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Issue: Vol. 3986 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.1.8
Page range: 135–143
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Epipsylla millettiae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), a new psyllid from China associated with Millettia pachyloba (Fabaceae) with comments on Epipsylla including the redescription of E. hainanana

Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China
Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, P. R. China
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland
Jumping plant lice Liviidae taxonomy morphology distribution checklist synonymies

Abstract

The small genus Epipsylla is diagnosed (adults and immatures), a checklist is given for its constituent species and the phylogenetic relationships of the genus are briefly discussed. E. millettiae sp. nov., associated with Millettia pachyloba from South China is described, diagnosed and illustrated. It differs from other described Epipsylla species in the very narrow paramere. E. hainanana Yang & Li is redescribed, and additional details are provided of the male and female terminalia. Following new synonymies are proposed: Epipsylla guangxiana Yang & Li, 1983, = E. whitfordiodendritis Yang & Li, 1983, syn. nov. and Epipsylla mucunae Yang & Li, 1984, = E. ruiliana Yang & Li, 1984, syn. nov., E. yunnanica Yang & Li, 1984, syn. nov.