Retracted Stylets in Nymphs of the Asian Citrus Psyllid are Held Externally Against the Clypeus by a Special Paired Organ Not Found in the Adults
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Differences in ultrastructure of the mouthparts in nymphs and adults of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), vector of the bacterium associated with citrus huanglongbing disease, were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The number of sensilla on the labial tip in nymphs was greater than that in adults. Furthermore, during the resting (non-feeding) periods, the retracted/looped stylets in the adults are hidden inside a bag called the crumena, whereas the fully or partially retracted stylets in nymphs are externally visible between the clypeus and 2 large projections, not found in the adults, at the base of the labium. These projections, that we called ‘stylet-holding organ’, were found also in nymphs of the melaleuca psyllid, Boreioglycaspis melaleuca, retracted/looped stylets.Se utilizó el método de ecografia microscópica electrónica con el fin de determinar la ultraestructura del aparato bucal de las ninfas y adultos del psílido Asiático de los citricos Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), el cual es el vector de la bacteria asociada con la enfermedad de ‘huanglonbing’. El número de sensilla en la punta del labio en las ninfas fué mayor que el encontrado en los adultos. Mas aún, durante períodos de descanso (sin alimentarse) del insecto, los estiletes del adulto estan escondidos/encorvados en una bolsa llamada crumena, mientras que los estiletes de las ninfas estan completamente o medio escondidos/encorvados y pueden ser vistos externamente entre el clypeo y dos proyecciones grandes. Estas proyecciones no se encuentran en la base del labio de los adultos. Estas proyecciones que nosotros llamamos ‘organo de soporte del estilete’, fueron encontradas también en los estiletes escondidos/encorvados de las ninfas del psílido de la melaleuca, Boreioglycaspis melaleuca.
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