Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae) Author Aléné, Désirée C. 0000-0002-9822-0786 Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon & Faculty of Science, University of Ebolowa, Ebolowa, Cameroon chantalalene@yahoo.fr Author Serbina, Liliya Š. 0000-0002-5171-8253 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany Author Djiéto-Lordon, Champlain 0000-0003-3144-7449 Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon Author Malenovský, Igor 0000-0001-8840-2263 Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Author Burckhardt, Daniel 0000-0001-8368-5268 Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland text Journal of Natural History 2025 2025-02-10 59 9 - 12 573 586 journal article 308586 10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396 4ed0ff51-6869-4476-81bf-9aff5df93a7f 1464-5262 14970796

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 glaberrimum
Species	O	Y	VY	Total	KW-Test (Χ2)
Numbers represent insect abundance (absolute and relative values). KW-Test = Kruskal-Wallis test.
Lilaoshia psorospermi	3387 (46.85%)	2319 (32.08%)	1523 (21.07%)	7229	Χ2 = 0.42; P> 0.05
Crematogaster striatulus	238 (42.42%)	198 (35.30%)	125 (22.30%)	561	Χ2 = 0.43; P> 0.05
Camponotus congolensis	77 (48%)	46 (28.60%)	38 (23.60%)	161	Χ2 = 17.71; P <10−3
Camponotus flavomarginatus	194 (71.90%) 56 (20.74%)	56 (20.74%)	20 (7.41%)	270	Χ2 = 0.47; P> 0.05
Tapinoma sp.	5 (50.00%)	5 (50.00%)	0 (0.00%)	10	Χ2 = 8.17; P <10−3