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The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in Urban Green Spaces of Bogotá (Colombia), with descriptions of two new species and redescription of Mastigimas colombianus Burckhardt, Queiroz and Drohojowska
expand article infoDiana Isabel Rendón-Mera§|, Daniel Burckhardt§, Juliana Durán, Valentina Ocampo, Sergio Andrés Vargas-Fonseca#
‡ University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
§ Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
| Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
¶ Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis, Bogotá, Colombia
# Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Abstract

In a survey of the arthropod fauna of 33 Urban Green Spaces (UGS) in Bogotá, Colombia, between 2017 and 2019, 21 species (3,825 specimens) of Psylloidea were collected. These represent all seven recognised families of jumping plant-lice and include seven species identified only to genus. The specimens, all adults, were collected on 30 plant species used for arborization in the UGS. Two species are described as new (Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. and Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov.), one species is redescribed (Mastigimas colombianus Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska) and one species is recorded for the first time from Colombia (Calinda trinervis Olivares & Burckhardt). Among the seven species identified only to genus is an undescribed species of Melanastera, representing a genus not previously known from Colombia. Fourteen species found during the survey are probably native (66%) and seven (33%) adventive. Our findings highlight the significance of UGS for preservation of biological diversity and stress the importance of using native plants in urban landscape planning for the conservation of the native entomofauna.

Key words

Biodiversity, city parks, insect–plant interactions, Neotropical region, psyllids, Sternorrhyncha, taxonomy, urbanisation

Introduction

Urbanisation, the most irreversible form of land-use by the ever increasing human population, is one of the main drivers of the current extinction crisis (McKinney 2002; Seto et al. 2012; Díaz et al. 2019; Kong et al. 2021; Jaureguiberry et al. 2022). Accompanied by the degradation, fragmentation and loss of natural habitats (Foley et al. 2005; Elmqvist et al. 2013; Kong et al. 2021), urbanisation usually favours the presence of exotic species, leads to biotic homogeneity, and ultimately results in the loss of native species (McKinney 2002, 2008; Elmqvist et al. 2013; McDonald et al. 2018). Cities have dramatically expanded during the last decades and, as of today, more than half of the world’s population resides in urban areas with an expected increase to 70% by 2050 (Elmqvist et al. 2013; United Nations 2019).

As cities grow, Urban Green Spaces (UGS) become increasingly critical for supporting native organisms (Goddard et al. 2010; Aronson et al. 2014; Ives et al. 2016). These spaces comprise natural, semi-natural and artificial habitats, including remnants of native vegetation, parks, gardens, urban wastelands and green infrastructure (Tzoulas et al. 2007; Aronson et al. 2017; Lepczyk et al. 2017). However, not all UGS have equal conservation value, as the degree to which they can support biodiversity depends on several factors such as quality, size, connectivity, biotic interactions, land-use history and human population density (Aronson et al. 2017). Consequently, it is necessary to integrate ecological and biodiversity aspects into urban planning, to develop strategies for the design and management of these spaces to serve biodiversity conservation (McKinney 2002; Elmqvist et al. 2013; Aronson et al. 2017; McDonald et al. 2018).

Colombia is located in the north-west of South America and is one of the world’s megadiverse countries, home to approximately 10% of the world’s species and two of the world’s biodiversity hotspots: Tropical Andes and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena (Myers et al. 2000; Baptiste et al. 2017). At the same time, it is a highly urbanised country, with ~ 80% of its 50 million human inhabitants residing in urban areas (OECD 2022). This contrast is particularly evident in the Andean region, which exhibits both the highest levels of biological diversity and endemism, and of urbanisation and population density (Anselm et al. 2018; Carvajal-Castro et al. 2019). The Colombian capital Bogotá, the largest city in the country, is located in the middle of the Andes mountains, in the Eastern Ranges. Like other Latin American cities, much of Bogotá’s urban growth during the last two centuries has been unplanned and informal (Andrade et al. 2013), driven by an accelerated increase of rural-to-urban migration (Dufour and Piperata 2004). As a result, UGS only began to appear by the end of the 19th century and, as late as the end of the 20th century, became relevant under the concept of “Ecological Main Structure” (Andrade et al. 2013, 2014). Today, the concept has been decreed as one of the environmental determinants of land use-planning (Andrade et al. 2013, 2014). Bogotá has around 7,000 UGS of different scale and function, and ~ 1.4 million urban trees (Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá 2009; Jardín Botánico de Bogotá 2023). However, despite the need for information on ecology and biodiversity to develop these strategies (McKinney 2002; Elmqvist et al. 2013; Aronson et al. 2017; McDonald et al. 2018), there are only a few studies that explore urban biodiversity in Colombia (e.g. Marín-Gómez et al. 2016; Ocampo Flórez et al. 2018; Durán-Prieto and Ocampo 2019; Durán-Prieto et al. 2020, 2023; Martínez and Morales 2020; Garizábal-Carmona and Mancera-Rodríguez 2021; Olaya-Arenas et al. 2022; Roncallo et al. 2022).

Psylloidea (jumping plant-lice or psyllids) constitute one of the superfamilies of Sternorrhyncha with more than 4,000 described and probably just as many undescribed species (Burckhardt et al. 2021; Ouvrard 2023). Psyllids are generally monophagous or narrowly oligophagous on one or a few closely related host plant species (Hodkinson 1974; Burckhardt et al. 2014; Ouvrard et al. 2015). A host plant is defined as that plant “on which a psyllid species completes its immature-to-adult life cycle” (Burckhardt et al. 2014). In practice, a host plant can be recognised by the presence of fifth instar immatures. Unlike the relatively immobile immatures, the winged adults disperse through flight or by air currents and are often found also on non-host plants (Burckhardt et al. 2014).

Psyllids are found in all biogeographic realms but are probably most species-rich in the tropics and the south temperate regions though these faunas are only poorly known, particularly those of the Afrotropical and Neotropical realms (Hollis 2004; Hodkinson 2009; Burckhardt and Queiroz 2020; Mauck et al. 2024). Little is known about the psyllid fauna of Colombia. Rendón-Mera et al. (2017) published a generic overview on the Colombian psyllids with a list of species known at the time. Additional information on psyllids from Bogotá is provided by Pinzón et al. (2002).

Here, the psyllids collected during a survey of the arthropod fauna of 33 UGS in Bogotá by the Botanical Garden “José Celestino Mutis” of Bogotá are discussed. The survey was conducted between 2017 and 2019, focussing on 30 species of native and exotic plants.

Material and methods

Material

Collections were conducted between 2017 and 2019 in 33 Urban Green Spaces (UGS) of nine of the 19 urban districts (“localidades”) of Bogotá (Figs 1, 2, Table 1, Appendix 1). Specimens were collected using sweep nets and entomological aspirators on the tree/shrub canopy cover of 30 plant species used for arborization in the city (Table 2). Unless stated otherwise, material is preserved pinned.

Table 1.

Urban Green Spaces (UGS) with examined plants and psyllid species with number of collected adults. Plants confirmed in the literature as hosts or likely hosts are marked with § (see also text).

UGS Plant species Psyllid species Number of adults
CAI Santa Barbara Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Calophya schini 1
Cerro La Conejera § Acacia dealbata (Fabaceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 4
Cerro La Conejera § Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 2
Cerro La Conejera § Baccharis sp. (Asteraceae) Calinda gibbosa 1
Cerro La Conejera Myrcianthes leucoxyla (Myrtaceae) Tuthillia latipennis 1
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá Myrcianthes sp. (Myrtaceae) Trioza sp. 1 1
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá Myrcianthes sp. (Myrtaceae) Tuthillia latipennis 1
Parque Altablanca Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 2
Parque Belmira Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 1
Parque Belmira § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 8
Parque Cabañas del Norte Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 5
Parque Cabañas del Norte Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Cabañas del Norte Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Ctenarytaina spatulata 1
Parque Cabañas del Norte Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Mastigimas colombianus 1
Parque Cabañas del Norte Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 1
Parque Cabañas del Norte § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 419
Parque CAI Lisboa Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 2
Parque CAI Lisboa Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 6
Parque Canal Molinos Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 2
Parque Canal Molinos § Cedrela montana (Meliaceae) Mastigimas colombianus 17
Parque Canal Molinos § Cedrela montana (Meliaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 38
Parque Canal Molinos § Ficus americana subsp. andicola (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 9
Parque Cedro Madeira § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 17
Parque Chuniza-Famaco Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Calophya schini 2
Parque Chuniza-Famaco § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 558
Parque Ciudad Jardín § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 9
Parque Ciudad Jardín Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Calophya schini 2
Parque Ciudad Jardín Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Syncoptozus mexicanus 1
Parque Ciudad Jardín § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 726
Parque Contador Norte § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 117
Parque Contador Norte Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 2
Parque Contador Norte Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 2
Parque Contador Norte Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Contador Norte Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Ctenarytaina spatulata 1
Parque Contador Norte Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 2
Parque Contador Norte Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque El Chicó § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 10
Parque El Chicó § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 7
Parque El Virrey § Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 19
Parque El Virrey § Cedrela montana (Meliaceae) Mastigimas colombianus 38
Parque El Virrey § Cedrela montana (Meliaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 13
Parque El Virrey Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Calophya schini 14
Parque El Virrey Delostoma integrifolium (Bignoniaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque El Virrey Feijoa sellowiana (Myrtaceae) Glycaspis brimblecombei 1
Parque El Virrey Fraxinus chinensis (Oleaceae) Syncoptozus mexicanus 1
Parque El Virrey Ligustrum sp. (Oleaceae) Syncoptozus mexicanus 2
Parque El Virrey Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 28
Parque El Virrey § Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) Syncoptozus mexicanus 37
Parque El Virrey Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
Parque El Virrey Salix humboldtiana (Salicaceae) Calophya schini 4
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Triozidae gen. sp. 3 1
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 1
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 148
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 2
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae) Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae 2
Parque Tercer Ilarco Clusia sp. (Clusiaceae) Glycaspis brimblecombei 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Calinda sp. 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Mastigimas colombianus 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Platycorypha sp. 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco Prunus serotina (Rosaceae) Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 1
Parque Tercer Ilarco § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 8
Parque La Andrea § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 99
Parque La Francia Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 2
Parque La Francia § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 7
Parque La Independencia § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 30
Parque La Independencia Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque La Independencia Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque La Victoria Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque La Victoria Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Calophya schini 5
Parque La Victoria § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 250
Parque La Vida § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 244
Parque La Vida Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Triozidae gen. sp. 3 1
Parque La Vida Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 6
Parque Nacional § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 4
Parque Nueva Autopista Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Nueva Autopista § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 3
Parque Palermo Sur § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 2
Parque Palermo Sur Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
Parque Palermo Sur Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Palermo Sur Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Triozidae gen. sp. 2 1
Parque Palermo Sur § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 26
Parque Primero de Mayo § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 106
Parque Primero de Mayo Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque San Cristóbal Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque San Cristóbal Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque San Cristóbal § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 89
Parque Tercer Milenio § Clusia sp. (Clusiaceae) Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 85
Parque Tercer Milenio Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) Calophya schini 6
Parque Tercer Milenio § Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) Syncoptozus mexicanus 33
Parque Tercer Milenio Sambucus nigra (Viburnaceae) Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. 2
Parque Usaquén 2 Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Usaquén 2 § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 4
Parque Usaquén 2 Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Usaquén 2 Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Calophya schini 1
Parque Usaquén 2 Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae) Synoza cornutiventris 1
Parque Villa de los Alpes § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 120
Parque Villa de los Alpes § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 81
Parque Virrey Sur § Ficus sp. (Moraceae) Synoza cornutiventris 29
Parque Virrey Sur § Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae) Calophya schini 51
Sendero Quebrada La Vieja Miconia elaeoides (Melastomataceae) Ctenarytaina spatulata 1
Sendero Quebrada La Vieja Miconia elaeoides (Melastomataceae) Melanastera sp. 1
Sendero Quebrada La Vieja Piper bogotense (Piperaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
Sendero Quebrada La Vieja Piper bogotense (Piperaceae) Ctenarytaina eucalypti 5
Universidad Distrital Acacia decurrens (Fabaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 15
Universidad Distrital § Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 125
Universidad Distrital § Baccharis latifolia (Asteraceae) Calinda gibbosa 3
Universidad Distrital Baccharis latifolia (Asteraceae) Calinda trinervis 1
Universidad Distrital Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 2
Universidad Distrital Lycianthes lycioides (Solanaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 24
Universidad Distrital Oreopanax incisus (Araliaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
Universidad Distrital Oreopanax incisus (Araliaceae) Ctenarytaina spatulata 7
Universidad Distrital Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
Universidad Distrital Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Calinda gibbosa 1
Universidad Distrital Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Ctenarytaina spatulata 1
Universidad Distrital Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Triozidae gen. sp. 3 1
vacant lot Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Acizzia uncatoides 1
vacant lot Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) Triozidae gen. sp. 1 1
Table 2.

Psyllid species, hosts (cf. text) and numbers of adult psyllid specimens collected on hosts and non-hosts.

Psyllid species Host taxon Adults on host Adults on non-host
Calophya schini Schinus areira 2378 42 (= 1.8%)
Synoza cornutiventris Ficus spp. 803 28 (= 3.5%)
Acizzia uncatoides mimosoid Fabaceae 161 62 (= 38.5%)
Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. Clusia sp. 85 1 (= 1.2%)
Mastigimas colombianus Cedrela montana 55 2 (= 3.6%)
Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. Cedrela montana 51 6 (= 11.8%)
Syncoptozus mexicanus Magnolia grandiflora 30 4 (= 13.3%)
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae mimosoid Fabaceae 4 12
Calinda gibbosa Baccharis spp. 4 1
Ctenarytaina spatulata Eucalyptus spp. 11
Ctenarytaina eucalypti Eucalyptus spp. 5
Triozidae gen. sp. 3 unknown 3
Glycaspis brimblecombei Eucalyptus spp. 2
Tuthillia latipennis Myrcianthes spp. 2
Calinda trinervis unknown 1
Calinda sp. unknown 1
Melanastera sp. unknown 1
Platycorypha sp. unknown 1
Trioza sp. 1 unknown 1
Triozidae gen. sp. 1 unknown 1
Triozidae gen. sp. 2 unknown 1
Figure 1. 

Some urban green spaces of Bogotá A Parque Altablanca B Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza C Sendero Quebrada la Vieja D Parque La Francia E Parque San Cristóbal F Parque La Independencia.

Figure 2. 

Map of Bogotá indicating localities and sampled urban green spaces.

Holotypes are deposited in the entomological collection of the Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia (MPUJ_ENT). Paratypes and non-type material are deposited in MPUJ_ENT and the Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland (NHMB).

Species description

Morphological terminology follows Bastin et al. (2023). Body length was taken from ethanol-preserved specimens in lateral view, measuring the distance from the tip of genal process to the tip of wings when folded over the body. All other measurements were taken from slide mounted specimens as indicated in Bastin et al. (2023). In Leuronota, vein length is measured as a linear distance. Measurements are given in mm and expressed as range (mean ± standard deviation). Slide preparation protocol follows Queiroz et al. (2017).

Conventions

Taxa are arranged alphabetically (families and genera) following the classification of Burckhardt et al. (2021). Plant names and information of their origin correspond to POWO (2023). The following markings are used: (*) for new species records for Colombia and (‡) for adventive species. Material examined is presented per urban district, written in bold and arranged alphabetically. Plants mentioned in this section are those from which specimens were collected and not necessarily host plants as defined by Burckhardt et al. (2014). Distribution in Colombia is presented by department.

Host plants

No immature psyllids were collected during the survey and none of the sampled plant species could, therefore, be confirmed as host in the sense of Burckhardt et al. (2014). Under “Host plant” we cite reliable literature records with the respective reference, or we discuss reasons for assuming that a particular plant constitutes a host. In Table 1 we use this information to classify plants into hosts (marked with §) and non-hosts.

Abbreviations

AL—Antenna length; AP—Apical portion of female proctiger length; BL—Body length; CRL—Circumanal ring length; DL—Distal segment of aedeagus length; FL—Forewing length; FP—Female proctiger length; FW—Forewing width; GL—Genal processes length; HW—Head width; MP—Male proctiger length; PL—Paramere length; SP—Female subgenital plate length; TL—Metatibia length; UGS—Urban Green Space; VL—Vertex length.

Taxonomy

Psylloidea Latreille, 1807

Aphalaridae Löw, 1879

Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell, 1890)

Material examined

Chapinero: • 1 ♂, 4 ♀; Quebrada La Vieja; 4.6495, –74.0466; 2764 m; 06.iv.2017; J. Duran leg.; Piper bogotense (Piperaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Boyacá and Bogotá (Pinzón et al. 2002; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).—Native to Australia, introduced into Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand (Makunde et al. 2020).

Host plant

Eucalyptus L’Hér. spp. (Myrtaceae) (Makunde et al. 2020).

Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor, 1997

Material examined

Chapinero: • 1 ♀; Quebrada La Vieja; 4.6474, –74.0447; 2785 m; 20.vi.2017; J. Duran leg.; Miconia elaeoides (Melastomataceae); MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 4 ♂, 3 ♀; Universidad Distrital; 4.5989, –74.0656; 2701 m; 05.v.2017; J. Duran leg.; Oreopanax incisus (Araliaceae); MPUJ_ENT• 1 ♀; same but 4.5987, –74.0653; 2713 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♀; Parque Cabañas del Norte; 4.7359, –74.0318; 2575 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Contador Norte; 4.715, –74.0302; 2595 m; 02.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).—Native to Australia, introduced into the Americas, Europe, and New Zealand (Makunde et al. 2020).

Host plant

Eucalyptus L’Hér. spp. (Myrtaceae) (Makunde et al. 2020).

Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore, 1964

Material examined

Chapinero: • 1 ♀; Parque El Virrey; 4.6736, –74.0548; 2590 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Feijoa sellowiana (Myrtaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 1 ♀; Parque Ilarco; 4.7003, –74.0655; 2569 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Clusia sp. (Clusiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Antioquia, Bogotá, Casanare, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca (Rodas et al. 2014; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).—Native to Australia, introduced into Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand (Pugh et al. 2017; Makunde et al. 2020).

Host plant

Corymbia K.D.Hill and L.A.S.Johnson, and Eucalyptus L’Hér. spp. (Myrtaceae) (Makunde et al. 2020).

Syncoptozus mexicanus Hodkinson, 1990

Material examined

Antonio Nariño: • 1 ♂; Parque Ciudad Jardín; 4.5819, –74.0937; 2601 m; 13.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT. Chapinero: • 1 ♂; Parque El Virrey; 4.6744, –74.0571; 2580 m; 20.vi.2017; J. Duran leg.; Fraxinus chinensis (Oleaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.674, –74.0565; 2581 m; Ligustrum sp. (Oleaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 3 ♂, 6 ♀; same but 4.6712, –74.0497; 2583 m; Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 12 ♂, 16 ♀; same but 4.6753, –74.0581; 2579 m; 28.iii.2017; MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 14 ♂, 17 ♀; Parque Tercer Milenio; 4.5971, –74.0830; 2607 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5971, –74.0829; 2606 m; 19.ix.2017; MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017), Mexico (Hodkinson 1990).

Host plant

Magnolia grandiflora L. (Magnoliaceae) (unpublished NHMB data from Mexico).

Calophyidae Vondráček, 1957

Calophya schini Tuthill, 1959

Material examined

Antonio Nariño: • 1 ♀; Parque Ciudad Jardín; 4.5818, –74.0933; 2601 m; 13.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.5819, –74.0937; 2601 m; MPUJ_ENT • 58 ♂, 73 ♀; same but 4.5814, –74.0932; 2601 m; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 116 ♂, 104 ♀; same but 4.5816, –74.0931; 2600 m; MPUJ_ENT • 114 ♂, 159 ♀; same but 4.5817, –74.0931; 2602 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.5821, –74.0914; 2599 m; MPUJ_ENT • 45 ♂, 56 ♀; same but 4.5822, –74.0932; 2597 m; MPUJ_ENT. Chapinero: • 1 ♂, 6 ♀; Parque El Chicó; 4.673, –74.0452; 2599 m; 27.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Parque El Virrey; 4.6754, –74.0581; 2579 m; 25.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 6 ♂, 5 ♀; same but 28.iii.2017; MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; same but 4.6739, –74.0557; 2580 m; Salix humboldtiana (Salicaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Rafael Uribe Uribe: • 1 ♀; Parque Palermo Sur; 4.5412, –74.1100; 2698 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 10 ♂, 16 ♀; same but 4.5417, –74.1097; 2689 m; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT. San Cristóbal: • 1 ♀; Parque La Victoria; 4.5546, –74.0954; 2757 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5548, –74.0955; 2764 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 79 ♂, 92 ♀; same but 4.5546, –74.0953; 2759 m; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 31 ♂, 48 ♀; same but 4.5547, –74.0953; 2760 m; MPUJ_ENT • 3 ♂, 4 ♀; Parque San Cristóbal: 4.5735, –74.0832; 2639 m; 13.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; same but 4.5736, –74.0834; 2638 m; MPUJ_ENT • 60 ♂, 17 ♀; same but 4.5736, –74.0827; 2642 m; MPUJ_ENT • 44 ♂, 37 ♀; Parque Villa de los Alpes; 4.5593, –74.0977; 2692 m; 13.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 4 ♂, 2 ♀; Parque Tercer Milenio; 4.5971, –74.0829; 2606 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 7 ♀; same but 4.7011, –74.0655; 2570 m; 23.iii.2017; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♀; CAI Santa Barbara; 4.693, –74.0311; 2601 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 4 ♀; Parque Belmira; 4.7215, –74.0318; 2576 m; 02.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque Cabañas del Norte; 4.7359, –74.0318; 2575 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 33 ♂, 27 ♀; same but 4.7359, –74.0317; 2574 m; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 102 ♂, 116 ♀; same but 4.7359, –74.0315; 2576 m; MPUJ_ENT • 19 ♂, 18 ♀; same but 4.7359, –74.0316; 2575 m; MPUJ_ENT • 48 ♂, 56 ♀; same but 4.736, –74.0317; 2571 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Contador Norte; 4.7152, –74.0297; 2599 m; 02.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 19 ♂, 21 ♀; Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza; 4.7061, –74.0300; 2595 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 13 ♂, 6 ♀; same but 4.7062, –74.0305; 2596 m; MPUJ_ENT • 55 ♂, 34 ♀; same but 4.7067, –74.0299; 2601 m; MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque La Francia; 4.6896, –74.0470; 2577 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.6902, –74.0464; 2577 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.6906, –74.0464; 2575 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.6908, –74.0466; 2577 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Nueva Autopista; 4.7217, –74.0507; 2579 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Usaquén 2; 4.691, –74.0323; 2586 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.691, –74.0320; 2591 m; 27.iv.2018; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.6912, –74.0317; 2571 m; 05.iii.2018; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usme: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque Chuniza-Famaco; 4.5018, –74.1086; 2775 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 158 ♂, 173 ♀; same but 4.5015, –74.1088; 2686 m; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 28 ♂, 31 ♀; same but 4.5018, –74.1087; 2774 m; MPUJ_ENT • 55 ♂, 44 ♀; same but 4.5031, –74.1100; 2759 m; MPUJ_ENT • 16 ♂, 15 ♀; same but 4.5032, –74.1097; 2761 m; MPUJ_ENT • 20 ♂, 18 ♀; same but 4.5036, –74.1101; 2754 m; MPUJ_ENT • 22 ♂, 29 ♀; Parque Virrey Sur; 4.5009, –74.1125; 2768 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Pinzón and González 2002).—Probably originating from Bolivia or Peru, adventive elsewhere in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and New Zealand (Burckhardt et al. 2018).

Host plant

Schinus areira L. (Anacardiaceae) (Burckhardt et al. 2018).

Carsidaridae Crawford, 1911

Synoza cornutiventris Enderlein, 1918

Material examined

Antonio Nariño: • 4 ♂, 5 ♀; Parque Ciudad Jardín; 4.5818, –74.0932; 2601 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT. Chapinero: • 2 ♀; Parque El Chicó; 4.6731, –74.0447; 2605 m; 27.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 6 ♂, 2 ♀; same but 4.6732, –74.0445; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque El Virrey; 4.6733, –74.0554; 2591 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Delostoma integrifolium (Bignoniaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Rafael Uribe Uribe: • 2 ♂; Parque Palermo Sur; 4.5423, –74.1102; 2676 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT. San Cristóbal: • 8 ♂, 7 ♀; Parque Primero de Mayo; 4.5734, –74.0882; 2625 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 28 ♂, 24 ♀; same but 4.5738, –74.0879; 2622 m; 13.iv.2018; MPUJ_ENT • 25 ♂, 14 ♀; same but 4.5745, –74.0881; 2621 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.5746, –74.0880; 2621 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque San Cristóbal: 4.5728, –74.0848; 2638 m; 13.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.5728, –74.0838; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 36 ♂, 24 ♀; Parque Villa de los Alpes; 4.5591, –74.0974; 2698 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 11 ♂, 4 ♀; same but 4.5593, –74.0972; 2695 m; MPUJ_ENT • 11 ♂, 16 ♀; same but 4.5595, –74.0978; 2686 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.5621, –74.0982; 2676 m; 13.iv.2018; MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 6 ♀; same but 4.5624, –74.0983; 2667 m; MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5625, –74.0983; 2665 m; 13.iv.2018; MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♀; same but 4.5628, –74.0982; 2658 m; 23.iv.2018; MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 5 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque La Independencia; 4.6108, –74.0678; 2645 m; 27.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 12 ♂, 11 ♀; same but 4.6114, –74.0682; 2639 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.6116, –74.0687; 2631 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.6108, –74.0678; 2644 m; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.6119, –74.0694; 2583 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque Nacional; 4.6217, –74.0643; 2576 m; 27.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 3 ♀; same but 4.6242, –74.0640; 2624 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque Ilarco; 4.7008, –74.0657; 2569 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 4 ♂, 5 ♀; Parque Canal Molinos; 4.6981, –74.0634; 2575 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Ficus americana subsp. andicola (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque Altablanca; 4.7347, –74.0285; 2581 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 3 ♂, 2 ♀; Parque CAI Lisboa; 4.7085, –74.0290; 2604 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.7088, –74.0292; 2599 m; MPUJ_ENT • 12 ♂, 5 ♀; Parque Cedro Madeira; 4.7268, –74.0313; 2574 m; 23.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 40 ♂, 24 ♀; Parque Contador Norte; 4.7127, –74.0312; 2594 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 13 ♂, 13 ♀; same but 4.7129, –74.0312; 2601 m; MPUJ_ENT • 14 ♂, 13 ♀; same but 4.713, –74.0312; 2598 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.7132, –74.0314; 2593 m; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.7128, –74.0311; 2603 m; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza; 4.7067, –74.0298; 2601 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Parque La Francia; 4.6899, –74.0466; 2579 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♀; same but 4.6908, –74.0480; 2580 m; MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂; same but 4.6905, –74.0475; 2581 m; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 21 ♂, 13 ♀; Parque La Vida; 4.7361, –74.0339; 2585 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 39 ♂, 22 ♀; same but 4.7362, –74.0339; 2586 m; MPUJ_ENT • 32 ♂, 32 ♀; same but 4.7365, –74.0341; 2577 m; MPUJ_ENT • 12 ♂, 6 ♀; same but 4.7367, –74.0342; 2579 m; MPUJ_ENT • 17 ♂, 17 ♀; same but 4.7369, –74.0350; 2576 m; MPUJ_ENT • 23 ♂, 10 ♀; same but 4.737, –74.0344; 2573 m; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 5 ♀; same but 4.7371, –74.0352; 2572 m; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque Nueva Autopista; 4.7216, –74.0507; 2571 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.7217, –74.0507; 2579 m; MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Parque Usaquén 2; 4.691, –74.0323; 2586 m; 05.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.6912, –74.0323; 2587 m; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usme: • 7 ♂, 12 ♀; Parque Diana Turbay; 4.5478, –74.1015; 2672 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 5 ♂, 10 ♀; same but 4.5483, –74.1013; MPUJ_ENT • 14 ♂, 8 ♀; Parque La Andrea; 4.5098, –74.1109; 2741 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 39 ♂, 32 ♀; same but 4.5098, –74.1109; 2701 m; MPUJ_ENT • 6 ♂, 7 ♀; Parque Virrey Sur; 4.5009, –74.1115; 2779 m; 23.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♀; same but 4.5012, –74.1113; 2780 m; MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5013, –74.1114; 2781 m; MPUJ_ENT • 4 ♂, 3 ♀; same but 4.5014, –74.1116; 2778 m; MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Meta (Brown and Hodkinson 1988; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017), Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru (Brown and Hodkinson 1988; Hollis 2000).

Host plant

Ficus hartwegii Miq. (Moraceae) (Hollis 2000). Several adults were collected in the present study on Ficus americana subsp. andicola (Standl.) C.C.Berg. This species has to be confirmed as host. Many adults were collected on unidentified Ficus trees. It is possible that these also constitute hosts, but they should be identified to species and examined for psyllid immatures for further conclusions.

Liviidae Löw, 1879

Melanastera sp.

Material examined

Chapinero: • 1 ♀; Quebrada La Vieja; 4.6474, –74.0447; 2785 m; 20.vi.2017; J. Duran leg.; Miconia elaeoides (Melastomataceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown.

Comments

The single female appears to belong to an undescribed species of Melanastera, a predominantly Neotropical genus associated with Melastomataceae, Annonaceae, and other plant families (Burckhardt et al. 2024). This is the first record of the genus from Colombia.

Mastigimatidae Bekker-Migdisova, 1973

Mastigimas colombianus Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013

Fig. 3A–G

Material examined

Chapinero: • 17 ♂, 17 ♀; Parque El Virrey; 4.6728, –74.0533; 2581 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Cedrela montana (Meliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; same but NMHB • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; same but slide mounted; NMHB. Santa Fe: • 1 ♂; Parque Ilarco; 4.7008, –74.0657; 2569 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 9 ♂, 6 ♀; Parque Canal Molinos; 4.6976, –74.0637; 2575 m; 10.vii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Cedrela montana (Meliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 03.x.2017; MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♀; Parque Cabañas del Norte; 4.7358, –74.0315; 2578 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Redescription

Colouration. Male (Fig. 3A) dark yellow with dark brown markings. Vertex with pale brown longitudinal stripe along lateral and anterior margins on either side; discal foveae with dark brown spot; margin of toruli brown. Genal processes and clypeus whitish. Antennal segments 1 and 2 yellow, segment 3 yellow basally, gradually darkening to dark brown apex, segments 4–10 dark brown. Pronotum whitish with lateral sutures brown. Mesopraescutum pale yellow along posterior margins. Mesoscutum with two dark yellow longitudinal stripes on either side, the outer one black posteriorly. Mesoscutellum and metascutellum whitish. Metapostnotum with dark brown spots medially and laterally. Pleura whitish, propleurites black dorsally. Mesosternum brown. Forewing colourless, with black spot at base of C+Sc and basally on anal cell; veins and pterostigma brown. Fore and mid legs with femur dark yellow, tibia and tarsi brown; hind leg with femur dark brown, tibia and tarsi pale yellow. Abdomen brown with yellow spot medially, narrowing to apex; intersegmental membrane straw-coloured. Terminalia dark brown, parameres black, subgenital plate pale yellow dorsally.—Female (Fig. 3B) yellow with only a few black markings. Discal foveae dark yellow. Pronotum with lateral indentations dark yellow. Meso- and metanotum as in male but markings dark yellow, with outermost stripes on mesoscutum black posteriorly. Forewing as in male but pterostigma colourless. Pleura as in male. Fore and mid legs with femora pale yellow, tibiae dark yellow, and tarsi brown, hind leg pale yellow. Terminalia yellow, apex of proctiger black.

Figure 3. 

A–G Mastigimas colombianus Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013 H–N Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. A, I male, dorsal view B, J female, dorsal view C, K paramere, outer surface, lateral view D, L paramere, inner surface, lateral view E, M distal segment of aedeagus, lateral view F, N female terminalia, lateral view G, H forewing.

Structure. Antenna 4.0–4.1× as long as head width; segment 3 1.3–1.4× as long as segment 4. Forewing (Fig. 3G) 4.5–5.3× as long as head width, and 2.6× as long as wide, pterostigma long and narrow, ratio a/b 0.9–1.0, cell cu1 long and flat, length/height ratio 3.3.

Terminalia. Male. Paramere (Fig. 3C, D) bifid, clavate, outer lobe rounded anteriorly and angular posteriorly. Apical dilatation of aedeagus with small blunt apico-ventral hook (Fig. 3E), 1.2× as long as paramere.—Female (Fig. 3F). Terminalia short and cuneate, dorsal outline of proctiger slightly concave; proctiger as long as head width, and 2.4× as long as subgenital plate.

Measurements (in mm). BL 2 ♂ 3.6–5.0 (4.36±0.74), 2 ♀ 5.3–5.4 (5.31±0.08); HW ♂ 0.85, ♀ 0.82; AL ♂ 3.44, ♀ 3.39; FL ♂ 3.8, ♀ 4.36; FW ♂ 1.47, ♀ 1.67; PL ♂ 0.24; DL ♂ 0.28; FP ♀ 0.8; FS ♀ 0.34.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Burckhardt et al. 2013).

Host plant

Most adults (types and material at hand) were collected on Cedrela montana Turcz. (Meliaceae). Mastigimas species develop, as far as known, on Cedrela, suggesting that C. montana is a host.

Comments

Mastigimas colombianus was described from two males and two females collected in Bogotá (Burckhardt et al. 2013). As more material is available from this study, a redescription of the species is provided here. The females in the material at hand fit the original description perfectly but the male paramere is slightly variable with respect to the shape of the outer lobe. As in the two type specimens, the paramere in the material at hand is strongly sclerotised which seems characteristic for the species.

Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov.

Fig. 3H–N

Type locality

Colombia, Bogotá: Suba, Parque Canal Molinos, 4.6976389, –74.063694, 2575 m.

Type material

Holotype : Colombia • ♂, pinned; Bogotá, Suba, Parque Canal Molinos; 4.6976389, –74.063694; 2575 m; 03.x.2017; J. Duran leg; on Cedrela montana (Meliaceae); MPUJ_ENT0074272. Paratypes: Chapinero: • 6 ♂, 7 ♀; Parque El Virrey; 4.6728, –74.0533; 2581 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Cedrela montana (Meliaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 2 ♀; Parque Tercer Milenio; 4.5974, –74.0835; 2605 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Sambucus nigra (Viburnaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 8 ♂, 3 ♀; Parque Canal Molinos; 4.6976, –74.0637; 2575 m; 10.vii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Cedrela montana (Meliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 11 ♂, 13 ♀; same data as for holotype • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data as for holotype but NHMB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data as for holotype but slide mounted; NHMB. Usaquén: • 1 ♀; Parque Cabañas del Norte; 4.7363, –74.0317; 2575 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza; 4.7061, –74.0304; 2596 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 2 ♂; same but 4.7062, –74.0305; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Diagnosis

Forewing (Fig. 3H) with pterostigma long and narrow, ratio a/b 1.2 Antennal segment 3 approx. as long as segment 4. Paramere (Fig. 3K, L) bifid, irregularly triangular, strongly widening to apex. Aedeagal head lacking apico-ventral hook. Female terminalia (Fig. 3N) elongate, falcate; proctiger 1.0–1.2× as long as head width.

Description

Colouration. Male (Fig. 3I) dark brown. Head pale yellow; vertex with pale brown longitudinal stripe along lateral and anterior margins on either side; discal foveae with dark brown spot, sometimes much expanded; margin of toruli brown. Genal processes and clypeus whitish. Antennae yellowish brown. Pronotum whitish with lateral quarter dark brown. Mesopraescutum with dark brown polygon-shaped spot anteriorly. Mesoscutum with two dark brown longitudinal stripes on either side. Mesoscutellum and metascutellum whitish. Metapostnotum dark brown. Pleura whitish, with dark brown markings dorsally. Mesosternum dark brown. Forewing colourless, with brown spot at base of C+Sc and base of anal cell; veins yellow; pterostigma dark brown or yellowish brown. Fore and mid legs brown and yellowish brown, metafemur and base of metatibia dark brown, rest of hind leg pale yellow. Abdomen dark brown; intersegmental membrane straw-coloured. Terminalia dark brown, parameres sometimes dark yellow.—Female (Fig. 3J) yellow. Discal foveae dark brown; margin of toruli brown. Pronotum with lateral indentations brown. Tergum as in male but markings dark yellow on mesopraescutum and brownish on mesoscutum, with outermost stripe dark brown posteriorly. Forewing as in male but pterostigma colourless. Pleura and legs as in male. Abdominal sclerites usually brown laterally. Terminalia yellow, brown apically, proctiger sometimes completely brown.

Structure. Conforms to the generic description of Brown and Hodkinson (1988). Antenna 4.3–4.5× as long as head width; segment 3 1.1–1.3× as long as segment 4. Forewing (Fig. 3H) 4.8–5.2× as long as head width, and 2.6–2.7× as long as wide, pterostigma long and narrow, ratio a/b 1.1–1.2, cell cu1 long and flat, length/height ratio 3.5–3.8.

Terminalia. Paramere (Fig. 3K, L), bifid, in lateral view irregularly triangular, strongly widening to apex. Apical dilatation of aedeagus lenticular (Fig. 3M), 1.5× as long as paramere.—Female terminalia (Fig. 3N) elongate, falcate; proctiger 1.5× as long as head width, and 1.9× as long as subgenital plate.

Measurements (in mm). BL ♂ 4.8, 2 ♀ 5.8–5.9 (5.85±0.1); HW ♂ 0.88, ♀ 0.92; AL ♂ 3.95, ♀ 3.93; FL ♂ 4.23, ♀ 4.78; FW ♂ 1.57, ♀ 1.85; PL ♂ 0.24; DL ♂ 0.36; FP ♀ 1.26; FS ♀ 0.65.

Etymology

From Latin longus = long, and caudatus = bearing a tail, referring to the long female terminalia. Adjective.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Most of the examined adults were collected on Cedrela montana Turcz. (Meliaceae). Mastigimas species develop, as far as known, on Cedrela, suggesting that C. montana is a host.

Comments

Mastigimas longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. resembles M. anjosi Burckhardt et al., 2011 (known from Brazil, Trinidad, and Venezuela) in the irregularly triangular paramere and the elongate, falcate female terminalia; it differs in the antennal segment 3 approx. as long as segment 4 (instead of twice as long), and the aedeagal head lacking an apico-ventral hook (Burckhardt et al. 2011, 2013). The falcate female terminalia are shared also with M. drepanodis Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013 (Brazil) which differs in the slenderer paramere (Burckhardt et al. 2013). In the key by Burckhardt et al. (2013), the new species keys out with M. colombianus from which it differs in details of the male and female terminalia.

Psyllidae Latreille, 1807

Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt, 1901)

Material examined

Suba: • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; Cerro La Conejera; 4.7705, –74.0656; 2620 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Acacia dealbata (Fabaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque Ilarco; 4.701, –74.0663; 2567 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 10.vii.2017; MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♂; Parque Belmira; 4.7215, –74.0318; 2576 m; 02.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Schinus areira (Anacardiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 5 ♂; Parque Cabañas del Norte; 4.7358, –74.0315; 2578 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Parque Contador Norte; 4.7158, –74.0322; 2581 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Lafoensia acuminata (Lythraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.715, –74.0301; 2597 m; 02.iv.2018; Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.7151, –74.0299; 2600 m; MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).—Native to Australia, adventive in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand (Ouvrard 2023).

Host plant

Acacia Mill. and Samanea (Benth.) Merr. spp. (Fabaceae) (Ouvrard 2023).

Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris & Klyver, 1932)

Material examined

Chapinero: • 9 ♂, 10 ♀; Parque El Virrey; 4.6713, –74.0504; 2591 m; 28.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 18 ♂, 10 ♀; same but 4.6753, –74.0581; 2579 m; Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.6738, –74.0563; 2581 m; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; Quebrada La Vieja; 4.6495, –74.0466; 2764 m; 06.iv.2017; J. Duran leg.; Piper bogotense (Piperaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Rafael Uribe Uribe: • 1 ♂; Parque Palermo Sur; 4.542, –74.1089; 2692 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Santa Fe: • 9 ♂, 6 ♀; Universidad Distrital; 4.5991, –74.0656; 2695 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Acacia decurrens (Fabaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5986, –74.0656; 2702 m; 05.v.2017; Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 71 ♂, 52 ♀; same but 4.5987, –74.0667; 2667 m; 19.ix.2017; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same but 4.5983, –74.0654; 2712 m; 05.v.2017; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 10 ♂, 14 ♀; same but 4.5985, –74.0655; 2704 m; Lycianthes lycioides (Solanaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.5989, –74.0656; 2701 m; Oreopanax incisus (Araliaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.5987, –74.0653; 2713 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 2 ♀; Cerro La Conejera; 4.7718, –74.0648; 2622 m; 10.vii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Acacia melanoxylon (Fabaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.7695, –74.0527; 2674 m; 03.x.2017; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♂; Parque CAI Lisboa; 4.7088, –74.0292; 2599 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same but 4.7094, –74.0291; 2590 m; MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Huila (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).—Native to Australia, adventive in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, North Africa, and New Zealand (Ouvrard 2023).

Host plant

Acacia Mill. and Albizia A. ex Benth. (Fabaceae) (Halbert and Burckhardt 2020); in this survey several adults were collected on Acacia decurrens (J.C.Wendl.) Willd. and A. melanoxylon R.Br. While the latter is confirmed in the literature as host, the former is not. Further studies will be necessary to find out whether A. decurrens serves as host to A. uncatoides.

Platycorypha sp.

Material examined

Santa Fe: • 1 ♀; Parque Ilarco; 4.7008, –74.0657; 2569 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá, Magdalena (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017).

Host plant

Unknown. The single female at hand was collected on Croton, an unlikely host as all Platycorypha species, for which hosts are known, develop on Fabaceae (Burckhardt and Queiroz 2020).

Comments

The single female at hand resembles specimens reported as Platycorypha erythrinae (Lizer) from Panama (Brown and Hodkinson 1988) and Peru (Burckhardt 1987). These specimens are probably not conspecific with P. erythrinae from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, but represent an undescribed species. The specimens from Colombia, Panama and Peru differ from the latter in the presence of distinct brown dots on the radular areas of the forewing and the small hook on the apex of the female proctiger. More material is required for solving this issue.

Tuthillia latipennis Hodkinson, Brown & Burckhardt, 1986

Material examined

Suba: • 1 ♀; Cerro La Conejera; 4.7718, –74.0651; 2631 m; 03.x.2017; J. Duran leg.; Myrcianthes leucoxyla (Myrtaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Engativá: • 1 ♂; Jardín Botánico de Bogotá; 4.6666, –74.0993; 2553 m; 16.x.2019; S. Vargas leg.; Myrcianthes sp. (Myrtaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá (Rendón-Mera et al. 2017), Costa Rica, Panama (Brown and Hodkinson 1988; Hollis 2000).

Host plant

Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh (Myrtaceae) (Hollis 2000). If Myrcianthes leucoxyla (Ortega) McVaugh, on which one female was collected, also constitutes a host, needs further observations.

Triozidae Löw, 1879

Calinda gibbosa (Tuthill, 1959)

Material examined

Santa Fe: • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Universidad Distrital; 4.5995, –74.0664; 2673 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Baccharis latifolia (Asteraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; same but 4.5997, –74.0653; 2692 m; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 1 ♀; Cerro La Conejera; 4.7702, –74.0664; 2634 m; 10.vii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Baccharis sp. (Asteraceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Antioquia, Bogotá, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Nariño (Olivares and Burckhardt 1997; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017), Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (Olivares and Burckhardt 1997).

Host plant

Baccharis latifolia Pers. (Asteraceae) (Olivares and Burckhardt 1997).

Calinda trinervis Olivares & Burckhardt, 1997

Material examined

Santa Fe: • 1 ♀; Universidad Distrital; 4.5995, –74.0664; 2673 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; Baccharis latifolia (Asteraceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá, Costa Rica, Panama (Olivares and Burckhardt 1997).

Host plant

Unknown. Adults from Colombia were collected on Baccharis latifolia Pers. and adults from Costa Rica on B. trinervis Pers. (Asteraceae). Both should be checked to determine whether they are hosts.

Comments

Calinda trinervis is reported here for the first time from Colombia.

Calinda sp.

Material examined

Santa Fe: • 1 ♀; Parque Ilarco; 4.7008, –74.0657; 2569 m; 23.iii.2017; J. Duran leg.; Croton coriaceus (Euphorbiaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown.

Comments

The single female at hand represents probably an undescribed species. It shares the following characters with Calinda albonigra Olivares & Burckhardt, 1997 and C. gladiformis Olivares & Burckhardt, 1997: antenna shorter than 1.2 mm; forewing lacking surface spinules in distal 1/2; apical projection of proctiger well delimited from base, not inflated, straight, pointed apically, with well-defined teeth along dorsal margin; subgenital plate long; valvula dorsalis long; ventral saw of valvula ventralis not well delimited at base. From the former it differs in the relatively longer processes on the proctiger and subgenital plate. From the latter it differs in the relatively shorter apical process of the proctiger and the presence of a small ventral hump in the basal 1/3 of the subgenital plate.

Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov.

Fig. 4

Type locality

Colombia, Bogotá: Santa Fe, Parque Tercer Milenio, 4.70025, –74.0654667, 2569 m.

Type material

Holotype : Colombia • ♂, pinned; Bogotá, Santa Fe, Parque Tercer Milenio; 4.70025, –74.0654667; 2569 m; 19.ix.2017; J. Duran leg.; on Clusia sp. (Clusiaceae); MPUJ_ENT0074271. Paratypes: Santa Fe: • 28 ♂, 23 ♀; same data as for holotype but 4.7003, –74.0655; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding but NHMB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding but slide mounted; NHMB • 4 ♂, 4 ♀; same data as for preceding but in ethanol 70%; NHMB • 19 ♂, 11 ♀; same data as for preceding but 27.vi.2017; MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding but 4.5989, –74.0814; 2607 m; Prunus serotina (Rosaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Diagnosis

Mesonotum with white longitudinal stripe (Fig. 4B). Forewing (Fig. 4C) with three brown transverse bands as follows: one along vein R1, base of cells r2 and m2, vein Cu1 and apex of cell cu2 adjacent to vein Cu1b, one from subapex of cell r1, through approx. middle of r2 and m2, to radular spinules of cu1, and one from subapex of r2, through base of m1 to radular spinules of m2; clavus brown along A1 distal to apex of Cu2. Paramere (Fig. 4E, F) with apical process short and posterior margin with apical 1/2 sinuous. Female proctiger (Fig. 4H) with apical portion relatively slender.

Figure 4. 

Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. A head, dorsal view B habitus, dorsal view C forewing D surface spinules E–G male terminalia, lateral view E paramere, outer surface F paramere, inner surface G distal segment of aedeagus H female terminalia, lateral view.

Description

Colouration. Head, pronotum and pleura white, rest of notum and abdomen dark brown (Fig. 4A, B). Vertex with dark brown longitudinal stripes adjacent to eyes, curving inwards distal to torulus; anterior margin usually brownish; discal foveae dark brown; margin of toruli brown. Genal process sometimes slightly darker apically. Antennal segments 1–8 pale-yellow, 9–10 black. Clypeus white, slightly brown posteriorly. Pronotum with two brown longitudinal stripes medially; sublateral and lateral indentations dark brown. Mesopraescutum and mesoscutum with white longitudinal stripe medially. Forewing membrane (Fig. 4C) colourless, with three brown transverse bands as follows: one along vein R1, base of cells r2 and m2, vein Cu1 and apex of cell cu2 adjacent to vein Cu1b, one from near apex of cell r1, through approx. middle of r2 and m2, to radular spinules of cu1, and one from near apex of r2, through base of m1 to radular spinules of m2; clavus brown along A1 distal to apex of Cu2; veins yellow, brown within the colour pattern; radular spinules brown. Fore, mid legs and metafemur brown, rest of hind leg yellow with apicotarsus brown. Abdominal basal sternites white or yellow medially; intersegmental membrane straw-coloured. Male terminalia dark brown. Female terminalia brown dorsally and ventrally, yellow apically.

Structure. Genal processes (Fig. 4A) 1.1–1.3× as long as vertex along midline, subcylindrical, slightly narrowing apically, sometimes slightly curved outwards, divergent; apex rounded. Antenna 3.1–3.6× as long as head width; longest terminal seta 3.5–4.0× as long as short seta, and 0.6–0.8× as long as segment 10. Labium with apical segment 0.3–0.4× as long as medial segment. Forewing (Fig. 4C) 5.2–5.6× as long as head width, and 2.5–2.6× as long as wide, obovate with angular apex; vein C+Sc evenly curved; vein Rs straight; vein M 2.1–2.3× as long as M1+2, bifurcating after imaginary line between apices of veins Rs and Cu1a; vein M1+2 reaching wing margin approximately at imaginary line through trifurcation of vein R+M+Cu and bifurcation of vein M; vein Cu 1.3–1.4× as long as R, and 1.6–1.8× as long as Cu1b; cell r1 approx. as wide as the narrowest section of r2. Surface spinules widely spaced (Fig. 4D), covering m1, cu1, and cu2, and colour pattern on r2 and m2. Radular spinules forming triangular fields. Metafemur with six or seven apical bristles; metatibia 1.2–1.4× as long as head width.

Terminalia. Male proctiger, in lateral view, subconical; apex constricted at anterior margin; anus large, occupying most part of apex, obliquely blunt. Paramere, in lateral view (Fig. 4E, F), 0.9× as long as proctiger; apical process short; bearing posterior lobe; anterior margin sinuous, concave submedially; posterior margin strongly irregular, concave in basal 1/3, strongly convex in median 1/3, sinuous in apical 1/3; outer surface (Fig. 4E) covered in medium long setae along posterior apical 1/2; inner surface (Fig. 4F) covered in short setae medially, long setae along anterior and posterior margins, and thick bristles anteriorly on apical tooth. Apical dilatation of aedeagus (Fig. 4G) with ventral extension beak-like, short; apically slightly convex, with small subapical hump; sclerotised end tube of ductus ejaculatorius short, weakly sinuate.—Female proctiger (Fig. 4H), in lateral view, 0.9× as long as head width; apical portion ~ 1/2 proctiger length; dorsal outline weakly incised at transverse groove, apical portion relatively slender, apex blunt; covered in long setae laterally, medium long setae dorsally, and short setae apically. Circumanal ring 0.4× as long as proctiger. Subgenital plate (Fig. 4H), in lateral view, 0.8× as long as proctiger; ventral outline straight in basal 1/2, weakly angular in the middle, straight in apical 1/2; sparsely covered in long setae, mostly ventrally and apically.

Measurements (in mm). BL 2 ♂ 3.7–4.1 (3.8±0.31), 2 ♀ 4.4–4.7 (4.79±0.37); HW ♂ 0.63, ♀ 0.67; VL ♂ 0.19, ♀ 0.18; GL ♂ 0.21, ♀ 0.23; AL ♂ 2.2, ♀ 1.78; LAB2 ♂ 0.22, ♀ 0.27; LAB3 ♂ 0.09, ♀ 0.09; FL ♂ 3.36, ♀ 3.46; TL ♂ 0.85, ♀ 0.78; MP 0.29; PL 0.26; FP 0.57; CRL 0.21; AP 0.25; SP 0.47.

Etymology

From Latin albus = white, and linea = line, referring to the contrasting longitudinal white stripe on the mesonotum. Noun in the ablative case.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown. Many adults were collected on Clusia sp. (Clusiaceae) in the same area suggesting it is a host rather than just a casual plant. Further studies are necessary to to check this assumption.

Comments

Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. resembles L. inusitata (Tuthill, 1944) (known from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama) in the brown body colour with white head and pleura, and white longitudinal stripe on mesonotum. It differs in the forewing pattern, the obovate forewing (vs ovate), the paramere with short (vs long) apical process and sinuous (vs concave) apical 1/2 of posterior margin, the aedeagal head with a weakly sinuous apical margin (vs evenly convex), and the female proctiger with a relatively slender apical portion (vs massive). In the key of Brown and Hodkinson (1988), L. albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. keys out with L. inusitata. In the key of Burckhardt (1988), the species keys out in couplet 4 with L. digitulata Burckhardt, 1988 (Paraguay) and L. fagarae Burckhardt, 1988 (Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, USA), from which it differs in the forewing pattern with three brown transverse bands (vs restricted to anal margin or completely or almost completely covering the entire membrane).

Triozidae gen. sp. 1

Material examined

Engativá: • 1 ♂; Jardín Botánico de Bogotá; 4.6666, –74.0993; 2553 m; 16.x.2019; S. Vargas leg.; Myrcianthes sp. (Myrtaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Suba: • 1 ♂; Cerro La Conejera; 4.7695, –74.0527; 2674 m; 03.x.2017; J. Duran leg.; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown.

Comments

The two males at hand probably represent an undescribed species. More material is required for a proper identification.

Triozidae gen. sp. 2

Material examined

Rafael Uribe Uribe: • 1 ♀; Parque Palermo Sur; 4.5413, –74.1097; 2692 m; 09.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown.

Comments

The single female at hand fits in the Trioza psyllihabitus species group of Brown and Hodkinson (1988). More material is required for a species identification.

Triozidae gen. sp. 3

Material examined

Santa Fe: • 1 ♂; Universidad Distrital; 4.5987, –74.0653; 2713 m; 27.vi.2017; J. Duran leg.; Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae); MPUJ_ENT. Usaquén: • 1 ♀; Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza; 4.706, –74.0302; 2591 m; 06.iv.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT • 1 ♀; Parque La Vida; 4.7362, –74.0339; 2586 m; 16.iii.2018; V. Ocampo leg.; Ficus sp. (Moraceae); MPUJ_ENT.

Distribution

Colombia: Bogotá.

Host plant

Unknown.

Comments

The three specimens share the conspicuous dark longitudinal stripe on the forewing with species of Triozoida Crawford, 1911, a feature also found in other unrelated species of Triozidae (unpublished NHMB data). More material is required for a species identification.

Discussion and conclusions

During the survey of the arthropod fauna of 33 UGS in Bogotá between 2017 and 2019, 3,825 adult specimens of 21 psyllid species of seven families were found, seven species of which could be identified only to genus. Psyllids were found in all UGS ranging from 1–8 species per UGS. The UGS with the highest number (8 spp.) is Parque Ilarco, followed by Parque El Virrey (7 spp.), Parque Cabañas del Norte (5 spp.) and Universidad Distrital (Pueblo Viejo) (5 spp.) (Table 1). Parque El Virrey serves as a “contemplative” park while the other three UGS are designed for different purposes, primarily recreational use, and two of them, viz. Parque Ilarco and Parque Cabañas del Norte, are small parks with an area of less than 1 hectare each (Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá 2021, 2022). At first sight this may be surprising, and one would expect that larger UGS specifically designed for conservation purposes would support the largest number of psyllid species. As psyllids are host specific, the presence of the host is the most important factor allowing the occurrence of psyllid species at a particular place. Local psyllid diversity usually reflects local host diversity.

The number of 21 species found during the survey is high in comparison to the number of taxa previously reported from Colombia: 34 identified species plus ten species identified only to genus (Pinzón et al. 2002; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017). This high percentage is, however, an artefact of the poor knowledge of the psyllid fauna of Colombia. From Brazil, whose psyllid diversity is slightly better known than that of Colombia, 163 species have been recorded (Burckhardt and Queiroz 2023). However, the actual number of species is likely to be in excess of 1000 (Burckhardt and Queiroz 2020). Comparing the number of plant species of the two countries with 44,000 species in Brazil and 37,000 species in Colombia (Flora e Funga do Brasil 2023; SiB Colombia 2023), it is reasonable to expect several hundreds of psyllid species in Colombia. The presence of previously undescribed species and the high percentage (38%) of species identified only to genus is a further indication of the hazy state of taxonomic knowledge.

Most specimens (3,800) were taken on plants which we consider hosts (vs 184 on non-hosts) (Table 2). Among the seven species with more than 20 collected specimens, less than 10% of the specimens were collected on non-hosts for four of them, while two species had between 10 and 15% of specimens on non-hosts. In only one species, Acizzia uncatoides, almost 40% of specimens were collected on non-hosts, reflecting the high mobility of this invasive species. Of these seven species, two, viz. Calophya schini and Syncoptozus mexicanus, are known to be monophagous, while the others are oligophagous. The suspected hosts of Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. (Clusia sp.), Mastigimas colombianus (Cedrela montana), M. longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov. (Cedrela montana) and Synoza cornutiventris (Ficus americana subsp. andicola, Ficus sp.) are native, probably including those not identified to species.

A third of the psyllid species and more than 70% of the specimens found during the survey are exotic: the Australian Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae, A. uncatoides, Ctenarytaina eucalypti, C. spatulata and Glycaspis brimblecombei, the North American Syncoptozus mexicanus, and the Peruvian Calophya schini. The high abundance of these species is promoted by urban landscaping practices using exotic tree species (Molina-Prieto and Acosta-Hernández 2018; Bernal et al. 2022; Molina 2022), such as Acacia decurrens, A. melanoxylon, Schinus areira, and Magnolia grandiflora. Incidently, species like A. decurrens, A. melanoxylon, Eucalyptus globulus, and S. areira were among the earliest species used for urban arborisation in Bogotá (Molina-Prieto and Acosta-Hernández 2018). Schinus areira, the host of C. schini, the most abundant psyllid species of the survey (63% of all specimens), constitutes one of the most characteristic trees of Bogotá (Jardín Botánico de Bogotá 2022). Native to Bolivia, northern Chile, and Peru (Bernal et al. 2016; POWO 2023), S. areira was introduced into Bogotá around 1850 (Molina-Prieto and Acosta-Hernández 2018) and now numbers approximately 24,000 trees (Jardín Botánico de Bogotá 2023). Immatures of C. schini induce pit-galls on the leaflets of their host (Pinzón and González 2002; Rendón-Mera et al. 2017), and it is not uncommon to find the heavily galled foliage of S. areira throughout the city (pers. observation of the authors).

There are twice as many native as exotic psyllid species (66%) but only four of these (Leuronota albilinea Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov., Mastigimas colombianus, M. longicaudatus Rendón-Mera, Burckhardt & Vargas-Fonseca, sp. nov., and Synoza cornutiventris) are represented by more than five individuals. Of the other ten species, three are identified to species and the other seven may be undescribed, but more material is needed to confirm this.

The psyllid data from our arthropod survey show that the UGS in Bogotá support a diverse psyllid fauna. The dominance of exotic tree species (Jardín Botánico de Bogotá 2023), however, promotes adventive, potentially invasive psyllids at the expense of the native fauna. For conservation of the native insect fauna, the use of native trees and shrubs should be considered a priority when new UGS are planned.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Giovanny Fagua, Dimitri Forero, Alejandra Rodríguez (MPUJ), and Francisco Serna (UNAB) for granting access to the collections; Kristian Rubiano for designing the map figure; Jowita Drohojowska, Diana Percy, Igor Malenovský, Alexandra Viertler, and Armando Rosario-Lebrón for useful comments on previous manuscript drafts. DIR-M and SAV-F would like to thank Sara for her assistance at the MPUJ. This study forms part of the work of DIR-M towards a Ph.D. degree at the University of Basel, funded by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Students from the Federal Commission (ESKAS), the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG) and the Maria Parmigiani-Fonds, Basel.

Additional information

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Ethical statement

No ethical statement was reported.

Funding

DIR-M was funded by the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Students from the Federal Commission (ESKAS), the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG) and the Maria Parmigiani-Fonds, Basel.

Author contributions

Conceptualization: VO, DB, JD, SAVF, DIRM. Data curation: DIRM, SAVF, VO, JD. Formal analysis: DIRM, DB. Investigation: DB, DIRM. Methodology: VO, JD. Project administration: VO, JD, SAVF. Resources: SAVF, DB, DIRM, VO, JD. Supervision: SAVF, JD, DB, VO. Validation: DB, DIRM. Visualization: DIRM. Writing - original draft: DIRM. Writing - review and editing: DIRM, VO, SAVF, DB, JD.

Author ORCIDs

Diana Isabel Rendón-Mera https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2553-9486

Daniel Burckhardt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8368-5268

Sergio Andrés Vargas-Fonseca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-905X

Data availability

All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text.

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Appendix 1

Table A1.

Green Spaces (UGS) per district (“localidades”). In some instances, the park names as indicated on the collection labels differ from the official names, which are here provided in parentheses. See glossary of terms below, compilated from: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá 2021, 2022, IDRD 2023a, 2023b.

Neighbourhood / UGS Identifier Park level and typology Park classification
Antonio Nariño
Parque Ciudad Jardín 15-027 Structuring (sport) Zonal
Chapinero
Parque El Chicó 02-097 Proximity Pocket
Parque El Virrey 02-014 Structuring (contemplative) Zonal
Sendero Quebrada La Vieja Protected area
Engativá
Jardín Botánico de Bogotá 10-291 Structuring (contemplative) Metropolitan
Rafael Uribe Uribe
Parque Palermo Sur 18-035 Proximity Neighbourhood
San Cristóbal
Parque La Victoria 04-122 Structuring (sport) Zonal
Parque Primero de Mayo (Deportivo Primero de Mayo) 04-196 Structuring (sport) Metropolitan
Parque San Cristóbal 04-127 Structuring (cultural) Metropolitan
Parque Villa de los Alpes 04-075 Structuring (sport) Zonal
Santa Fe
Parque La Independencia (Independencia-Bicentenario) 03-039 Structuring (cultural) Metropolitan
Parque Nacional 03-035 Structuring (cultural) Metropolitan
Parque Ilarco 11-007 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Tercer Milenio 03-085 Structuring (cultural) Metropolitan
Universidad Distrital (Pueblo Viejo) Structuring (NIA) Zonal
Suba
Cerro La Conejera Protected area Ecological
Parque Canal Molinos (Parque La Alhambra Sector Sur) 11-097 Proximity Neighbourhood
Vacant lot
Usaquén
CAI Santa Barbara (Urbanización Santa Bárbara Primer Sector) 01-198 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Altablanca 01-075 Structuring (sport) Zonal
Parque Belmira 01-187 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Cabañas del Norte 01-244 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque CAI Lisboa (Urbanización Ginebra Norte) 01-120 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Cedro Madeira (El Cedro Maderia) 01-250 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Contador Norte 01-083 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque Ginebra-Bella Suiza 01-106 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque La Francia (Urbanización Los Molinos) 01-118 Proximity Neighbourhood
Parque La Vida 01-012 Structuring (recreational) Zonal
Parque Nueva Autopista 01-064 Structuring (contemplative) Zonal
Parque Usaquén 2 (Santa Barbara Primer Sector) 01-087 Proximity Neighbourhood
Usme
Parque Chuniza-Famaco (Famaco) 05-086 Structuring (cultural) Zonal
Parque La Andrea 05-004 Structuring (sport) Zonal
Parque Virrey Sur 05-016 Structuring (sport) Zonal

Glossary

Contemplative: Spaces designed to promote the richness and diversity of vegetation cover for environmental enjoyment and low-impact human activities. They focus on a contemplative and educational relationship achieved through both permanence and travel. Their main spatial design component is ecological.

Cultural: Spaces designed to serve as meeting places, promoting permanence for the development of civic or cultural activities and outdoor events that highlight cultural values, traditions, and collective memory. The design can incorporate various care and social services, with permanence as the main spatial design component.

Ecological park: Parks that due to their high scenic and/or biological value, as well as their location and accessibility, are intended for the preservation, restoration, and sustainable ecological use of their biophysical elements for environmental education and passive recreation.

Metropolitan park: Parks covering an area of more than 10 hectares, designated for the development of both active and passive recreational uses, aiming to generate landscape and environmental values. The influence of these spaces extends across the entire territory of the city.

Neighbourhood park: Parks with an area of less than one hectare, designed for the recreation, meeting, and integration of the community, addressing the specific needs of the neighbourhoods.

Pocket park: Neighbourhood-type parks but with an area of less than 0.1 hectares, intended primarily for the recreation of children and senior citizens.

Protected area: Spaces with unique value for the natural heritage of the Capital District, ecosystems, biodiversity conservation, and the evolution of culture in the area.

Proximity space: Spaces mostly smaller than one hectare that offer a diverse range of leisure activities at a local scale.

Recreational: Spaces designed to provide facilities for the development of recreational activities, promoting relationships between individuals, the development of skills, and engagement in both free and structured activities. Their main spatial design component is play.

Sport: Spaces designed to accommodate physical activities and sports practice at different levels, including recreational, training, and competitive levels. The activities focus on the physical conditioning of different age groups, either individually or collectively. The main spatial design component of these spaces is sports.

Structuring space: Spaces larger than one hectare that provide a diverse range of leisure activities, supporting both regional and district scales. These spaces contribute not only to human interactions but also to environmental and ecosystemic connectivity.

Zonal park: Parks ranging from 1 to 10 hectares designed to fulfil the active recreational needs of a group of neighbourhoods and can accommodate specialized sport facilities.

References

Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá (2021) Anexo 03. Inventario de espacio público peatonal y para el encuentro. In: Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial: Bogotá Reverdece 2022–2035. Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, Secretaría Distrital de Planeación, Bogotá, 200. https://www.sdp.gov.co/sites/default/files/anexo_03_inventario_espacio_publico_0.pdf [Accessed 24 Nov 2023]

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