Paracarsidara Heslop-Harrison

Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4350 (3) : -

Paracarsidara Heslop-Harrison

( Figs 16 , 37, 44, 45 , 50 , 61 , 78 )

Diagnosis: Head about as wide as mesoscutum, deeply cleft; discal foveae as deep oblique grooves; median ocellus placed almost central on vertex ( Fig. 16 ). Antenna usually longer than 2/3 forewing length. Forewing ( Fig. 50 ) narrowing to a subacute apex, pterostigma present, costal break absent; M+Cu1 almost as long as R and Cu1; cell m1 large and wedge-shaped; cell cu1 without radular spinules; Cu2 distant from Cu1b. Metatibia with genual spine, apical spurs arranged as 1+3+1; metabasitarsus with single spur. Male subgenital plate with a laterodorsal appendage on either side ( Fig. 45 ).

Biology and damage: Little is known about their biology. Briceño (2002) and Briceño & Hernández (2008) classified them as “trunk insects” (Spanish “insectos de fuste”) in reference to the damage found on branches of Bombacopsis quinata (Malvaceae) .

Host-plants: Species within the Malvaceae ( Brown & Hodkinson 1988; Hodkinson 1989).

Distribution: Neotropical ( Brown & Hodkinson 1988; Hodkinson 1989).— Colombia: Paracarsidara gigantea (Crawford) .

Remarks: This is the first record of Paracarsidara dugesii in Colombia. The report of Carsidara by Vélez (1973) concerns Paracarsidara which is the only genus of Carsidaridae occuring in the New World ( Hollis 1987a).

Examined material: Paracarsidara dugesii : Magdalena: 1 (female), Bahia de Gairaca, Parque Tayrona , ca. 20 km N Santa Marta, 31-Oct-1985 (H.-G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female), Villa de Culebra, nr. Bonda, ca. 10 km E Santa Marta, 01–11-Nov-1985 (H.-G. Müller), MHNG;— Paracarsidara sp. 1: Antioquia: 10 (female), La Pintada, 5°44'31"N, 75°36'19"W, 600 m, Oct-1971, Malvaceae (A. Madrigal) , MEFLG 1917 (UNAB 1138); 10 (male, female), Medellín, 6°15'46"N, 75°34'40"N, 1479 m, Oct-1972, Malvaceae (A. Madrigal) , MEFLG 2010 (UNAB 1378).— Paracarsidara sp. 2: Antioquia: 3 (male, female), San Jerónimo, 6°26'30"N, 75°43'40"W, 780 m, May- 1963, Ceiba (Malvaceae) (N. Delgado), MEFLG 2062 (UNAB 1375).— Paracarsidara sp. 3: Norte de Santander: 3 (female), El Zuila, May-1978 (G. Martinez), CTNI 61.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 27. Head, anterodorsal view. 10. Gyropsylla sp. 11. Lanthanaphalara sp. 12. Limataphalara hollisi. 13. Ctenarytaina spatulata. 14. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 15. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 16. Paracarsidara sp. 17. Synoza cornutiventris. 18. Caradocia sp. 19. Diaphorina citri. 20. Katacephala sp. 21. Tuthillia latipennis. 22 – 23. Calophya schini. 24 – 25. Mastigimas sp. 26. Acizzia uncatoides. 27. Ciriacremum sp.

FIGURES 37 – 46. 37 – 38. Tubercles of the metapostnotum: 37. Paracarsidara sp.; 38. Synoza cornutiventris. 39 – 40. Limataphalara hollisi: 39. Hind coxa, 40. Hind femur. 41. Ctenarytaina spatulata, mesotibia. 42 – 43. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 42. Foreleg; 43. Hind leg. 44 – 45. Paracarsidara sp.: 44. False crossvein rs – m; 45. Male terminalia in lateral view. 46. Heteropsylla sp., male terminalia in posterodorsal view.

FIGURES 47 – 58. Forewing. 47. Ctenarytaina eucalypti. 48. Glycaspis brimblecombei. 49. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 50. Paracarsidara sp. 51. Synoza cornutiventris. 52. Katacephala sp. 53. Mastigimas sp. 54. Acizzia uncatoides. 55. Ciriacremum sp. 56. Mitrapsylla sp. 57. Trioza sp. 58. Triozoida sp.

FIGURES 59 – 70. Habitus, lateral view. 59. Limataphalara hollisi. 60. Syncoptozus mexicanus. 61. Paracarsidara sp. 62. Synoza cornutiventris. 63. Diaphorina citri. 64. Tuthillia latipennis. 65. Mastigimas sp. 66. Ciriacremum sp. 67. Euceropsylla sp. 68. Calinda sp. 69. Leuronota sp. 70. Triozoida sp.

FIGURES 77 – 80. Local distribution maps. 77. Aphalaridae: Ctenarytaina spp. (white square), Gyropsylla sp. (white triangle), Glycaspis brimblecombei (black triangle), Lanthanaphalara sp. (black square), Limataphalara hollisi (black pentagon), Syncoptozus mexicanus (black circle). 78. Carsidaridae: Paracarsidara spp. (black circle). 79. Homotomidae: Synoza cornutiventris (black diamond). 80. Liviidae: Caradocia sp. (white square), Diaphorina citri (black triangle), Katacephala sp. (black square), Tuthillia latipennis (white circle).