Platycorypha Tuthill

(Figs 32, 82)

Diagnosis: Head wider than mesoscutum. Vertex more than twice as broad as long; genal processes absent but genae broadly rounded and swollen (Fig. 32). Antennae 3.0–3.5 times as long as head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal and shorter than segment 10. Clypeus pyriform, apically with a pair of long setae. Forewing broadest in basal half or in the middle, more or less strongly narrowing towards apex, rounded apically; pterostigma narrow and wedge-shaped. Meracanthus pointed, horn-shaped; metatibia with genual spine and 1+1+2+1 apical spurs; metabasitarsus with 2 apical spurs.

Biology and damage: Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt develops on new shoots, leaves and petioles of Tipuana tipu . The damage includes curling, spotting and abscission of leaves, as well as growth of sooty mould due to honeydew production by the immatures (Santana et al. 2010).

Host-plants: Fabaceae (Hodkinson 1989) .

Distribution: Neotropical (Hodkinson 1989); Platycorypha nigrivirga was introduced into North America, South Africa and the Mediterranean.

Examined material: Platycorypha magnifrons Crawford: Magdalena: 15 (male, female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1–11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), MHNG.— Platycorypha sp.: Magdalena: 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161420; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller) IAvH-E-161421; 1 (female), Santa Marta, Villa Culebra near Bonda, 1-11-Nov-1985, colour pan (H. G. Müller), IAvH-E-161422; 4 (male, female), Santa Marta, Mar-76, “árbol de trébol” (L. Ceballos & J. Avila), CTNI 53.