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Issue: Vol. 5727 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.13
Page range: 198-207
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 3

New records of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Iran

Department of Biodiversity; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences; Graduate University of Advanced Technology; Kerman; Iran
Department of Biodiversity; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences; Graduate University of Advanced Technology; Kerman; Iran
Hemiptera Cacopsylla ambigua Cacopsylla initialis Colposcenia albomaculata Colposcenia osmanica Psylla praevia Salix Tamarix new combination

Abstract

Colposcenia albomaculata Loginova (Aphalaridae) and Cacopsylla initialis (Loginova) (Psyllidae) are recorded for the first time from Iran. The former was previously known only from Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the latter from Armenia and the Korean Peninsula. Here we discuss morphological characters for separating Colposcenia albomaculata and the similar C. osmanica Vondráček, and we redescribe C. initialis. Moreover, morphological similarity suggests that C. initialis and Psylla praevia Loginova are congeneric, and, therefore, we propose the following new combination: Cacopsylla praevia (Loginova), comb. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Lashkari, M. & Mansouri, S.M. (2025) New records of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Iran. Zootaxa, 5727 (1), 198–207. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.13