Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia

Abstract

Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) are a group of phloem-feeding insects with nearly 4000 described species. Previous records from Colombia comprise 19 genera of all eight known families. The revision of material deposited in six Colombian and three foreign museums yielded another nine genera that constitute new country records. Material from 16 departments was examined. Each genus is diagnosed and information is provided on biology, damage and host-plants. Local distribution maps and a generic key for the identification of adults are provided.

Description of an Australian endemic species of Trioza (Hemiptera: Triozidae) pest of the endemic tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae)

“…Morphology of adult characters follows the work of Rendón-Mera et al . [ 17 ]. High-resolution automontage photographs of adults and nymphs were obtained using the Leica Application Suite software (version 4.5.0), from five to 20 stacked images obtained using a Leica stereo microscope M205C with a DFC450 camera.…”

“…Microscope slide preparation, following the work of Taylor et al [5], was performed on eight specimens: six from the New South Wales population (three males and three females), and two from the Queensland population (a male and a female). Morphology of adult characters follows the work of Rendón-Mera et al [17]. High-resolution automontage photographs of adults and nymphs were obtained using the Leica Application Suite software (version 4.5.0), from five to 20 stacked images obtained using a Leica stereo microscope M205C with a DFC450 camera.…”

Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai

“…Morphology of adult characters follows the work of Rendón-Mera et al . [21]. Photographs were taken using a Nikon DS-Ri2 camera connected to a Nikon SMZ25 microscope.…”

First report on the gall wasp Ophelimus near migdanorum (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) in Eucalyptus globulus in Bogotá, Colombia

“…Eucalyptus globulus in Colombia, up to the present time, records two exotic sap-sucker pest species (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) attacking the foliage: Ctenarytaina eucalypti Maskell (Pinzón et al 2002) and Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor (Rendón-Mera et al 2017). To date, no gall-forming insects had been reported in Eucalyptus trees planted in Colombia.…”