Mitrapsylla Crawford 1914
Creators: name: Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel
name: Serna, Francisco
name: Burckhardt, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Mitrapsylla

description: Mitrapsylla Crawford
(Figs 30, 56, 82)
Diagnosis: Head slightly wider than mesonotum; lateral ocelli raised on tubercles; anteorbital tubercles present as tubercles in front of lateral ocelli; a prominent ridge along each side of coronal suture; genal processes conical, 0.3–0.9 times as long as vertex (Fig. 30). Antennae 2.1–4.4 times longer than head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal, longer than segment 10. Clypeus with a pair of long setae and a group of shorter ones. Forewing obovate, broadly rounded apically; pterostigma and costal break present; vein Cu1a strongly arched so that cell cu1 tall; radular spinules forming narrow patches (Fig. 56). Meracanthus prominent, pointed; metatibia with genual spine and 1+3+1 apical spurs; metabasitarsus with 2 apical spurs. Male proctiger and aedeagus lobed (Crawford 1914; Brown & Hodkinson 1988).
Biology and damage: Immatures are free-living (Brown & Hodkinson 1988) and secrete wax filaments (Palmer & Pullen 2001). Mitrapsylla albalineata Crawford is considered a potential weed control agent for Senna obtusifolia (Fabaceae), commonly found infesting terminal leaves (Palmer & Pullen 2001).
Host-plants: Fabaceae (Ouvrard 2017).
Distribution: Neotropic and Neartic regions (Ouvrard 2017).
Examined material: Mitrapsylla burckhardti Brown & Hodkinson: Magdalena: 14 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 19-Nov-1985, light trap (H. G. Müller), MHNG, NHMB.— Mitrapsylla fusca Brown & Hodkinson: Magdalena: 1 (female), Parque Tayrona, Bahia de Neuguangue, ca. 25 km NE Santa Marta, 30-Sep- 1985 (H. G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 28-Oct-1985, light trap (H. G. Müller), MHNG; 1 (female), Bahia de Gairaca, Parque Tayrona, ca. 20 km N Santa Marta, 31-Oct-1985 (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Mitrapsylla itaparica (Crawford): Magdalena: 12 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 28-Oct- 1985, 19-Nov-1985, 01–26-Apr-1986, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Mitrapsylla surinamensis (Šulc): Magdalena: 1 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 27- Apr–09-May-1986, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Mitrapsylla sp. 1: Magdalena: 26 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 19-Nov-1985, 01–26-Apr-1986, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Mitrapsylla sp. 2: Magdalena: 1 (male), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 01–11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), MHNG; 2 (female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 28-Oct-1985, 19-Nov-1985, light trap and colour trays (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Mitrapsylla spp.: Magdalena: 2 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 19-Nov-1985, light trap (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161414; 2 (male, female), Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, 19-Nov-1985, light trap (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161415; 1 (female), Parque Tayrona, Cañaveral, 15-Jul-1976 (C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161409; 1 (female), Parque Tayrona, Gairaca, 30-Nov-1977 (C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161411; 1 (male), Parque Tayrona, Gairaca, 1-Dec-1977 (C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161412; 1 (male), Parque Tayrona, Cañaveral, 8-Nov-1977 (C. Kluger), IAvH-E-161413. Antioquia: 1 (male), Puerto Berrío, Alto de las Águilas, Hacienda Manaos, 450 m, 6°27'8,90”N, 74°36'4,46”W, 05-Jul-2013, black light trap (J. A. Rafael), CEUA 89020. Santander: 1 (female), Cimitarra, Corr. Puerto Olaya, Central Termocentro ISAGEN, 110 m, 12-Jun-2005, light trap (M. Castaño & C. Rivera), CEUA 89023.
description: Published as part of Rendón-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia in Zootaxa 4350 (3), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1059233