Paracarsidara gigantea (Crawford, 1911)

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 : 32-33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564694
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4585953
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scientific name	Paracarsidara gigantea (Crawford, 1911)
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Paracarsidara gigantea (Crawford, 1911) View in CoL

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Miami-Dade County: 1 ♂, Miami, Chapman Field , 31.vii.2009 – 7.viii.2009, suction trap (H. Escobar) ( FSCA # E2009-5853 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, Miami-Dade County, Miami, Chapman Field, 14.v.2012 – 21.v.2012, suction trap (H. Escobar) ( FSCA # E2012-4311 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis. Description by Brown and Hodkinson (1988).

Distribution. Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and St. Kitts (Hollis 1988), USA (FL). ( Halbert 2009, as Paracarsidara sp.).

Host plants. Ceiba Mill. spp. and perhaps other Malvaceae .

Comments. In Florida, this species has not been confirmed on the host yet. It is not known if this Neotropical species is established in Florida, but suction trap collections usually indicate that many specimens are present in the environment.

Liviidae Löw, 1879 Euphyllurinae Crawford, 1914 Diaphorina Löw, 1880