Acizzia jamatonica (Kuwayama, 1908, Crawford, 1911

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 : 43-44

Acizzia jamatonica (Kuwayama, 1908 )

( Fig. 141–144 )

Materials examined. USA: Alabama ( FSCA, dry mounted). – USA: Georgia: Douglas County: Douglasville, 20.ix.2006. Albizia julibrissin (S. Good) ( FSCA # E2006-8035) ( FSCA, dry mounted) ( USA record ( Halbert 2007)). – USA: Florida: Specimens from Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, and Leon counties ( FSCA, dry and slide mounted). – USA: West Virginia ( FSCA, dry mounted).

Diagnosis. Superficially, Acizzia jamatonica ( Fig. 141, 142 ) resembles Amorphicola amorphae ( Mally, 1894) , a rare species in Florida that occurs only on Amorpha L. ( Fabaceae ). The male paramere will separate these insects easily. The females differ in the longer antennae (see generic key) and the longer, more conical and basally contiguous genal processes in Acizzia jamatonica .

Distribution. This species was described from Japan, is widespread in East Asia, and is adventive in the Middle East, Europe and North America ( Ouvrard 2020). It was first discovered in the USA in September 2006 ( Ulyshen and Miller 2007). The first Florida records were reported from a survey in June 2007 by Wheeler and Hoebeke

(2009). The first DPI record for Florida was in 2014 (Jefferson County, Monticello, 6.viii.2014, Albizia julibrissin (Russell F. Mizell III) (FSCA# E2014-5376)).

Host plants. Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (Fabaceae) .

Comments. Eggs ( Fig. 143 ) usually are laid in clusters at the base of the leaflets. Immatures ( Fig. 144 ) are freeliving on the young leaflets of the host. This newly arrived species might have been missed because it shares the host in Florida with Heteropsylla huasachae Caldwell , which can be overwhelmingly abundant on the plants.

Figures

Figures 139–148. Psyllidae. 139) Telmapsylla minuta: teneral adult, in profile. 140) Telmapsylla minuta: immature with tubular wax secretion filled with honeydew. 141) Acizzia jamatonica: female, in profile. 142) Acizzia jamatonica: oblique dorsal view. 143) Acizzia jamatonica: eggs. 144) Acizzia jamatonica: immatures. 145) Euceropsylla martorelli: female. 146) Euceropsylla russoi: female. 147) Heteropsylla fusca: female. 148) Damage by immatures of Mitrapsylla albolineata on Senna polyphylla. (Photos by Lyle Buss, University of Florida, Entomology Department: 139–146; Jeff Lotz, FDACS, DPI: 147; Susan Halbert, FDACS, DPI: 148).