Taxonavigation

Familia: Psyllidae
Subfamilia: Psyllinae
Genus: Psylla
Species: Psylla apicalis

Name

Psylla apicalis Ferris & Klyver, 1932: 52

• Original genus: Psylla, as Psyllia
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: ?
• Type host: Sophora tetraptera
• Type locality: 'Governor's Bay, Canterbury' [NEW ZEALAND MC]
• ZooBank: 3967E953-05FE-470A-A76D-5DC00674263B

References

• 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(1): 34–61, plates 7–16. Full text (with link to PDF). Reference page.  [See p. 52, and plate 12 figs. D, J, plate 13 fig. F; original description (female, male)]
• Heslop-Harrison, G. 1949: Contributions to our knowledge of the Psyllidae of Australia and New Zealand with special reference to Tasmania. Annals and magazine of natural history (12) 2(21): 641–660. DOI: 10.1080/00222934908654014 Reference page. 
• Martoni, F., Armstrong, K. 2019. Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai. PLoS ONE. 14(9): e0221316. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221316 Reference page.