Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt) (Psyllidae)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Choi, Deuk-Soo, 2020, Using DNA barcoding for identification of some psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) intercepted at South Korea ports-of-entry, Insecta Mundi 2020 (816), pp. 1-10 : 3

1. Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt) (Psyllidae)

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Psylla acaciaebaileyanae Froggatt 1901 .

Korea port interceptions. Intercepted 37 times at Korean ports of entry from France, Italy and Netherlands on cut flowers of Acacia plants.

Diagnosis. Adults: General body color yellowish brown. Forewing oblong oval, with a well-developed pterostigma and costal break; transparent with small irregular pale brown diffuse spots. Male proctiger with a short and broad tubular apical projection and with a rounded posterior lobe bearing a subsidiary finger-like projection; paramere simple, broad basally, gradually tapering to rounded apex, with a small denticle on inner posterior margin; aedeagus with a bulbous apex ( Hodkinson and Hollis 1987).

Hosts. Fabaceae : Acacia baileyana F.Muell. , Acacia dealbata Link , Acacia decurrens Willd. , Acacia podalyriifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don , Acacia sp., Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. ( Ouvrard 2020) .

Distribution. Australia, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Philippines, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA ( Ouvrard 2020).

DNA barcoding data for diagnosis. 1 attagtgcct ttaataattg gagcccccga tatagctttt ccccgtctta acaacttaag / 61 attttgattg ttaattccat ctttatatct actaattata agaagtttaa ttgatcaagg / 121 ggtcggtaca ggttggacag tctatcctcc tctatcgaac gctatattcc acagaggtta / 181 ttctgtagac atagcaatct tttctttaca tcttgcaggc atttcctcaa ttttaggagc / 241 tattaatttt attaccacaa ttattaatat acgaagatgt ctacataaaa tagaaactct / 301 ccctctattt gtgtgatcag ttttaatcac agcattcctt ctgctactag cattacccgt / 361 ccttgcagga gcaatcacta tgctcttaac agatcgtaat ataaacacta ccttttttga / 421 ccctgccgga ggaggagacc ctattctata tcaacactta ttt (463 bp).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Three species of intercepted psyllids. 1–2) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt), male. 1) Forewing. 2) Genitalia. 3–4) Acizzia hakeae (Tuthill), male. 3) Forewing. 4) Paramere of genitalia. 5–6) Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver), male. 5) Forewing. 6) Genitalia.