Livilla retamae (Puton) (Psyllidae)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Choi, Deuk-Soo, 2020, Using DNA barcoding for identification of some psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) intercepted at South Korea ports-of-entry, Insecta Mundi 2020 (816), pp. 1-10 : 8

8. Livilla retamae (Puton) (Psyllidae)

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Psylla retamae Puton 1878 .

Korea port interception. Intercepted one time at Korean ports of entry from Italy on cut flowers of Retama plants.

Diagnosis. Adults: General body color orange to brown; antennae dirty yellow, segments 3–6 darkened apically, segments 6–10 dark brown. Forewing elongate oblong-oval; costal break and rudimentary pterostigma present; spinules absent or thinly scattered in areas of brown patterning. Metatibia with 5 thick black spurs, basal metatarsus without black spurs. Male proctiger simple; paramere slightly expanded subapically, inner tooth partially hidden inside view; aedeagus with slightly hooked apex ( Hodkinson and Hollis 1987).

Hosts. Fabaceae : Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss., Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb and Berthel. , Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss. ( Ouvrard 2020).

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Spain ( Ouvrard 2020).

DNA barcoding data for diagnosis. 1 gttagtccct ctcataatcg gagctccgga tatagcattt ccacgactaa acaatcttag / 61 attttgactt cttcttccct caatctacct cttactcata agaagtttaa ttgatcaagg / 121 agtcggaaca ggatgaacag tttaccctcc cctatcgaat tctctctttc atagaggata / 181 ttctattgat atcgcaattt tttcccttca tctagcaggt atttcctcta ttttaggagc / 241 aattaatttt attacaacaa tcattaacat gcgaagaagt ctctataatc tagaaacttt / 301 acctttattt gtatgatcag ttttaattac agcttttctt ttactactag cgttaccagt / 361 gttagctgga gctatcacaa tacttctcac tgaccgaaat atgaatactt ccttttttga / 421 tccagcagga gggggagatc ctattttata tcaacattta ttt (463 bp).

Figures

Figures 7–12. Five species of intercepted psyllids. 7) Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, female. 8) Cacopsylla nigriantennata (Kuwayama), female (top) and male (bottom). 9) Calophya rhois (Löw), male. 10–11) Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell), female (top) and male (bottom). 10) Forewing. 11) Genitalia. 12) Livilla retamae (Puton), male, forewing.