Tainarys schini BreÁthes, 1920

Burckhardt, D. & Basset, Y., 2000, The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with Schinus (Anacardiaceae): systematics, biogeography and host plant relationships, Journal of Natural History 34 (1), pp. 57-155 : 133

Tainarys schini BreÁthes

Tainarys schini BreÁ thes, 1920: 133. Lectotype, l Argentina: Buenos Aires, 10.xi.1919, Molle de Incienso (=? Schinus fasciculatus ) (J. BreÁthes) ( MACN), designated by Burckhardt, 1987a

Description of adult and larva by Lizer (1943), White and Hodkinson (1985) and Burckhardt (1987a).

Host plants, gall and biology. Schinus fasciculatus (Grieseb.) Johnston (reported as Molle de Incienso, Schinus dependens or Schinus polygamus ). Producing barrelshaped leaf margin rolls (BreÁthes, 1920; Houard, 1933; Lizer, 1943; Lizer and Molle, 1945).

Distribution. Argentina (Buenos Aires), Uruguay (Montevideo, Rocha); previously reported by BreÁthes (1920), Lizer (1943), Hodkinson and White (1981), Burckhardt (1987a) and Burckhardt and Lauterer (1989).

Material examined. Argentina: 3 larvae, Vicente Lopez. Uruguay : 1 adult, 9 larvae, Montevideo, 29.vi.1943, Schinus sp. (H. L. Parker and A. Silveira); 1 m, Rocha, Chuy, Fuerte de San Miguel , 12.x.1995 (A. Baz). Dry and slide mounted ( NHMB) .