The oldest jumping plant-louse (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) with comments on the classification and nomenclature of the Palaeogene Psylloidea

OUVRARD D., BURCKHARDT D. & GREENWALT D. 2013: The oldest jumping plant-louse (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) with comments on the classification and nomenclature of the Palaeogene Psylloidea. In: KMENT P., MALENOVSKÝ I. & KOLIBÁÈ J. (eds.): Studies in Hemiptera in honour of Pavel Lauterer and Jaroslav L. Stehlík. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 98(2): 21–33. – An Eocene compression fossil from the oil shales of the Kishenehn Formation in north-western Montana, USA, is described as Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius sp.nov. It is the oldest known representative of the superfamily Psylloidea sensu stricto and the first Eocene (Lutetian, ca. 46 million year old) psyllid (Aphalaridae: Aphalarinae) from the New World. The world psyllid Paleogene fauna is reviewed, and the following nomenclatural acts and changes in the classification are proposed: Carsidarina Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 = Palaeoaphalara Klimaszewski, 1993 syn.nov.; Proeurotica Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 = Plesioaphalara Klimaszewski, 1993 syn.nov.; Catopsylla Scudder, 1890 = Psyllites Cockerell, 1915 syn.nov.; Paleopsylloidini Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 = Palaeoaphalarinae Klimaszewski, 1993 syn.nov.; Parascenia Klimaszewski, 1997 stat. rev., removed from synonymy with Colposcenia Enderlein, 1929; Carsidarina Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 transferred from the Carsidaridae to the Paleopsylloidini Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 (Aphalarinae); Catopsylla Scudder, 1890 transferred from the Psyllidae to the Paleopsylloidini.