Phytolyma tchuentei sp.n. (Hemiptera: Homotomidae), a new species of psyllid associated with Morus mesozygia (Moraceae) from Cameroon

Abstract

A new Phytolyma species from Cameroon is described. Phytolyma tchuentei sp.n. is similar to P. minuta Hollis but antenna, male and female terminalia are different from the four described African Phytolyma species. P. tchuentei sp.n. develops on Morus mesozygia (Moraceae). Unlike the other Phytolyma species, the new species does not cause galls on leaves and buds of its host.

<i>Pseudoeriopsylla etoundii</i> sp.n., a new species of Psyllids (Hemiptera- Homotomidae), pest of <i>Ficus leprieuri</i> (Moraceae) from West-Cameroon

“…lata, P. fusca, P. tuberculata and P. minuta. The recent work undertaken in Cameroon described Phytolyma tchuentei (Tamesse et al, 2011). On the whole, Homotomidae family has 77 species.…”

“…The sub-family of Dynopsyllinae which has 9 species and that of Homotominae and Macrohomotominae have 34 species each. In the sub-family of Macrohomotominae, 9 species belong to Mycopsylla genus, 14 to Macrohomotoma genus, 6 to Pseudoeriopsylla genus (Hollis and Broomfield, 1989) and 5 to Phytolyma genus (Hollis, 1973;Tamesse et al, 2011). The species of Pseudoeriopsylla genus are exclusively african and are characterized by the presence of a pterostygma on the fore wing and the absence or not of the costal break (Hollis and Broomfield, 1989).…”