Gyropsylla ilecis ( Ashmead, 1881 )

Halbert, Susan E. & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2020, The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (788), pp. 1-88 : 20-21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564694
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4585919
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scientific name	Gyropsylla ilecis ( Ashmead, 1881 )
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Gyropsylla ilecis ( Ashmead, 1881) View in CoL

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Alachua County : Gainesville, along with representative galls ( FSCA, dry mounted).

Diagnosis. The species can be recognized by the finger-like, downward pointing projection on the clypeus. Species in the genus Aphalara usually have a tubular, forward pointing clypeus.

Distribution. USA: Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lake, Levy, Marion, St. Johns, Volusia, and Walton counties ( Mead 1983).

Host plants. This species makes galls on Ilex vomitoria Aiton (Aquifoliaceae) .

Comments. Both the insect and the plant are native to Florida.

Limataphalara Hodkinson, 1992