Table 1. Distribution of Lilaoshia psorospermi Burckhardt, Aléné and Serbina sp. n. and its associated ant species on old leaves (O), young leaves (Y) and very young leaves (VY) of Psorospermum glaberrimum. Age classes of Psorospermum glaberrimumSpeciesOYVYTotalKW-Test (Χ2)Lilaoshia psorospermi3387 (46.85%)2319 (32.08%)1523 (21.07%)7229Χ2 = 0.42; P> 0.05Crematogaster striatulus238 (42.42%)198 (35.30%)125 (22.30%)561Χ2 = 0.43; P> 0.05Camponotus congolensis77 (48%)46 (28.60%)38 (23.60%)161Χ2 = 17.71; P 0.05Tapinoma sp.5 (50.00%)5 (50.00%)0 (0.00%)10Χ2 = 8.17; P <10−3 Numbers represent insect abundance (absolute and relative values). KW-Test = Kruskal-Wallis test.

Published as part of Aléné, Désirée C., Serbina, Liliya Š., Djiéto-Lordon, Champlain, Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2025, Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae), pp. 582 in Journal of Natural History 59 (9 - 12) on page 582, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396, http://zenodo.org/record/14970796