Every nearctic psyllid genus not yet pictured on inat, and where to find them

It's 2022 and it feels like a lot more people are looking for bugs these days. Here are the remaining nearctic* psyllid genera we don't have pics of yet:

*technically a couple of these are neotropical genera that are probably restricted to southern florida, but I'm still going to list them

Limataphalara (1 species, Southern Florida, on Nectandra coriacea)
Leurolophus (1 species, southern Arizona and Texas, on Rhus virens)
Telmapsylla (1 species, Florida, on Avicennia germinans)
Hemitrioza (1 species, eastern USA, on Lactuca, Sonchus? We have this species on bugguide, let's get it here too)
Levidea (1 species, Arizona, on Parthenum incanum (supposedly))
Neotriozella (3 species, but the most common one in the eastern USA has been reared from Styrax americana. It's probably already on inat but unidentified if i had to guess. Also images on bugguide. But if my california friends are looking for a target and are disappointed by the lack of californian options on this list, there is also a California Neotriozella that has never been photographed yet. Host is unknown, but try looking at Styrax redivivus or maybe a related plant, if I had to guess. Good luck!)

And that's it! The host plant is most likely more important than the listed distribution; for example, the mangrove psyllid Leuronota maritima was observed by James Bailey on mangroves in Texas despite only being recorded from Florida. So if any of these hosts are in your area, definitely worth checking for psyllids. Click a hostplant above to see the inat observation range map for that plant.

Publicado el junio 5, 2022 05:50 MAÑANA por psyllidhipster