Mastigimas is the type genus of plant lice in the recently (2021) restored family Mastigimatidae;[1] previously it was included in the Calophyidae and this placement currently (February 2025) remains in many databases. The genus was erected by Günther Enderlein in 1921[2] and species have been recorded from central and southern America.[3]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[3] lists:

  1. Mastigimas anjosi Burckhardt, Queiroz, Queiroz, Andrade, Zanol & Reze
  2. Mastigimas cedrelae (Schwarz, 1899)
  3. Mastigimas colombianus Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013
  4. Mastigimas drepanodis Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013
  5. Mastigimas ernstii (Schwarz, 1899)
  6. Mastigimas peruanus Enderlein, 1921
  7. Mastigimas reseri Burckhardt, Queiroz & Drohojowska, 2013
  8. Mastigimas schwarzi (Tuthill, 1945)

References

  1. ^ a b Burckhardt, Daniel; Ouvrard, David; Percy, Diana M. (2021). "An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 137–182. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1257.
  2. ^ Enderlein G (1921) Zool. Anz., 52: 121.
  3. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Mastigimas Enderlein, 1921 (retrieved 7 February 2025)
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