Mitrapsylla copaiferae Burckhardt & Queiroz

Mitrapsylla copaiferae Burckhardt & Queiroz

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Mitrapsylla copaiferae Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020: 40. Holotype ♁, Brazil: Minas Gerais, Vargem Bonita, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Cachoeira Casca d’Anta, around park entrance, -20.3083, -46.5217, 850–860 m, 4–8.ix.2014, transition from riparian to Cerrado vegetation, Copaifera langsdorffii (D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz), #141(4) (MZSP, dry) (examined).

Material examined. São Paulo: 1 ♀, Araraquara, Fazenda Cambuhy, 12.ix.2006, citrus grove, suction trap (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♀, same but 24.xi.2006 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same but 27.ix.2007 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Matão, Fazenda Marchesan, 21.x.2005, citrus grove, suction trap (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♀, same but 24.vii.2006 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 2 ♀, same but 3.ix.2007 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♁, same but 17.ix.2007 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same but 3.iv.2008 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same but 20.ix.2008 (P. Yamamoto) (FSCA, 70% ethanol).

Description of adult and last instar immature by Burckhardt & Queiroz (2020).

Distribution. Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, S„o Paulo) (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2020).

Host-plant. Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. and perhaps C. oblongifolia Mart. (Leguminosae, Detarioideae, Detarieae) (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2020).