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Telmapsylla gen.n., an unusual psyllid from black mangrove in Florida and Costa Rica (Insecta, Homoptera, Psylloidea)
Author(s) -
HODKINSON IAN D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00332.x
Subject(s) - psylloidea , biology , homoptera , mangrove , verbenaceae , avicennia marina , ecology , zoology , botany , pest analysis
Telmapsylla minuta . gen. et sp.n., a diminutive species of psyllid collected from black mangrove, Avicennia species (Verbenaceae), is described from Florida and Costa Rica. Telmapsylla is particularly significant in that it possesses characters currently used to define both the families Psyllidae and Calophyidae. Its taxonomic position and host‐plant relationships are discussed. Telmapsylla is most probably a primitive calophyid.