Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor 1985 ...

• Main Authors: Halbert, Susan E., Burckhardt, Daniel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hemiptera; Aphalaridae; Blastopsylla; Blastopsylla occidentalis; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4585931; https://zenodo.org/record/4585931

Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, 1985 (Fig. 92) Materials examined. USA : Florida : Specimens from Collier, Glades, Indian River, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Sarasota counties (FSCA). At least 400 specimens were collected in suction trap samples in Collier and Miami-Dade counties (most not retained). Diagnosis. Blastopsylla occidentalis (Fig. 92) was described from its native Australia and from California, where it is adventive (Taylor 1985). Description see Burckhardt and Elgueta (2000). Halbert et al. (2001) contains a key that separates B. occidentalis from other psyllids on Eucalyptus in North America. Distribution. Originating from Western Australia, well established populations of B. occidentalis also were discovered in Michoacan, Mexico in 1989 (Hodkinson 1991a). Now, the species occurs on all continents except Antarctica. Details on the distribution and the damage inflicted to Eucalyptus are provided by Queiroz et al. (2018). Blastopsylla occidentalis was found for the first time in Florida in ... : Published as part of Halbert, Susan E. & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2020, The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist, pp. 1-88 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (788) on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4564694 ...