Platycorypha Tuthill, 1945

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

Platycorypha Tuthill

( Figs 32 , 82 )

Diagnosis: Head wider than mesoscutum. Vertex more than twice as broad as long; genal processes absent but genae broadly rounded and swollen ( Fig. 32 ). Antennae 3.0–3.5 times as long as head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal and shorter than segment 10. Clypeus pyriform, apically with a pair of long setae. Forewing broadest in basal half or in the middle, more or less strongly narrowing towards apex, rounded apically; pterostigma narrow and wedge-shaped. Meracanthus pointed, horn-shaped; metatibia with genual spine and 1+1+2+1 apical spurs; metabasitarsus with 2 apical spurs.

Biology and damage: Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt develops on new shoots, leaves and petioles of Tipuana tipu . The damage includes curling, spotting and abscission of leaves, as well as growth of sooty mould due to honeydew production by the immatures ( Santana et al. 2010).

Host-plants: Fabaceae ( Hodkinson 1989) .

Distribution: Neotropical ( Hodkinson 1989); Platycorypha nigrivirga was introduced into North America, South Africa and the Mediterranean.

Examined material: Platycorypha magnifrons Crawford : Magdalena: 15 (male, female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1–11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Platycorypha sp.: Magdalena: 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161420; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller) IAvH-E-161421; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161422; 4 (male, female), Santa Marta, Mar-76, “árbol de trébol” (L. Ceballos & J. Avila), CTNI 53.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 36. Head, anterodorsal view (cont.). 28. Euceropsylla sp. 29. Heteropsylla sp. 30. Mitrapsylla sp. 31. Epiacizzia sp. 32. Platycorypha sp. 33. Calinda sp. 34. Leuronota sp. 35. Trioza sp. 36. Triozoida sp.

FIGURES 81 – 83. Local distribution maps. 81. Calophyidae: Calophya spp. (black triangle), Mastigimas spp. (white circle). 82. Psyllidae: Acizzia spp. (white circle), Ciriacremum sp. (black triangle, black inverted triangle), Epiacizzia sp. (black inverted triangle), Euceropsylla spp. (black square), Heteropsylla spp. (white triangle, black triangle, black inverted triangle), Mitrapsylla spp. (black circle, black triangle, black inverted triangle), Platycorypha spp. (black triangle). 83. Triozidae: Calinda spp. (white circle), Leuronota spp. (black square), Trioza spp. (black circle), Triozoida spp. (white triangle).