The Immatures and Host Plant Range of the Ficus-Feeding Jumping Plant-Louse Homotoma eastopi (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in Southern Cameroon

D.C. Aléné; C. Djieto-Lordon; D. Burckhardt

doi:10.4001/003.022.0403

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D.C. Aléné,^1,* C. Djieto-Lordon,¹ D. Burckhardt²

¹1Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
²2Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001, Basel, Switzerland

^*Authorfor correspondence. E-mail: chantalalene@yahoo.fr

Abstract

Homotoma eastopi Hollis & Broomfield 1989, previously described from Bamenda (Northwest Region, Cameroon) with unknown immatures and host plants is presently reported from Yaounde (Centre Region, Cameroon), on several species of the genus Ficus on which adults and immatures feed. The last instar immature is described and illustrated; taxonomically relevant morphological details of the adults are illustrated, especially on the head, and male and female terminalia. The host plant range and information on its biology are also given.

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D.C. Aléné, C. Djieto-Lordon, and D. Burckhardt "The Immatures and Host Plant Range of the Ficus-Feeding Jumping Plant-Louse Homotoma eastopi (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in Southern Cameroon," African Entomology 22(4), 880-887, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0403

Accepted: 1 September 2014; Published: 1 December 2014