Checklist of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, sternorrhyncha, psyllidae) from mato grosso, Brazil

Abstract

Psyllids or jumping plant-lice are small phloem-feeding insects characterised by narrow host ranges, i.e., the plants on which they develop. This work shows the results of a survey of the superfamily Psylloidea in different biomes of Mato Grosso state. In total, 29 described genera and 24 described species are listed. The Cerrado biome showed the highest diversity, followed by the Amazon and Pantanal. Compared with a checklist published for Brazil in 2012, the present paper increases significantly the knowledge on the biodiversity of the state of Mato Grosso. In addition to the species recorded here for the first time from Mato Grosso (Diaphorina citri, Heteropsylla caldwelli, Pseudophacopteron longicaudatum, Tainarys myracrodrui and Trioza struthanthi), we provide also new records for other Brazilian states: Isogonoceraia divergipennis – from Maranhão, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina; Heteropsylla caldwelli – from Goiás and São Paulo; Euphalerus clitoriae – from Ceará, Goiás, Pará, Paraná and Santa Catarina; Trioza tabebuiae – from Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Santa Catarina; and Trioza struthanthi from São Paulo.