Species Acizzia albizziae (Ferris & Klyver, 1932)
- Psyllia albizziae Ferris, G.F. & Klyver, F.D. 1932. Report upon a collection of Chermidae (Homoptera) from New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 63: 34-61 (+ 10) [51].
Type data:
Holotype NZAC ♂ (slide), Canterbury, Governor's Bay, New Zealand.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
SE Australia, also New Zealand (original description).
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: free-living, sap-sucker (associated flora: Albizia lophantha (Willd.) Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia decurrens Willd. [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia dealbata Link [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia spp. [MIMOSACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
On Albizia lophantha (original description only), Acacia decurrens in New Zealand, A. dealbata and Acacia spp. in SE Australia.
General References
Heslop-Harrison, G. 1949. A new Indo-Malayan genus and species of the family Psyllidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 85: 161-164 [162] (in Neopsylla)
Tuthill, L.D. 1952. On the Psyllidae of New Zealand (Homoptera). Pacific Science 6: 83-125 [89] (in Psylla (Acizzia))
Yen, A.L. 1980. The taxonomy and comparative ecology of selected psyllids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on Acacia species (Mimosaceae). Unpublished PhD Thesis, Zoology Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria. 465 pp. [274, 292] (in Psylla)