Bactericera nigricornis (Foerster, 1848) Bactericera perrisii Puton, 1876

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).

Bactericera perrisii Puton, 1876

Published records. LOGINOVA (1972), BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER (1997): Afghanistan.

Material examined. KABUL: Kabul env., steppe in the mountains, 18.vii.1966, 4 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀; same locality, desertified steppe in the mountains, Artemisia spp., Poaceae , 21.vii.1966, 10 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted); Tangi Gharu, at the Kabul river, 1600 m, 21.viii.1953, 1 ♁ 2 ♀♀, J. Klapperich leg. ( MMBC; dry and slide-mounted).

General distribution. Iran, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia (western Siberia), Middle East, Egypt, Caucasus, Europe ( GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).

Host plants. Artemisia spp. ( Asteraceae ) ( BAEVA 1985, GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997, LI 2011).

Comments. The specimens examined from Tangi Gharu have short, broadly conical genal processes (usually absent in B. perrisii ). They resemble, however, specimens from Europe and Iraq (MMBC) in other characters including the structure of the male terminalia. A variation of the shape of the genae is also known from other Bactericera spp. ( BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).

Bactericera perrisii Puton, 1876

Published records. LOGINOVA (1972), BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER (1997): Afghanistan.

Material examined. KABUL: Kabul env., steppe in the mountains, 18.vii.1966, 4 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀; same locality, desertified steppe in the mountains, Artemisia spp., Poaceae , 21.vii.1966, 10 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted); Tangi Gharu, at the Kabul river, 1600 m, 21.viii.1953, 1 ♁ 2 ♀♀, J. Klapperich leg. ( MMBC; dry and slide-mounted).

General distribution. Iran, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia (western Siberia), Middle East, Egypt, Caucasus, Europe ( GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).

Host plants. Artemisia spp. ( Asteraceae ) ( BAEVA 1985, GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997, LI 2011).

Comments. The specimens examined from Tangi Gharu have short, broadly conical genal processes (usually absent in B. perrisii ). They resemble, however, specimens from Europe and Iraq (MMBC) in other characters including the structure of the male terminalia. A variation of the shape of the genae is also known from other Bactericera spp. ( BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1997).