Colophorina vittata ( Crawford, 1912 )

Burckhardt, Daniel, Sharma, Anamika & Raman, Anantanarayanan, 2018, Checklist and comments on the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4457 (1), pp. 1-38 : 17

Colophorina vittata ( Crawford, 1912)

Distribution. Bangladesh ( Mathur 1975), as Euphalerus vittatus ); India: Tamil Nadu ( Kandasamy & Thenmozhi 1985, as Euphalerus marginalis ; Kandasami 1986, as Euphalerus marginalis ), West Bengal ( Mathur 1975, as Euphalerus vittatus ), Uttarakhand ( Mathur 1975, as Euphalerus vittatus ); Nepal (3 ♂, Terai districts (Narayani, Janapur and Sagarmatha), Kathmandu to Hile, various stops in villages along the way, 26‒27.v.2001, Cassia fistula (D. Burckhardt) #2a(1); 3 ♂, 3 ♀, same but Kosi, Akibunkyabeshi, local name Baireni, 27°12’N / 87°15’E, to Shawa Khola, 27°17’N / 87°13’E, 300‒400 m, 31.v.2001, farmland with various trees and shrubs, Cassia fistula #6(1) [NHMB, dry mounted]).

Host plant. Cassia fistula, C. marginata (Fabaceae) .

Comments. Kandasamy and Thenmozhi (1985) and Kandasamy (1986) reported Euphalerus marginalis Capener, 1973 from Tamil Nadu. The description by Kandasamy (1986) leaves no doubt that this is a misidentification of Colophorina vittata ( Crawford, 1912) , a species which was previously reported from India ( Mathur 1975). This is supported by the host plant listed by Kandasamy (1986) as Cassia marginata (Fabaceae) . Euphalerus marginalis is an Afrotropical species which develops on Burkea africana (Fabaceae) .