Bactericera nigricornis (Foerster, 1848)

Malenovský, Igor, Lauterer, Pavel, Labina, Eugenia & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2012, Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Afghanistan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 1-22 : 16-17

Bactericera nigricornis (Foerster, 1848)

Published records. LOGINOVA (1972, as Trioza nigricornis ): Baghlan.

Material examined. BADAKHSHAN: Kokcha Valley, Senna, 1800 m , 16.vii.1953, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, J. Klapperich leg.; Wardush Valley, Tchakaran, 6.vii. 1953, 1850 m, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Klapperich leg. ( MMBC; dry and slide-mounted). Ishmara, 19.vi.1965, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, M. Daniel leg.; same data, 19.vii.1965, 1 ♂ ( MMBC, NMPC; dry-mounted). BADGHIS: Bala Murghab, 470 m, 20.iii.–1.iv.1964, 1 ♀, O. Jakeš leg.; same data, 8.viii.1964 ( MMBC; dry-mounted). BAGHLAN: Baghlan, state farm, 14.vi.1966, 1 ex. without abdomen; Baghlan, 4.vii.1966, 1 ♂, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted). HERAT: Adraskan, 8.vi.1967, car trap, 1 ♀, M. Daniel leg. ( NMPC, dry-mounted). KABUL: Kabul, 28.viii.1966, 3 ♂♂, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted). LOGAR: Moghulkhel, 2000 m, 14.v.1994, 4 ♀♀, L. Papp leg. ( HNHM; dry-mounted).

General distribution. Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; Central Asia, Mongolia, Russian Far East and Siberia, Caucasus, Turkey; North Africa, Europe ( GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).

Host plants. Polyphagous on herbaceous plants of at least four unrelated families including cultivated potatoes, turnips, beets and carrots ( HODKINSON 1981, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).