EPPO Global Database

Macrohomotoma gladiata(MAHOGL)

Distribution details in Indonesia (Sumatra)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Absent, invalid record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/219) : Sumatra.

According to Hollis & Broomfield (1989) the specimen identified by Crawford (1928) (which is probably the original source of all records in Sumatra), is a misidentification.
References
* Crawford DL (1928) Fauna sumatrensis (Beitrag Nr. 61). Psyllidae 17, 425–426.

* Hollis D, Broomfield PS (1989) Ficus-feeding psyllids (Homoptera), with special reference to the Homotomidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Series 58(2), 131-183.
------- The specimen identified by Crawford (1928) is thought to be a different species.

* Mifsud D, Porcelli F (2011) Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama, 1908: a jumping plant-lice recently introduced into the EPPO Region (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/macrohomotoma_gladiata_ES/macrohomotoma_gladiata.htm