Strophingia australis Hodkinson, 1981

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, Zootaxa 5642 (4), pp. 343-385 : 354

Strophingia australis Hodkinson, 1981

( Figs 10–15 )

Material examined. Faro: 9♂, 12♀ , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 17.iii.2021, Erica umbellata (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 3♂, 8♀ , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 10.iv.2021, E. umbellata (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 9♂, 14♀, 1 immature , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 10.iv.2021, Erica spp. (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♂ , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 15.iv.2021, E. umbellata (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♀, 1 immature , Aljezur, Canal , 37°16'36.0"N 8°50'09.2"W, 2.v.2021, E. umbellata (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♂ , Aljezur, Mourão , 37°16'19.1"N 8°45'36.7"W, 2.v.2021, Erica spp. (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted) .

Distribution Portugal. Mainland: Faro ( Hodkinson 1981a, 1982; this study).

Host plants Portugal. Ericaceae : Erica australis L. ( Hodkinson 1981a, 1982); E. umbellata L. (this work).

Comments. Strophingia australis was previously known only from a single male and female from São Brás (Faro) ( Hodkinson 1981a). The species displays sexual dimorphism in the forewing size and shape ( Figs 10, 11 ), and the coronal suture is reduced in basal half ( Fig. 12 ). Strophingia australis is characterised by the paramere, the distal segment of the aedeagus and the female terminalia. The paramere, in lateral view, is lanceolate, lacks a posterior lobe and bears a small sclerotised apical tooth ( Fig. 13 ); and the distal segment of the aedeagus bears a weakly curved, apically rounded apical dilation ( Fig. 14 ). The female terminalia, in lateral view, are elongate ( Fig. 15 ); the dorsal margin of the proctiger is weakly undulate and the ventral margin of the subgenital plate is angled in the middle.

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Adult Liviidae. 9) Euphyllura olivina: habitus, in lateral view; 10–15) Strophingia australis: 10) habitus male, in lateral view; 11) habitus female, in lateral view; 12) head, dorsal view; 13) paramere, lateral view; 14) distal segment of aedeagus, lateral view; 15) female terminalia, lateral view; 16) Livia mediterranea. (Photos 9, 16 by Thijs Valkenburg; 10–15 by Daniel Burckhardt).