Publication details
Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Bulgaria-an annotated checklist
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Biodiversity Data Journal |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e147277 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e147277 |
| Keywords | Balkan Peninsula; biodiversity; Europe; faunistics; new records; new synonymy; new host plant records; phytophagous insects; psyllids; Sternorrhyncha; taxonomy; West Palaearctic |
| Description | Knowledge of the fauna ofjumping plant lice or psyllids in Bulgaria is rather scattered. So far, 113 species of psyllids have been recorded from Bulgaria in 51 publications. The aim of this study is to provide an up-to-date checklist of the Psylloidea species from Bulgaria, based on extensive fieldwork by the authors and examination of specimens mainly from the Zoological Collection of Sofia University (BFUS) and the Moravian Museum in Brno (MMBC). In addition, a thorough review of all relevant literature was undertaken to consolidate the existing records. New information Twenty-five species ofjumping plant lice are recorded here from Bulgaria forthe firsttime. Of these, two species represent new records for Europe: Dyspersa kantshavelii (Gegechkori, 1977) and Heterotrioza kochiae (Gegechkori, 1975); and three additional species represent new records for the Balkan Peninsula: Arytainilla spartiicola (& Scaron;ulc, 1912), Craspedolepta araneosa Loginova, 1962 and Eryngiofaga babugani (Loginova, 1964). A new synonymy is proposed: Colposcenia osmanica Vondr & aacute;& ccaron;ek, 1953 = Colposcenia kiritshenkoi Loginova, 1960, syn. nov. A lectotype is designated for C. osmanica to stabilise the nomenclature. Original drawings or photographs of diagnostic characters on male and female terminalia are provided for C. osmanica, D. kantshavelii, Heterotrioza eurotiae (Loginova, 1960) and H. kochiae. Distributional maps summarising all known records from Bulgaria are provided for each species. Where available, photographs of live or mounted specimens and information on host plants are also provided, including new host plant records for 10 species. The previously published records ofAphalara sauteri Burckhardt, 1983, Bactericera acutipennis (Zetterstedt, 1828), B. reuteri (& Scaron;ulc, 1913), Dyspersa apicalis (Foerster, 1848), D. viridula (Zetterstedt, 1828), Eryngiofaga mesomela (Flor, 1861) and Trioza dispar L & ouml;w, 1878 from Bulgaria are considered doubtful and these species are deleted from the list of the Bulgarian fauna, which now comprises 130 species from 33 genera and six families of jumping plant lice. This diversity is compared with the known data on Psylloidea in other countries of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey and the Bulgarian psyllid fauna is discussed from the perspective of biogeography. |