Craspedolepta flavida (Caldwell, 1938)

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 : 19

Craspedolepta flavida (Caldwell, 1938)

( Fig. 82–85 )

Aphalara flavida Caldwell 1938a: 243 .

Craspedolepta flavida (Caldwell) ; Journet 1973: 468; Russell 1973: 157; Journet and Vickery 1979: 74.

Cerna flavida (Caldwell) ; Klimaszewski 1979: 52.

Materials examined. Canada: Quebec ; USA: Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin ( FSCA, MHNG, NHMB, USNM, dry and slide mounted). – Florida : Pinellas County: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Saint Petersburg, 4.iv.1938 (DeLong) ( USNM, dry mounted) .

Diagnosis. Differs from other North American species as indicated in the key of Journet and Vickery (1979). Among the species of Florida, it resembles C. bifida and C. furcata in absence of dark spots on the forewings from which it differs in details of the male and female terminalia. The rear margin of paramere is bulged in the middle ( Fig. 83 ) rather than apical third ( Fig. 58, 61 ); the female subgenital plate is pointed apically ( Fig. 85 ) rather than indented apically.

Distribution. Recorded from Canada (AB, MB, ON, QC, SK); USA (ME, MI, OH, OR, PA, SC, WI) ( Hodkinson 1988); USA (new record for Florida).

Host plant. Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. (Compositae).

Figures

Figures 82–85. Craspedolepta flavida. 82) Male terminalia, in profile. 83) Inner face of paramere, in profile. 84) Distal segment of aedeagus. 85) Female terminalia. Scales: 82) 0.1 mm; 83, 84) 0.05 mm; 85) 0.2 mm.

Figures 56–65. Craspedolepta spp. 56, 58, 62) C . bifida. 57, 59–61, 63–65) C . furcata. 56, 57) Male terminalia, in profile. 58–61) Inner face of paramere, in profile. 62–65) Distal segment of aedeagus. 56, 58, 59, 62, 63) Specimens from Florida (FL). 57, 61, 65) Specimens from British Columbia (BC). 60, 64) Specimens from Virginia (VA). Scales: 56, 57) 0.1 mm; 58–65) 0.05 mm.