Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt, 1987

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 : 356-357

‡ Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt, 1987

( Fig. 17 )

Material examined. Faro: 3♂, 2♀, 3 immatures , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 9.x.2020, Tipuana tipu (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♂, 1♀, 4 immatures , Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 2.iii.2021, T. tipu (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 5 immatures , Olhão , 37°01'52.3"N 7°50'10.3"W, 16.iii.2021, T. tipu (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 8♂, 6♀, 1 immature , Faro, 37°01'34.3"N 7°56'09.0"W, 8.vii.2021, T. tipu (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol) .

Distribution Portugal. Madeira: Madeira Island ( Aguiar et al. 2019; Bella & Aguiar 2020; iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Porto Santo ( Aguiar et al. 2019). Mainland: Aveiro (iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Coimbra ( Bella 2013); Faro ( Sánchez 2011; this study; iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Lisbon ( Bella 2013); Santarém, Setúbal (iNaturalist, Appendix 1).

Host plants Portugal. Fabaceae : Tipuana tipu (Benth.) Kuntze ( Sánchez 2011; Bella 2013; Aguiar et al. 2019; Bella & Aguiar 2020).

Figures

FIGURES 17–20. Adult Psyllidae, habitus. 17) Platycorypha nigrivirga; 18) Arytaina adenocarpi; 19) Livilla blandula; 20) Psylla foersteri. (Photos by Thijs Valkenburg).