straw-coloured to light brown; intersegmental membranes light straw-coloured; spiracular sclerites concolorous with tergites. Male terminalia irregularly yellowish. Female terminalia irregularly yellow, proctiger darker than subgenital plate, usually darker around anus.

Structure. Body length ♁ 2.4–2.6 mm (2.53± 0.08 mm), ♀ 2.4 mm (3 ♁, 1 ♀). Genal process ( Fig. 139 ) sub-conical, evenly or irregularly narrowing towards subacute or narrowly rounded apex, 0.4 times as long as vertex along midline. Antenna 2.6 times as long as head width; longest terminal seta about as long or slightly shorter than segment 10. Apical labium segment 0.2 times longer than head width and 0.7 times longer than median segment. Forewing ( Fig. 169 ) 2.7 times as long as head width, 2.2–2.3 times as long as wide, obovoid, narrowly or broadly rounded apically; vein M+Cu 1 0.4 times as long as Cu 1; ratio a/b 1.6–1.8; ratio c/d 0.7–0.9; ratio e/f 0.7–1.0. Surface spinules moderately spaced when present, forming rhomboids ( Fig. 39 ); sometimes covering apical half of cells r 1 and r 2, absent or much reduced around radular areas of cells m 1, m 2 and cu 1, covering m 2 basally, and most of cell cu 2; leaving spinule-free spaces along veins ( Fig. 42 ). Radular spinules sometimes present in r 2 but inconspicuous. Metatibia 0.7 times as long as head width.

Terminalia. Male. Proctiger, in lateral view, 0.4 times as long as head width; with long, strongly tapered, strongly down-curved posterior lobe. Paramere, in lateral view ( Figs 211 ‾213) 0.9–1.0 times as long as proctiger; irregu-larly lamellar; anterior margin almost straight before apex; posterior margin strongly concave along apical half, weakly convex in basal half; apex truncate, strongly directed posteriorly; inner surface ( Fig. 212 ) covered with long setae, longer basally and along posterior margin, with row of thick setae along apical anterior margin, several thick setae below sclerotised ridge and on apical posterior margin; in dorsal view ( Fig. 289 ), with wavy sclerotised ridge and blunt posterior tooth, the former in lower level than the latter. Aedeagus ( Fig. 213 ) complex tripartite; in lateral view, dorsal lobe with prominent median lobule; lateral lobule smaller than median lobule, elongate, suboval; membranous pouch rather broad; ventral process strongly upturned, with apical expansion weak, considerably smaller than dorsal lobe, bearing short, conical tubercle.—Female ( Fig. 319 ). Proctiger, in lateral view, 1.0 times as long as head width; dorsal outline moderately concave distal to circumanal ring, apical extension sinuous, apex moderately upturned, smoothly obliquely truncate; circumanal ring 0.3 times as long as proctiger. Subgenital plate, in lateral view, 0.5 times as long as proctiger; apex well-developed; basal half of ventral outline strongly expanded, apical half almost straight or slightly sinuous; covered with medium long setae in median third, ventrally throughout and in apical third, long setae at apex, and group of long setae on dorsum subapically, with seta-free patch subapically; in ventral view ( Fig. 349 ), lateral margins evenly, strongly narrowing at half towards narrow, subtruncate apex.

Measurements (in mm) (2 ♁, 1 ♀). HW ♁ 0.69–0.71 (0.70±0.01); AL ♁ 1.80–1.86 (1.83±0.04); LAB2 ♁ 0.18–0.20 (0.19±0.01); LAB3 ♁ 0.12–0.13 (0.13±0.01); FL ♁ 1.89–1.94 (1.91±0.04); TL ♁ 0.48–0.50 (0.49±0.02); MP ♁ 0.26–0.28 (0.27±0.01); PL ♁ 0.26; DL ♁ 0.34–0.35 (0.35±0.01); FP 0.56.

Distribution. Brazil (Bahia) ( White & Hodkinson 1980, as Acizzia ceplaciensis ). New state record for Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro.

Host-plant. Adults were collected on Machaerium aculeatum Raddi and M. hirtum (Vell.) Stellfeld (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae , Aeschynomeneae) which are likely hosts.

Habitat. Cerrado, eucalypt plantation.

Figures

FIGURES 103–112. Mitrapsylla spp., lateral view: 103. M. aeschynomenis sp. nov.; 104. M. amazonica sp. nov.; 105. M. andirae sp. nov.; 106. M. aurantia sp. nov.; 107. M. brevigenis sp. nov.; 108. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 109. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 110. M. clavata sp. nov.; 111. M. cubana Crawford; 112. M. cujabensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 133–147. Mitrapsylla spp., head, dorsal view: 133. M. aeschynomenis sp. nov.; 134. M. amazonica sp. nov.; 135. M. andirae sp. nov.; 136. M. aurantia sp. nov., 137. M. brevigenis sp. nov.; 138. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 139. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 140. M. clavata sp. nov.; 141. M. cubana Crawford; 142. M. cujabensis sp. nov.; 143. M. cuspidata sp. nov.; 144. M. didyma sp. nov.; 145. M. domahovskii sp. nov.; 146. M. halbertae sp. nov.; 147. M. hamata sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 163–172. Mitrapsylla spp., forewing: 163. M. aeschynomenis sp. nov.; 164. M. amazonica sp. nov.; 165. M. andirae sp. nov.; 166. M. aurantia sp. nov., 167. M. brevigenis sp. nov.; 168. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 169. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 170. M. clavata sp. nov.; 171. M. cubana Crawford; 172. M. cujabensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 211–219. Mitrapsylla spp., male terminalia, lateral view: 211, 214, 217: paramere, outer surface; 212, 215, 218: paramere, inner surface; 213, 216, 219: distal segment of aedeagus. 211‾213. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 214‾216. M. clavata sp. nov.; 217‾219. M. cubana Crawford. Scale bar = 0.05 mm.

FIGURES 38–43. Mitrapsylla spp., forewing surface spinules: 38. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 39. M. securigera sp. nov.; 40. M. pterogynis sp. nov.; 41. M. aurantia sp. nov.; 42. M. itaparica (Crawford); 43. M. pallida sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.02 mm.

FIGURES 283–312. Mitrapsylla spp., parameres, dorsal view: 283. M. aeschynomenis sp. nov.; 284. M. amazonica sp. nov.; 285. M. andirae sp. nov.; 286. M. aurantia sp. nov., 287. M. brevigenis sp. nov.; 288. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 289. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 290. M. clavata sp. nov.; 291. M. cubana Crawford; 292. M. cujabensis sp. nov.; 293. M. cuspidata sp. nov.; 294. M. didyma sp. nov.; 295. M. domahovskii sp. nov.; 296. M. halbertae sp. nov.; 297. M. hamata sp. nov.; 298. M. holocalycis sp. nov.; 299. M. itacoatiara sp. nov.; 300. M. itaparica (Crawford); 301. M. machaerii sp. nov.; 302. M. melanothorax sp. nov.; 303. M. ochra sp. nov.; 304. M. pallida sp. nov.; 305. M. periandrae sp. nov.; 306. M. pterodontis sp. nov.; 307. M. pterogynis sp. nov.; 308. M. securigera sp. nov.; 309. M. soror sp. nov.; 310. M. truncata sp. nov.; 311. M. villosi sp. nov.; 312. M. xanthoptera sp. nov. Anterior part up.

FIGURES 319–324. Mitrapsylla spp., female terminalia, lateral view: 319. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 320. M. clavata sp. nov.; 321. M. cubana Crawford; 322. M. cujabensis sp. nov.; 323. M. cuspidata sp. nov.; 324. M. didyma sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 343–362. Mitrapsylla spp., female subgenital plate, ventral view: 343. M. aeschynomenis sp. nov.; 344. M. amazonica sp. nov.; 345. M. andirae sp. nov.; 346. M. aurantia sp. nov., 347. M. brevigenis sp. nov.; 348. M. cassiae sp. nov.; 349. M. ceplaciensis (White & Hodkinson); 350. M. clavata sp. nov.; 351. M. cubana Crawford; 352. M. cujabensis sp. nov.; 353. M. cuspidata sp. nov.; 354. M. didyma sp. nov.; 355. M. domahovskii sp. nov.; 356. M. halbertae sp. nov.; 357. M. hamata sp. nov.; 358. M. holocalycis sp. nov.; 359. M. itacoatiara sp. nov.; 360. M. itaparica (Crawford); 361. M. machaerii sp. nov.; 362. M. melanothorax sp. nov.