Cyamophila afganica Loginova, 1978

Malenovský, Igor, Lauterer, Pavel, Labina, Eugenia & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2012, Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Afghanistan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 1-22 : 8-9

Cyamophila afganica Loginova, 1978

Published records. LOGINOVA (1978): Baghlan (105 km N Kabul on road to N Salang), Bamyan (70 km W Bamyan, Band-e-Amir lake).

Material examined. BAGHLAN: 105 km N from Kabul, road to N Salang [= Salang Pass?] , southern slope of Hindu Kush , canyon with streams at the bottom , 2400 m, 25.vii.1966, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, 1 ex. without abdomen (holotype and paratypes). BAMYAN: 70 km W from Bamyan, Band-e-Amir lake , 2800 m, mountain desert , Artemisia sp., Stipa sp. and other plants, 16.ix.1966, 1 ♀ (paratype).All E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted).

General distribution. So far only known from Afghanistan ( BAJEVA & KLIMASZEWSKI 1993).

Host plant. Unknown ( BAJEVA & KLIMASZEWSKI 1993).

Comments. The male holotype and one male and two female paratypes got lost during the transport from the ZIN to the MMBC in stolen luggage. The remaining material of C. afganica at the ZIN includes one paratype without abdomen (no corresponding slide preparation was found) and one male determined by Loginova which is, however, not labelled as a type.