Euceropsylla martorelli ( Caldwell, 1944 )

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 : 47

Euceropsylla martorelli ( Caldwell, 1944)

( Fig. 145 )

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Miami-Dade County: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Homestead, SW 178th Avenue and SW 248 th Street, Fruit and Spice Park, 24.iii.2004, Inga sp. (D. Burckhardt) #8 ( NHMB, dry mounted).

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized, in live specimens, by the bright white calloused lines on the thorax and by the well-defined white markings near the coronal suture.

Distribution. Neotropics ( Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico) ( Ouvrard 2020), USA (FL) (new record for Florida and the USA reported here).

Host plants. Inga Mill. spp. ( Fabaceae )

Comments. Euceropsylla martorelli , a Neotropical species, was found again in Florida in May 2010 by USDA/ APHIS/PPQ Regional Identifier Julieta Brambila (FSCA# E2010-2229) and again at the same location by DPI inspectors Melba Otero and Stephen Beidler (FSCA# E2010-2594). There have been no more finds since then. Although this psyllid was collected a long time ago, it was not reported formally.

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).