Checklist and comments on the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from the Indian subcontinent

Abstract

A checklist comprising information on taxonomy, distribution and host plants is provided for 161 species of jumping plant-lice from the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) based on published records and museum material. In addition there are 15 species recorded in the literature which are identified to genus only. Museum material provides eight new country and two new state (within India) records. The taxonomy is updated and following nomenclatorial acts are proposed: new genus (1), new generic synonymies (2), designation of type species (1), new species synonymies (5), replacement names for primary homonyms at species level (3), new status of subspecies (3), new combinations (23). Toonapsylla Burckhardt, gen. nov. is described for Psylla cedrelae (Kieffer, 1905). The new genus belongs to Mastigimatinae (Calophyidae) and is probably closest related to Bharatiana and Mastigimas, both associated with Cedrela and Toona (Meliaceae). The new genus is diagnosed and a key is provided for the world genera of Mastigimatinae. The Neoptropical genus Allophorina Hodkinson is transferred here from Mastigimatinae (Calophyidae) to Psyllinae (Psyllidae).

Diversity and distribution of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) along edges of Amazon–Cerrado transitional forests in Sorriso, Mato Grosso, Brazil

“…The classification and nomenclature of Psylloidea follow Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012) and Burckhardt & Queiroz (2012), respectively; the nomenclature of the plants is in accordance with The Plant List (2016). The psylloids were identified, apart from using the literature cited in the 'Results' section, by comparison with material in the psylloid collection of the NHMB.…”

“…Trinidad, Venezuela (Burckhardt et al 2013) -Brazil: Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo (Burckhardt et al 2011(Burckhardt et al , 2013Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012).…”

“…This lack of knowledge is particularly serious in the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions. For Brazil, for example, Burckhardt & Queiroz (2012) list 73 named, valid species, with another 12 species added since (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2013;Burckhardt et al 2013;Malenovský et al 2015;Burckhardt & Queiroz 2017). Burckhardt & Queiroz (2012) estimated that there may be as many as 1,000 species of Psylloidea in Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world with some of the most species-rich biomes.…”

“…For Brazil, for example, Burckhardt & Queiroz (2012) list 73 named, valid species, with another 12 species added since (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2013;Burckhardt et al 2013;Malenovský et al 2015;Burckhardt & Queiroz 2017). Burckhardt & Queiroz (2012) estimated that there may be as many as 1,000 species of Psylloidea in Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world with some of the most species-rich biomes. Among these are the Amazon forest and the Cerrado which are characterized by a high plant diversity (Oliveira et al 2008;Mendonça et al 2008).…”

“…Potentially it has, therefore, also a species-rich psylloid fauna. However, at present only seven species have been recorded from this state (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012Burckhardt et al 2013;Mazzardo 2014;Mazzardo et al 2016): the two introduced eucalypt pests Blastopsylla occidentalis and Glycaspis brimblecombei, the three Fabaceae feeders Euphalerus clitoriae, Isogonoceraia divergipennis and Macrocorsa beeryi, the Toona pest Mastigimas anjosi, and the Nectandra psylloid Limataphalara lautereri.…”