Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Old World jumping plant-louse genus Paurocephala (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea)
Author
Mifsud, D.
Author
Burckhardt, D.
text
Journal of Natural History
2002
2002-11-30
36
16
1887
1986
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930110048909
journal article
10.1080/00222930110048909
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Paurocephala trematos
Yang
et al
.
(gures 21E, F, 23E, 24H, 25E, 26E, 28E)
Paurocephala trematos
Yang, Yang and Chao, 1986
.
Holotype
,
Taiwan
, not examined.
Paurocephala tremae
Yang and Li, 1987
.
Holotype
,
China
, examined. Syn. n.
Paurocephala guanxiensis
Yang and Li, 1987
.
Holotype
,
China
, examined. Syn. n.
Description.
Species of the
psylloptera
type
.
Adult: head black to dark brown; vertex covered by short setae. Clypeus brown. Antenna brown, segments 1–3 yellow; segment 9 with a long seta in basal quarter. Thorax entirely brown and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally. Metascutellar horn small, pointed apically. Forewing transparent to white; veins light brown, apically dark brown to forewing margin; pterostigma white. Forewing with inconspicuous to short setae on veins (vein Rs with 18–22 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical third. Surface spinules variable, present in all cells of forewing or sparse and absent in c1 sc; radular spinules present in m2, reduced in cu1. Legs yellow to light brown, tarsal segments darker. Meracanthus long, curved laterally, pointed apically. Abdominal tergites brown, sternites including genitalia, yellow to light brown. Male subgenital plate and basal half of female proctiger brown. Male paramere elongate, widest in the middle, apically rounded, few long setae posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, two to four stout setae in basal third. Measurements and ratios as in
table 2A–C
.
Fifth instar larva: no material was available for study.
Host plants
.
Trema orientalis
(L.) Blume (
Ulmaceae
).
Distribution
.
China
(
Yang and Li, 1987
),
Taiwan
(
Yang
et al.
, 1986
),
Japan
,
Thailand
and
Malaysia
.
Material examined
.
Taiwan
:
Paratypes
(of
P. trematos
) 3, 3,
Taichung
, Takeng,
1 April 1986
,
Trema orientalis
(M. M. Yang)
.
Japan
: 1, 2, Ryu-Kyu riomote, S Hoshidate,
50 m
,
7 October 1994
(C. Lienhard).
Thailand
: 2, 3,
Lampang
, Doi Mae Tho,
21 April 1998
(K. Matsumoto).
China
:
Holotype
(of
P. tremae
),
paratypes
2, 2,
Fujian
, Fuzhou,
21 October 1974
,
Trema orientalis
;
Holotype
(of
P. guanxiensis
) and
paratypes
2, 2, Guingxi, Liu-zhou,
9 June 1982
,
Trema orientalis
; 1, Hong Kong, Lantau, SW Peninsula, Shek Pik,
20 October 1990
,
Trema
?
orientalis
(J. H. Martin)
.
Malaysia
: 6, 17,
Sarawak
, Gunong Mulu N. P., Base Camp Helipad,
17–30 September 1977
,
Trema
sp. (D. Hollis)
(BMNH, BAUC, MNHG, NCHU). Dry and slide mounted.
Comments
.
The
material from
Thailand
and
Japan
agrees with
type
material of
P. trematos
Yang
et al
. The
material from Sarawak is teneral and the coloration diVers. Also the extent and density of surface spinules on forewing is diVerent (gure 21E, F). Most of the material from
China
has longer setae on forewing venation. The mentioned characters are variable in this species
.