Euceropsylla martorelli (Caldwell, 1944)

(Fig. 145)

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Miami-Dade County: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Homestead, SW 178th Avenue and SW 248 th Street, Fruit and Spice Park, 24.iii.2004, Inga sp. (D. Burckhardt) #8 (NHMB, dry mounted).

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized, in live specimens, by the bright white calloused lines on the thorax and by the well-defined white markings near the coronal suture.

Distribution. Neotropics (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico) (Ouvrard 2020), USA (FL) (new record for Florida and the USA reported here).

Host plants. Inga Mill. spp. ( Fabaceae)

Comments. Euceropsylla martorelli, a Neotropical species, was found again in Florida in May 2010 by USDA/ APHIS/PPQ Regional Identifier Julieta Brambila (FSCA# E2010-2229) and again at the same location by DPI inspectors Melba Otero and Stephen Beidler (FSCA# E2010-2594). There have been no more finds since then. Although this psyllid was collected a long time ago, it was not reported formally.