Species Acizzia albizziae (Ferris & Klyver, 1932)

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• Psyllia albizziae Ferris, G.F. & Klyver, F.D. 1932. Report upon a collection of Chermidae (Homoptera) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 63: 34-61 (+ 10) [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZAC ♂ (slide), Canterbury, Governor's Bay, New Zealand.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

SE Australia, also New Zealand (original description).

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: free-living, sap-sucker (associated flora: Acacia decurrens Willd. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle; Acacia dealbata Link [FABACEAE] Silver Wattle; Acacia spp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

On Albizia lophantha (original description only), Acacia decurrens in New Zealand, A. dealbata and Acacia spp. in SE Australia.

General References

Heslop-Harrison, G. 1949. A new Indo-Malayan genus and species of the family Psyllidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 85: 161-164 [162] (in Neopsylla)

Tuthill, L.D. 1952. On the Psyllidae of New Zealand (Homoptera). Pacific Science 6: 83-125 [89] (in Psylla (Acizzia))

Yen, A.L. 1980. The taxonomy and comparative ecology of selected psyllids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on Acacia species (Mimosaceae). Unpublished PhD Thesis, Zoology Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria. 465 pp. [274, 292] (in Psylla)

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