Ciriacreminae Enderlein, 1910

Burckhardt, Daniel, Ouvrard, David & Percy, Diana M., 2021, An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence, European Journal of Taxonomy 736, pp. 137-182 : 157-158

Subfamily * Ciriacreminae Enderlein, 1910

Comments

The monophyly of Ciriacreminae is strongly supported in both mtg trees and its circumscription corresponds mostly to that of Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012) with the addition of Telmapsylla Hodkinson, 1992 , Caradocia Laing, 1923 , Epipsylla Kuwayama, 1908 and Geijerolyma Froggatt, 1903 which are included here. However, all five Old World and two additional New World genera listed by Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012) are not included in the molecular analyses. In both mtg trees, the monophyly of Auchmerina , Euceropsylla + Heteropsylla , of Telmapsylla +‘ Limbopsylla ’ lagunculariae and of Mitrapsylla +‘ Limbopsylla ’ nigrivenis , as well as the sister group relationship of the first two groups is very strongly supported.

The artificial nature of Limbopsylla was acknowledged by Brown & Hodkinson (1988) when erecting the genus. The type species is a member of Platycoryphinae subfam. nov. (see there for more details). Two species of ‘ Limbopsylla ’ included in the molecular analysis are placed in the Ciriacreminae : ‘ Limbopsylla ’ lagunculariae and ‘ Limbopsylla ’ nigrivenis . We transfer here the former to Telmapsylla and assign the second to the new genus Hollisiana gen. nov. (see Table 1 and description below).

‘ Limbopsylla ’ lagunculariae ( Brown&Hodkinson, 1988) comb. nov. and Telmapsylla minuta Hodkinson, 1992 constitute a very strongly supported monophyletic clade in both mtg trees. Morphologically, the two species share the head with a trapezoidal vertex, the lack of anteorbital tubercles, the hemispherical, adpressed eyes, the conical, apically pointed genal processes, the large cu 1 cell of the forewing, the presence of a M+Cu vein in the hindwing, the grouped apical metatibial spurs and the short female terminalia in the adult; and immatures with 7-segmented antenna, fan-shaped tarsal arolium with an unguitractor and a short petiole, and 4+4 marginal sectasetae on the caudal plate. Despite many morphological differences between the two species, such as antennal length, absence/presence of a genual spine and details of the male terminalia in the adult, and the number of rows of pores in the circumanal ring, we consider them congeneric and propose the following new combination: Telmapsylla lagunculariae ( Brown & Hodkinson, 1988) comb. nov. from Limbopsylla .

Here, we move three genera which were not treated in the molecular analyses from Liviidae : Euphyllurinae (Diaphorinini) to the Ciriacreminae . Caradocia , Epipsylla and Geijerolyma constitute together a putative monophyletic group based on the presence of long genal processes, very long antennae, metatibia lacking a genual spine but bearing an open crown of densely spaced apical spurs, and two sclerotised spurs on the metabasitarsus. According to White & Hodkinson (1985), immatures of Epipsylla lack sectasetae on the abdominal margin. While we confirm this for an Asian species ( Thailand, NHMB), this is not the case for Afrotropical taxa (material examined from Cameroon, NHMB), where the immatures are similar to those of Mitrapsylla with four sectasetae present on the abdominal margin, two grouped together and each situated on a small tubercle, and with the circumanal ring extending to the abdominal dorsum and consisting of several rows of wax pores. The combination of the last two characters can be found only in the Ciriacreminae .

Included genera

* Auchmerina Enderlein, 1918 ; Auchmeriniella Brown & Hodkinson, 1988 ; Caradocia Laing, 1923 ; Ciriacremum Enderlein, 1910 (syn. Bunoparia ); Epipsylla Kuwayama, 1908 ; * Euceropsylla Boselli, 1929 (syn. Aremica ); Geijerolyma Froggatt, 1903 ; * Heteropsylla Crawford, 1914 ; * Hollisiana gen. nov.; Insnesia Tuthill, 1964 ; Isogonoceraia Tuthill, 1964 ; Jataiba Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020 ; Kleiniella Aulmann, 1912 (syn. Desmiostigma , Syndesmophlebia ); Manapa Brown & Hodkinson, 1988 ; * Mitrapsylla Crawford, 1914 ; Queiroziella Burckhardt, 2021; Palmapenna Hollis, 1976 ; * Telmapsylla Hodkinson, 1992 ; Trigonon Crawford, 1920 .