Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in
Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae)
developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae)

J 2025

Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae)

ALENE, Desiree C.; Liliia SERBINA; Champlain DJIETO-LORDON; Igor MALENOVSKÝ; Daniel BURCKHARDT et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae)

Authors

ALENE, Desiree C. (guarantor); Liliia SERBINA (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution); Champlain DJIETO-LORDON; Igor MALENOVSKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Daniel BURCKHARDT

Edition

Journal of Natural History, ABINGDON, Taylor & Francis, 2025, 0022-2933

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.800 in 2023

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396

UT WoS

001416994000001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85218271208

Keywords in English

Cameroon; Formicidae; Paurocephalini; Sternorrhyncha; taxonomy; trophobiosis

Abstract

V originále

Lilaoshia psorospermi Burckhardt, Al & eacute;n & eacute; and Serbina, sp. n. (Psylloidea: Liviidae: Liviinae: Paurocephalini), developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae), is described from the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Adults, fifth-instar immatures and eggs are diagnosed and illustrated, and relationships to other Lilaoshia species are discussed. Information is provided on the biology and ecology. In contrast to most psyllids, which feed on young plant parts, immatures and adults of L. psorospermi were observed feeding on old leaves, where they were always tended by the following ant species: Camponotus congolensis, C. flavomarginatus, Crematogaster striatulus and Tapinoma sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The workers of these ants, especially C. congolensis and C. striatulus, usually build shelters of soil, sand and plant debris around and above the psyllid colonies.

Cite

ALENE, Desiree C.; Liliia SERBINA; Champlain DJIETO-LORDON; Igor MALENOVSKÝ and Daniel BURCKHARDT. Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae). Journal of Natural History. ABINGDON: Taylor & Francis, 2025, vol. 59, 9-12, p. 573-586. ISSN 0022-2933. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396.

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ALENE, Desiree C.; Liliia SERBINA; Champlain DJIETO-LORDON; Igor MALENOVSKÝ and Daniel BURCKHARDT. Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae). \textit{Journal of Natural History}. ABINGDON: Taylor \&{} Francis, 2025, vol.~59, 9-12, p.~573-586. ISSN~0022-2933. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396.

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