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
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930110048909
journal article
10.1080/00222930110048909
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Paurocephala chonchaiensis
Boselli
(gures 12B, D, F, H, J)
Paurocephala chonchaiensis
Boselli, 1929: 252
;
Lectotype
, (UNEI) examined, by present designation.
Paurocephala conchaiensis
Boselli
;
Boselli, 1929: 259
;
1930: 186
;
Hodkinson, 1983: 355
. misspelling.
Paurocephala
(
Thoracocorna
)
chonchaiensis
Boselli
;
Klimaszewski, 1970: 426
; 1973: 161.
Paurocephala pumilae
Li and Yang, 1987: 46
.
Holotype
(BAUC), examined, syn. n.
Paurocephala zhejiangensis
Yang and Li, 1987: 48
.
Holotype
(BAUC), examined, syn. n.
Description.
Species of the
chonchaiensis
type
.
Adult: similar to
P. bifasciata
diVering in the overall darker body coloration; in the longer setae on forewing veins; surface spinules in cells of forewing denser; ratio of antennal length to head width and forewing length to forewing width. Measurements and ratios as in
table 2A–C
.
Fifth instar larva: similar to
P. bifasciata
diVering in coloration. Antenna yellow, distal half of agellum brown. Dorsal sclerites brown. Caudal plate yellow to light brown. Measurements and ratios as in
table 3
.
Host plants
.
Ficus pumila
L. (
Moraceae
).
Distribution
.
China
(
Yang and Li, 1987
) (
Hong Kong
) and
Japan
(
Miyatake, 1965
).
Material examined
.
China
:
Lectotype
,
paralectotypes
2, 3,
5 larvae
, Fu-Chow,
27 November 1924
,
Ficus
sp. (F. Silvestri)
;
Holotype
(of
P. pumilae
),
paratypes
7, 6,
Guangdong
,
Hainan
Island, Xinglong, Wenquan,
20–21 December 1974
,
Ficus pumila
;
Holotype
(of
P. zhejiangensis
),
Zhejiang
, Lin’an Co., Tianmushan,
4 May 1980
; 49, 49,
33 larvae
, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hill above Belchers,
200 m
,
12–13 November 1996
,
Ficus pumila
(J. H. Martin)
.
Japan
: 3, Kyushu, Hirao,
Fukuoka
,
10 June 1958
,
Ficus pumila
(Y. Miyatake)
; 1, Tsushima Is., Mitaka, Hagasaki,
30 August 1991
(K. Matsumoto) (BAUC, BMNH, MHNG, NHMB, OMNH, TULE). Dry and slide mounted and preserved in alcohol.
Comments
. Some of the literature records of
P. chonchaiensis
Boselli
concern
P. bifasciata
Kuwayama
(see comments under
P. bifasciata
). To avoid future taxonomic confusion a
lectotype
is designated here for
P. chonchaiensis
Boselli.