Thorax morphology of selected species of the genus Cacopsylla (Hemiptera, Psylloidea)

By

Drohojowska, Jowita
Kalandyk-Kołodziejczyk, Małgorzata
Simon, Ewa

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

319

Pages

27-35

Subjects

Cacopsylla , Morphology , Psylloidea , thorax

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4218

 

Abstract

The paper concerns with characteristics of a thorax morphological structure Cacopsylla Ossiannilsson, 1970 species, referring to an analysis of five species classified in the past in three subgenera. The structure of the sternites, tergites and pleurites of all the parts of the thorax was studied by a scanning microscope. Descriptions of particular elements building up thorax plates, their shape, size and links as well as a course of all the clefts and sulcus are provided. The study of thorax morphology of Cacopsylla species suggests that the thorax morphology is relatively homogenous within a genus.