01536naa a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024501580007926000090023752007550024665000150100165000200101665000150103665000120105165000100106365300140107365300240108770000220111170000190113370000220115270000180117477300900119219296552015-07-24       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aBURCKHARDT, D.  aThe capsicum psyllid, Russelliana capsici (Hemiptera, Psylloidea), a pest on Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae) in Argentina and Brazil.h[electronic resource]  c2012  aPrevious to this study the capsicum psyllid, Russelliana capsici Burckhardt, 1987 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Aphalaroidinae), was known only from three localities in Argentina and Brazil with the indication that one of the samples was collected on Capsicum annuum. Recently, conspicuous leaf deformations were found on capsicum plants which were caused by larvae of R. capsici. These deformations considerably damage the capsicum plants in reducing the photosynthetic area. R. capsici is therefore regarded as a pest. Here the damage is described and new localities in Argentina and Brazil are recorded. Adult and fifth instar larvae are diagnosed and illustrated, and the host plant relationships within the neotropical genus Russelliana are discussed.  aPsylloidea  aCapsicum Annuum  aHemíptera  aPimenta  aPraga  aPsilídeo  aRusselliana capsici1 aQUEIROZ, D. L. de1 aREZENDE, M. Q.1 aQUEIROZ, E. C. de1 aBOUVET, J. P.  tMitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaftgv. 85, p. 71-78, 2012.