Eryngiofaga babugani ( Loginova, 1964 )

Pramatarova, Monika, Malenovský, Igor & Gjonov, Ilia, 2025, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Bulgaria – an annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 147277-e 147277 : e147277-

Eryngiofaga babugani ( Loginova, 1964)

Distribution

General distribution. South-eastern Europe (Ukraine: Crimea), Caucasus (Russia: Dagestan) ( Loginova 1977). The species identity of specimens from China ( Li 2011) is doubtful. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 112 b ). Material examined: BN.

Notes

New record for Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. Only a single female was collected by P. Lauterer on 23 July 1987 in a dry grassland vegetation on limestone on the Black Sea coast (10–50 m a. s. l.). This specimen has an ochreous vertex and thorax, extensive dark brown pattern on thorax and almost completely dark brown to black abdomen, legs and antennae (except the antennal segment 3 which is dark yellow), a small body size (total length including forewings folded over the body 2.3 mm), short antennae (0.83 mm), a high ratio of the length of the antennal segments 3 and 4 (4.3), relatively long genal processes (almost as long as the vertex in frontal view), forewing with a quite short and convex vein Rs, clear or only slightly whitish membrane and a small dark spot and a darkened anal vein in the middle of the clavus and a slightly concave female proctiger posterior to the circumanal pore ring. It resembles E. babugani in these characters, but the measurements do not match the description by Loginova (1977) perfectly and more specimens, especially males, are needed to confirm the identification.

Diagnosis

Adult (Fig. 112 a ). Loginova (1977).

Figures

Figure 112 b. Distribution of Eryngiofaga babugani in Bulgaria.

Figure 112 a. Eryngiofaga babugani, adult female;