Psyllidae of New Zealand — TutHILL 
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segment large; dorsal valve somewhat atten- 
uate in apical portion, apex rounded, up- 
turned; ventral valve shorter than dorsal, 
sharp. 
HOLOTYPE, female, allotype, male, numer- 
ous paratypes. Crown Range, December 6, 
1950, E. S. Gourlay, beaten from Car- 
michaelia sp. Two additional paratypes taken 
from Carmichaelia sp., near Kingston, Janu- 
ary 22. 
HOST PLANT: Carmichaelia sp. 
The degree of relationship of this form to 
that here designated as a subspecies is a 
puzzle. Whether intensive future work will 
show them to be distinct species or whether 
they will prove to be merely two of a large 
number of variants in a complex, inhabiting 
the various species of Carmichaelia, is prob- 
lematical but I suspect it will prove to be an 
inseparable complex. 
Psylla carmichaeliae indistincta n. subsp. 
Fig. 8 
Length to tip of folded wings 2. 3-2. 5 mm. 
COLOR: General color orange-brown to 
yellow-brown. Vertex and pronotum mostly 
white with fuscous markings. Dorsum of 
thorax with fuscous and white longitudinal 
stripes. Femora and abdomen dark brown. 
Forewings white with dark brown spots as in 
typical subspecies but more concentrated. 
STRUCTURE: Body surface punctate, shin- 
ing. Head as wide as mesoscutum. Head and 
pronotum deflexed. Vertex with strong discal 
impressions, produced anteriorly, somewhat 
overhanging median ocellus, 0.6 as long as 
wide. Genae produced as large blunt pro- 
cesses, not contiguous at base but touching 
for about half their length, sharply depressed 
below plane of vertex, 0.6 as long as vertex, 
small projecting lobe next to eye. Antennae 
twice as long as width of head. Eyes small, 
not recessive. Pronotum wide, in same plane 
as vertex. Forewings twice as long as wide, 
broadly rounded, membrane thickened, trans- 
lucent, punctate, thickly set with points; 
pterostigma present, short and broad, Rs 
long, straight to near tip then curved to mar- 
gin, medial cell small, cubital much larger, 
short and broad. Metatibiae without basal 
armature, with 5 black apical spines. Proximal 
segment of metatarsi with a pair of black 
claws. Meracanthi large. 
Male proctiger long, swollen caudad. For- 
ceps shorter than proctiger; in lateral view 
broad basally, narrowed to sharp tip, margins 
somewhat sinuate; in caudal view stout. 
Fig. 8. Psylla carmichaeliae indistincta n. subsp. 
a. Lateral aspect of male cauda; b, lateral aspect of 
female cauda. 
