Open AccessAUSTRALIAN PSYLLIDS: A NEW GENUS OF CTENARYTAININI (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLOIDEA) ON EUCALYPTUS , WITH NINE NEW SPECIES
Author(s) -
Taylor K. L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1985.tb00179.x
Subject(s) - psylloidea , biology , eucalyptus , homoptera , new guinea , genus , botany , taxonomy (biology) , myrtaceae , pest analysis , history , ethnology
Blastopsylla gen. n. contains 9 new species: B. moorei (type‐species), B. brunnea and B. bivittata from eastern Australia; B. adnatariae, B. multisetulae and B. octosetulae from South Australia; B. occidentalis and B. nigricollaris from Western Australia; and B. degluptae from Papua New Guinea. These insects feed on the growing tips of Eucalyptus , and some species also on related myrtaceous hosts. B. occidentals has become established in New Zealand and California.