Calophya nigripennis Riley, 1884, 1885

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 : 30-31

Calophya nigripennis Riley, 1884

( Fig. 97 )

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Alachua County : Gainesville, San Felasco Hammock, 10.iv.2014, Rhus copallinum (Susan Halbert, Rodrigo Diaz, Carolina Arguijo, Kevin Williams) ( FSCA # E2014-2328) ( FSCA, dry and slide mounted).

Diagnosis. Adults differ from other species in the black forewings. Immatures ( Fig. 97 ) develop on winged sumac ( Rhus copallinum ) in northern Florida.

Distribution. Distributed widely in the eastern USA including northern Florida ( Hodkinson 1988).

Host plants. Rhus copallinum L. ( Anacardiaceae ).

Comments. Immatures develop on stems ( Fig. 97 ) or leaves of winged sumac. Adults can be found in early April.

Figures

Figures 97–101. Calophya, Mastigimas and Diaphorina. 97) Immatures of Calophya nigripennis. 98) Adult of Mastigimas ernstii. 99) Fifth instar immature of Mastigimas ernstii. 100) Adult of Diaphorina citri. 101) Immature of Diaphorina citri. (Photos by José Rodriguez, USDA, ARS: 97; Jeff Lotz, FDACS, DPI: 98, 99; Jeffrey Lotz and David Ziesk, FDACS, DPI: 100, 101).