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Fig. 2: Cacopsylla pulchra (Zett.) male-genitalia.
Mynd 2.Cacopsylla pulchra (Zett.) kynsgøgn hjá kall-
dýrinum. Mátingareind: 0.3 mm. Trolle del.
Fig. 3: Cacopsylla pulchra (Zett.) female-genitalia.
Mynd3 .Cacopsylla pulchra (Zett.) kynsgøgn hjá
kvenndýrinum. Mátingareind: 0.6 mm. Trolle del.
That was all that was known about jump-
ing plantlice or psyllids in the Faroes until
Per Ketil and Birgitta Eriksson caught a
single specimen on the wing in the planta-
tion in Tórshavn on July 28th 1989.
Lars Trolle was given the specimen for
identifícation and was straight away able to
see that 1) it was a female and 2) it be-
longed to the genus Cacopsylla.
Psyllids are identified by setae on the
legs, microscopic hairs or spinules on the
uppersides of the wings, the venation of the
wings and in particular the genitalia (Do-
breanu and Monolache, 1962; Hodkinson
and White, 1979; Ossiannilsson, 1992).
However female psyllids are often regret-
tably hard to identify, so it was with some
trepidation, that we referred the species to
Cacopsylla pulchra (Zett.), Fig. 1.
We collected leafhoppers on the Faroes
from August 21 st until September 6th
1992, and we also looked for psyllids
everywhere possible. But it was not until
the 5th of September that we managed to
fmd one male and one female, and again it
was in the plantation in Tórshavn between
the Art Museum and the football-field. And
now that we had a male, it was actually nice