Lanthanaphalara Tuthill, 1959

Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4350 (3) : -

Lanthanaphalara Tuthill

( Figs 11 , 77 )

Diagnosis: Head as wide as mesoscutum; vertex longer than half its width, anteriorly projected into lobes on each side of the coronal suture ( Fig. 11 ); occiput strongly developed below the eyes; genae not forming processes. Clypeus subspherical. Antenna twice as long as head width. Forewing with pterostigma wide and short; veins M+Cu1 and R subequal. Hind leg with small, nipple-like meracanthus; area beneath meracanthus forming a rounded swelling ( Fig. 39 ); metatibia twice as long as femur, without genual spine and with a crown of 8 apical spurs. Male proctiger with well-developed posterior lobes.

Biology and damage: Unknown.

Host-plant: Dunalia umbellata (Solanaceae) ( Tuthill 1959).

Distribution: Endemic to the Neotropics (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2013).

Remarks: This is the first record of this genus in Colombia.

Examined material: Lanthanaphalara cf. mira Tuthill : Nariño: 5 (male, female) Pasto , 23-Aug-1961, shrubs (G. Bravo), CTNI 66 .

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 27. Head, anterodorsal view. 10. Gyropsylla sp. 11. Lanthanaphalara sp. 12. Limataphalara hollisi. 13. Ctenarytaina spatulata. 14. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 15. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 16. Paracarsidara sp. 17. Synoza cornutiventris. 18. Caradocia sp. 19. Diaphorina citri. 20. Katacephala sp. 21. Tuthillia latipennis. 22 – 23. Calophya schini. 24 – 25. Mastigimas sp. 26. Acizzia uncatoides. 27. Ciriacremum sp.

FIGURES 77 – 80. Local distribution maps. 77. Aphalaridae: Ctenarytaina spp. (white square), Gyropsylla sp. (white triangle), Glycaspis brimblecombei (black triangle), Lanthanaphalara sp. (black square), Limataphalara hollisi (black pentagon), Syncoptozus mexicanus (black circle). 78. Carsidaridae: Paracarsidara spp. (black circle). 79. Homotomidae: Synoza cornutiventris (black diamond). 80. Liviidae: Caradocia sp. (white square), Diaphorina citri (black triangle), Katacephala sp. (black square), Tuthillia latipennis (white circle).

FIGURES 37 – 46. 37 – 38. Tubercles of the metapostnotum: 37. Paracarsidara sp.; 38. Synoza cornutiventris. 39 – 40. Limataphalara hollisi: 39. Hind coxa, 40. Hind femur. 41. Ctenarytaina spatulata, mesotibia. 42 – 43. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 42. Foreleg; 43. Hind leg. 44 – 45. Paracarsidara sp.: 44. False crossvein rs – m; 45. Male terminalia in lateral view. 46. Heteropsylla sp., male terminalia in posterodorsal view.