Molecular and morphometric identification of pistachio psyllids with niche modeling of (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae).

Species of Agonoscena (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) are key pests of pistachio in all of the most important pistachio producing countries in the Old World. The efficiency and accuracy of DNA barcoding for the identification of Agonoscena species were tested using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (mtCO1) and cytochrome b (cytb) gene sequences. Moreover, morphometric sexual dimorphism was studied.

Identification, sexual dimorphism, and allometric effects of three psyllid species of the genus by geometric morphometric analysis (Hemiptera, Liviidae).

Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) are considered important vectors of plant diseases and also economically important pests in agriculture and forest ecosystems. Three psyllid species Loginova, 1963, Loginova, 1963, and Loginova, 1963 associated with the ash tree are morphologically very similar. So far, their distinction has been possible only by comparing their male and female genitalia.