Calophya sp.

Material examined.

Brazil: 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 skin, Paraná, Curitiba, Boa Vista, Rua Holanda, ‒25.3943 ‒49.2523, 830 m, 2.vii.2017, single trees and shrubs, Phoradendron ensifolium (D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz) DB&DLQ#243(1) (NHMB, ethanol 70%).

Distribution .

Brazil ( Paraná).

Host plants.

Phoradendron ensifolium (Pohl ex DC.) Eichler in Mart. ( Santalaceae).

Comment.

Calophya comprises some 70 described species mostly associated with Sapindales . A notable exception is C. oweni Tuthill, 1939 which was described from adult specimens collected in the USA (Colorado) on Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ( Santalaceae) (Burckhardt and Basset 2000; Mendez et al. 2016). Recently adults and a mummy of a similar, undescribed Calophya sp. were collected in Brazil on Phoradendron ensifolium . This find confirms Phoradendron as host of the Brazilian species and makes the association of the North American species with this host more likely.