Journal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production (Jan 2015)
Determination of the Species Diversity of Psylloidea Superfamily (Hemiptera) in East-Azarbaijan Province
Abstract
Psyllids are belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha, and superfamily Psylloidea. Studied materials were collected using different methods such as sweeping net, Malaise and Schneider traps from various orchards and fields of East- Azarbaijan province during 2010- 2011. In this study 17 species were collected and identified in which 7 species are belonging of Triozidae family and 10 species are belonging of Psyllidae family. Out of the studied materials, 14 species are being reported for the first time from East-Azarbaijan which marked with an asterisk. The list of the species is as follows: Craspedolepta pontica* Dobreanu & Manolache, 1962; Cyamophila astragalicola* Gegechkori, 1977; Cyamophila oshanini* Loginova, 1964; Psyllopsis machinosus* Loginova, 1963; Psyllopsis repens* Loginova, 1963; Psyllopsis scuricola* Loginova, 1963; Camarotoscena fulgidipennis* Loginova, 1975; Cacopsylla bidens* Sulc, 1907; Cacopsylla pyri Linnaeus, 1758; Cacopsylla pyricola Fӧrster, 1848; Bactericera albiventris* Fӧrster, 1848; Bactericera nigricornis* Fӧrster, 1848; Bactericera tremblayi Wagner, 1961; Bactericera trigonica* Hodkinson, 1981; Trioza chenopodii* Reuter, 1876; Trioza galii* Fӧrster, 1848; Trioza urticae* Linnaeus, 1758.
