Psylla sp.

Burckhardt, Daniel, 2024, The Psyllinae (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) from Gunung Kinabalu (Malaysia, Sabah), Alpine Entomology 8, pp. 1-17 : 1

Psylla sp.

Figs 42 , 43

Material examined.

Malaysia • 1 ♀; Sabah, Ranau, Gunung Kinabalu, Kinabalu Park , summit trail, Panar Laban ; 6.0594°N, 116.5665°E; 3300 m; 4.v.1987; D. Burckhardt and I. Löbl leg.; #F8763; on Rhododendron sp. ( Ericaceae ) in moss forest with Ericaceae and Myrtaceae ; MHNG, dry . • 1 ♂; same data but Kinabalu Park, summit trail below Layang Layang ; 6.0419°N, 116.5578°E; 2560 m; 1.v.1987; D. Burckhardt and I. Löbl leg.; #F8735; on Syzygium sp. ( Myrtaceae ) in moss forest; MHNG, dry .

Comments.

A teneral male and a female (Fig. 42 ) at hand resemble Psylla cirrita in general but differ in the shape of the genal processes (pointed, Fig. 41 , versus obliquely truncate, Fig. 43 ), and the relative lengths of antennal segments 3, 7 and 8 (segment 3 shorter versus longer than segments 7 and 8). There are slight differences in the male terminalia but they are difficult to interpret as the male of Psylla sp. is teneral and the terminalia may not be fully developed.

Figures

Figures 40 - 43. Psylla spp. 40, 42. Habitus, in lateral view; 41, 43. Head, in dorsal view. 40, 41. P. cirrita; 42, 43. Psylla sp.