Published May 30, 2025 | Version v1
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Lisronia varicicosta

  • 1. MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development and CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg), Campus de Gambelas, 8005 - 139 Faro, Portugal
  • 2. Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
  • 3. ANSES, Plant Health Laboratory, Entomology and Botany Unit, 755 avenue du campus Agropolis - CS 30016 - 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex France
  • 4. Embrapa Florestas, Estrada da Ribeira, km 111, C. postal 319, 83411 - 000, Colombo, PR, Brazil
  • 5. Associação Vita Nativa - Conservação do Ambiente, Sítio Pinheiros de Marim 247 - A, 8700 - 225 Olhão, Portugal

Description

Lisronia varicicosta (Hodkinson & Hollis, 1981)

Material examined. Faro: 2♂, 2♀, 3 immatures (immatures not preserved), Alcaria, Aljezur, 37°17'04.2"N 8°48'20.2"W, 2.v.2021, Cistus albidus (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted); 2♂, 3♀, Médo, Aljezur, 37°19'56.9"N 8°51'19.7"W, 2.v.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♀, Médo, Aljezur, 37°19'56.9"N 8°51'19.7"W, 2.v.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted); 1♀, 7 immatures, Castro Marim, 37°11'52.5"N 7°28'13.0"W, 24.iii.2021, C. salviifolius (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, 70% ethanol); 2♂, 1♀, Faro, 37°02'38.6"N 7°58'30.8"W, 23.iv.2021, C. salviifolius (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted); 1 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 17.iii.2021, C. calycinus (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted); 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 21.iv.2021, C. calycinus (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted); 11 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 08.iv.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, dry mounted and 70% ethanol); 3♂, 4♀, Fonte Benémola, 37°12'21.2"N 8°00'11.5"W, 12.v.2024, C. albidus (leg. B. Duarte) (BDC, 70% ethanol).

Distribution Portugal. Mainland: Faro (Hodkinson & Hollis 1981, as Rhachistoneura varicicosta; this study), Leiria (Hodkinson & Hollis 1981, as R. varicicosta); Tavares (1905a) reported an unidentified psyllid from Castelo Branco which might have concerned this species.

Host plants Portugal. Cistaceae: Cistus albidus L., C. calycinus L., C. halimifolius L., C. salviifolius L. (this study). Tavares (1905a) reported an unidentified psyllid from C. ladanifer (as C. ladaniferus) L., which is a likely host. Hodkinson & Hollis (1981) reported material from Portugal from Ericaceae: Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull which they considered to be a probable host. Based on the presence of immatures and adults, Rapisarda (1987) showed that this is not the case, and that Cistus spp. are hosts of this species.

Cistus albidus, C. calycinus and C. halimifolius are reported here the first time as hosts of L. varicicosta.

Notes

Published as part of Duarte, Beatriz Zarcos, Burckhardt, Daniel, Ouvrard, David, Queiroz, Dalva L., Valkenburg, Thijs & Neto, Luís, 2025, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Portugal (mainland, Azores and Madeira): checklist and new distributional and host records, pp. 343-385 in Zootaxa 5642 (4) on page 348, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/15563972

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BDC
Event date
2021-05-02
Verbatim event date
2021-05-02
Scientific name authorship
Hodkinson & Hollis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Aphalaridae
Genus
Lisronia
Species
varicicosta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lisronia varicicosta (Hodkinson, 1981) sec. Duarte, Burckhardt, Ouvrard, Queiroz, Valkenburg & Neto, 2025

References

  • Hodkinson, I. D. & Hollis, D. (1981) The psyllids (Homoptera: Psylloidea) of Mallorca. Entomologica Scandinavica, 12, 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1163/187631281X00382
  • Tavares, J. S. (1905 a) Synopse das zoocecidias portuguezas. Broteria, 4, 1-123.
  • Rapisarda, C. (1987) Nymphal description and biological notes on some species of psyllids new for the Italian fauna (Homoptera, Psylloidea). Phytophaga, 2, 57-72.