Craspedolepta, Enderlein, 1921

Halbert, Susan E. & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2020, The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (788), pp. 1-88 : 12

Key to Florida species of Craspedolepta

1. Forewing membrane bearing brown, often very faint dots ( Fig. 48 ). Terminalia ( Fig. 72–75, 79, 80 )............................................ C. euthamiae Burckhardt and Halbert , spec. nov.

— Forewing membrane unicolor whitish or yellowish, lacking brown dots. Terminalia different ( Fig. 56–71 , 82–85).............................................................................. 2

2(1). Rear margin of male paramere with a bulge in the middle ( Fig. 82, 83 ); tubercular sculpture on the inner paramere face extending almost to basal third of paramere ( Fig. 83 : arrow). Membranous sack on dorsum of distal segment of aedeagus almost reaching base ( Fig. 84 : arrow). Female subgenital plate pointed apically ( Fig. 85 )............................................. C. flavida (Caldwell)

— Rear margin of male paramere with a bulge in apical third; tubercular sculpture on the inner paramere face extending to about the middle of paramere or less ( Fig. 56–61 : arrows). Membranous sack on dorsum of distal segment of aedeagus reaching the middle ( Fig. 62–65 : longer arrows). Female subgenital plate indented apically ( Fig. 66, 68, 69, 71 )........................................ 3

3(2). Distal segment of aedeagus with apical margin hardly convex ( Fig. 62 : short arrow). Female proctiger, in profile, relatively straight dorsally with short distal process that is hardly inflated apically ( Fig. 66 ). Dorsal and ventral valvulae distinctly curved, ventral valvulae weakly serrate apically ( Fig. 67 )........................................................................ C. bifida (Caldwell)

— Distal segment of aedeagus with apical margin distinctly concave ( Fig. 63–65 : short arrow). Female proctiger, in profile, weakly undulated dorsally with long, apically slightly inflated distal process ( Fig. 69 ). Dorsal and ventral valvulae weakly curved, lacking ventral serration ( Fig. 70 )............................................................................ C. furcata (Caldwell)

Figures

Figures 44–55. Craspedolepta spp. 44, 46) C . bifida. 45, 47) C . furcata. 48–55) C . euthamiae new species. 44, 45) Head, pronotum, dorsal view. 46, 47) Adult, in profile. 48) Forewing. 49) Surface spinules in cell r2. 51) Male terminalia, in profile.52) Immature, habitus, dorsal view. 53) Circumanal rings. 54) Antenna. 55) Apex of tarsus. Scales: 44, 45) 0.1 mm; 46, 47) 0.1 mm; 48) 0.2 mm; 49) 0.02 mm; 50) 0.1 mm; 51) 0.02 mm; 52) 0.2 mm; 53) 0.1 mm; 54) 0.1 mm; 55) 0.02 mm.

Figures 72–81. Craspedolepta spp. 72–75, 79, 80) C . euthamiae spec. nov. 76–78, 81) C . numerica. 72, 76) Male terminalia, in profile. 73, 74, 77) Inner face of paramere, in profile. 75, 78) Distal segment of aedeagus. 79, 81) Female terminalia, in profile. 80) Dorsal and ventral valvulae. Scales: 72, 76) 0.1 mm; 73–75, 77, 78) 0.05 mm; 79, 81) 0.2 mm; 80) 0.1 mm.

Figures 56–65. Craspedolepta spp. 56, 58, 62) C . bifida. 57, 59–61, 63–65) C . furcata. 56, 57) Male terminalia, in profile. 58–61) Inner face of paramere, in profile. 62–65) Distal segment of aedeagus. 56, 58, 59, 62, 63) Specimens from Florida (FL). 57, 61, 65) Specimens from British Columbia (BC). 60, 64) Specimens from Virginia (VA). Scales: 56, 57) 0.1 mm; 58–65) 0.05 mm.

Figures 66–71. Craspedolepta spp. 66–68) C . bifida. 69–71) C . furcata. 66, 69) Female terminalia, in profile. 67, 70) Dorsal and ventral valvulae. 68, 71) Apex of female subgenital plate, in ventral view. Scales: 66, 68, 69, 71) 0.2 mm; 67, 70) 0.1 mm.

Figures 82–85. Craspedolepta flavida. 82) Male terminalia, in profile. 83) Inner face of paramere, in profile. 84) Distal segment of aedeagus. 85) Female terminalia. Scales: 82) 0.1 mm; 83, 84) 0.05 mm; 85) 0.2 mm.