Calinda muiscas
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Calinda muiscas Olivares & Burckhardt, 1997
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Calinda muiscas is a species of jumping plant lice of the genus Calinda in the family of Triozidae. The species was first described in 1997 by Olivares and Burckhardt.[1]
Etymology and habitat
[edit]Although the species name is linked to the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of Colombia, the holotype has been found near former Inca Emperor estate Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru.[2]
Description
[edit]An adult male specimen of Calinda muiscas has been described having a brownish-ochre head and thorax. The antennae are dark-brown and ochreous, legs, abdomen and genitalia are ochreous. The forewing is yellowish-transparent with ochreous veins.[3] The louse as apical dilatation of aedeagus, elongate with distinct ventro-basal hook distant from shaft.[4] The forewing is about 2 mm long.[5] The host plant for the jumping plant louse is unknown.[6]
References
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[edit]- Olivares, Tania S.; Burckhardt, Daniel (1997). Jumping plant-lice of the New World genus Calinda (Hemiptera:Psylloidea:Triozidae) (PDF). Geneva, Switzerland: Société Suisse de Zoologie. pp. 231–344. ISSN 0035-418X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-29.