Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia
Author
Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel
Author
Serna, Francisco
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-20
4350
3
journal volume
31376
10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.2
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1175-5326
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Glycaspis
Taylor
(
Figs 14
,
42, 43
,
48
,
77
)
Diagnosis:
Genal processes very large, longer than 2/3 vertex length (
Fig. 14
). Antenna much longer than head width. Forewing (
Fig. 48
) long, apically angular, veins R and M+Cu1 short; vein Rs very long, reaching wing apex, curve parallel to costal margin. Metatibia (
Fig. 43
) shorter than femur, enlarged apically, with a lateral protuberance bearing two spurs, and a group of spurs on the opposite side; metabasitarsus enlarged, broad and curved.
Biology and damage:
Immatures are found under a shield of wax known as lerp (
Bouvet
et al.
2005
;
Diodato & Venturini 2007
;
Santana & Burckhardt 2007
). The damage is more serious than that of
Ctenarytaina
(
Santana & Burckhardt 2007
)
as the immatures develop on mature leaves. The damage includes growth of sooty mould, leaf discoloration, decrease of growth, foliage loss, shoot dieback and consequent death of the tree (
Bouvet
et al.
2005
;
Diodato & Venturini 2007
).
Host-plants:
Eucalyptus
(Myrtaceae)
(
Hollis 2004
).
Distribution:
Native to
Australia
introduced into Africa, America, Asia and Europe (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012;
Spodek
et al
. 2015
).—
Colombia
:
Glycaspis brimblecombei
(
ICA
2013;
Rodas
et al.
2014
).
Examined material:
Glycaspis brimblecombei
:
Cundinamarca
: 1 (male)
,
Bogotá
, Univ. Nal. Col.,
4°35’53"N
,
74°4'33"W
,
2630 m
,
04-May-2011
,
Ricinus
sp. (
C. Flautero
),
UNAB 1371
.
Antioquia
: 2 (male, female),
Envigado
,
6°10'19"N
,
75°35'49"W
,
1675 m
,
29-Dec-2013
, on leaves of
Eucalyptus
sp. (
F. Serna
),
UNAB 1372
.