A review of the Afrotropical jumping plant-lice of the Phacopteronidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Author
Malenovský, Igor
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-04-29
2086
1
1
74
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2086.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2086.1.1
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Pseudophacopteron hankae
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 54, 56
,
78
, 215, 246)
Description.
Adult (known only from females;
Fig. 56
). Colour. Vertex broadly pale yellow medially, orange brown laterally; genae, frons and clypeus ochreous to orange brown. Pronotum orange brown, midline and lateral tubercles yellow. Mesopraescutum orange brown with a pale yellow triangular patch basally and medially. Mesoscutum orange brown, midline and lateral corners yellow. Mesoscutellum, metascutum, metascutellum and metapseudonotum yellow. Lateral sclerites of thorax dark brown to black. Antenna yellow, segment 2 basally and segment 4 apically brown, segments 5–7 apically narrowly black, segments 9–10 entirely black. Legs yellow; metacoxa with dark markings posteriorly; fore and mid femora with two dark brown streaks near apex and base; metafemur with an oblique dark brown streak on outer side in apical third; metatibia infuscated brown basally. Fore wing membrane clear, transparent, with a small narrow dark brown patch along apical tenth of vein Rs, light brown oval patches along apical halves of veins M
1+2
, M
3+4
and Cu
1a
, and indistinct infuscation along Cu
1b
(
Fig. 54
). Veins off-white to ochreous except for brown C+Sc, dark brown apical portion of Rs and dark brown spots in middle of R+M+Cu
1
, at base of R, on forks of M and Cu
1
, touching point of Rs and M
1+2
, in middle of Cu
1a
, on apices of M
1+2
, M
3+4
, Cu
1a
, Cu
1b
, and two spots on anal vein. Hind wing clear, transparent; C+Sc brown. Abdominal tergites orange brown, narrowly dark brown posteriorly. Sternites yellow, sides of first visible sternite with a large dark brown patch. Female terminalia yellow, subgenital plate dark brown basally.
Morphology. Head similar to
P. zimmermanni
. Antenna relatively slender, segments 4–7 slightly widening to apex; terminal setae subequal, about same length as segments 9 and 10 together (
Fig. 246
). Fore wing relatively narrow, pyriform, apex broadly rounded; surface spinulation present in cells cu
1
, cu
2
, m
1
, m
2
, r
1
and apical portion of r
2
(
Fig. 78
). Mesotibia with subapical comb on outer margin consisting of seven densely arranged stout setae. Hind legs long and slender; metatibia with seven relatively sparsely arranged apical spurs and seven similar spurs laterally; metabasitarsus distinctly longer than broad. Female proctiger and subgenital plate with moderately long apical extensions; dorsal margin of proctiger concave; circumanal pore ring with two rows of pores, pores of outer row spaced; subgenital plate, in lateral view, blunt apically (Fig. 215); in ventral view, narrowly triangular with a narrowly truncate apex, similar to
P. nothospondiadis
as in Fig. 212. Ventral valvula with usually 3–4 fine lateral teeth subapically (Fig. 215). Measurements and ratios in Tabs. 2–4.
Male and larva unknown.
Host plant.
Two
paratypes
were collected on
Vepris
(=
Teclea
)
simplicifolia
(Rutaceae)
, a possible host plant.
Biology.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Kenya
.
Material examined.
Holotype
,
♀
,
KENYA
:
Nairobi
, junction of the
Magadi–Langata
road, ca.
5400 ft
,
26 July 1974
(
D. Hollis
).
Dry-mounted
[
BMNH
]
.
Paratypes
:
KENYA
:
2 ♀
,
Nairobi
,
Langata
, ICIPE-Property
Forest
,
1°20’S
,
36°46’E
,
1650 m
,
12–14 January 1999
, dry forest,
Teclea simplicifolia
, canopy fogging (
T. Wagner
)
;
1 ♀
,
Masai Mara Game Reserve
,
Serena Lodge
,
8 March 1979
(
C. Burckhardt
). Dry- and slidemounted [
MMBC
,
NHMB
]
.
Etymology.
Named in honour of Hanka Malenovská for her patient support throughout the study.
Comments.
P. hankae
shares a similar fore wing pattern and the structure of hind legs (long and slender form, a similar number and arrangement of apical and lateral spurs) with
P. geminum
,
P. kala
and
P. nothospondiadis
. The shape of the female terminalia is similar to the latter two species.
P. hankae
is differentiated from
P. kala
and
P. nothospondiadis
by the distribution and size of brown patches on the fore wings (cf.
Figs. 51–52
), the relatively shorter and more robust antenna, and the slightly broader apex of the female subgenital plate in lateral view (cf. Figs. 209, 211). See comments under
P. geminum
.