Mitrapsylla Crawford, 1914

Burckhardt, Daniel & Queiroz, Dalva L., 2021, Mitrapsylla rupestris sp. nov., a psyllid (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Poiretia bahiana (Fabaceae) endemic to the Espinhaco mountain range (Brazil, Bahia), Alpine Entomology 5, pp. 69-75 : 69

Mitrapsylla Crawford

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With currently 51 described species, the neotropical Mitrapsylla constitutes the largest genus of Ciriacreminae ( Psyllidae ). It occurs from the southern United States in the north to northern Argentina in the south with 40 species reported from Brazil. The genus was reviewed by Rendón-Mera et al. (2020) who provided descriptions of the genus and the Brazilian species, an identification key to males of the Brazilian species and a list of host plants. These belong to the subfamilies Caesalpinioideae, Detarioideae and Faboideae ( Fabaceae). The genus is morphologically homogeneous and differences between species are often small.