Cyamophila glycyrrhizae (Becker, 1874)

Malenovský, Igor, Lauterer, Pavel, Labina, Eugenia & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2012, Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Afghanistan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 1-22 : 9

Cyamophila glycyrrhizae (Becker, 1874)

= Cyamophila odontopyx Loginova, 1978 . Synonymised by HODKINSON & HOLLIS (1987).

Published records. LOGINOVA & BAEVA (1972, as Psylla glycyrrhizae ) and LOGINOVA (1978, as Cyamophila odontopyx ): Baghlan, Nangarhar (Jalalabad); HODKINSON & HOLLIS (1987, as Cyamophila glycyrrhizae ): Afghanistan.

Material examined. BADAKHSHAN: Kokcha Valley , Senna, 1800 m , 16.vii.1953, 4 ♂♂ 1 ♀, J. Klapperich leg. ( MMBC; dry-mounted) ; Ishmara, 19.vi.1965, 135 ♂♂ 142 ♀♀ 2 larvae, M. Daniel leg.; same data but 19.vii.1965, 55 ♂♂ 33 ♀♀ 1 larva ( MMBC, NHMB, NMPC; dry-mounted). BADGHIS: Bala Murghab, 470 m, 20.iii.–28.x.1964, 140 ♂♂ 137 ♀♀, O. Jakeš leg.; same data, 550 m, 3.–15.iv.1964, 38 ♂♂ 42 ♀♀, O. Jakeš leg. ; Murichaq, 400 m, 16.vi.1964, 1 ♂, O. Jakeš leg. ( MMBC; dry-mounted). BAGHLAN: Baghlan, flood plain, Tamarix sp., 7.x.1966, 1 ♀ 1 ♂ (paratypes of C. odontopyx ), E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted). KABUL: Kabul environs, 1743 m, 16.vi.1952, 1 ♀, J. Klapperich leg. ( MMBC; dry-mounted). NANGARHAR: Jalalabad, flood plain of the Kabul River , 22.vii.1966, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ (paratypes of C. odontopyx ) ; 40 km W of Jalalabad, flood plain , on herbs, 23.vii.1966, 2 ♀♀ (paratypes of C. odontopyx ), all E. S. Sugonyaev leg. ( ZIN; dry-mounted) .

General distribution. Iran, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Central Asia, Mongolia, Middle East, Caucasus, eastern Europe ( HODKINSON & HOLLIS 1987, BURCKHARDT 1988, GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BAJEVA & KLIMASZEWSKI 1993, LI 2011).

Host plants. Glycyrrhiza glabra and G. uralensis (Fabaceae) ( GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990).

Comments. The material at hand varies considerably in the paramere structure. More material, preferably series of many specimens from different localities and host information, is required to analyse the significance of this variation. Cyamophila odontopyx was described by LOGINOVA (1978) based on material from Central Asia including Afghanistan, slightly differring from a typical C. glycyrrhizae in the length of the genal processes, the size of the anterior apical tooth on the paramere in males, and the shape of the dorsal margin of the subgenital plate in females. These differences were considered by HODKINSON & HOLLIS (1987) as falling within the range of variation of C. glycyrrhizae . For the same reasons, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER (1993) synonymized Cyamophila eremita Loginova, 1978 described from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan with C. glycyrrhizae . Other taxa falling in the same species complex include also Cyamophila caucasica (Baeva, 1972) and C. edentata (Baeva, 1972) (both in LOGINOVA & BAEVA 1972) which are still considered valid.