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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Paurocephala muiri
sp. n.
(gures 17D, 18D, 19D, H, M, 20D)
Description.
Species of the
psylloptera
type
.
Adult: similar to
P. psylloptera
diVering in the darker overall body coloration and Rs vein with 23–28 setae. Measurements and ratios as in
table 2A–C
.
Fifth instar larva: unknown.
Host plants
. The material examined was collected on
Ficus
sp. (Moraceae)
which could be the host plant.
Distribution
.
Indonesia
(Tanimbar Island).
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
,
Indonesia
:
Tanimbar Island
,
Larat
,
December 1907
(
F. Muir
) (
USNM
).
Dry
mounted.
PARATYPES
.
Indonesia
: 1, 5, same data as holotype (
BMNH
,
MHNG
,
USNM
). Dry and slide mounted
.
Comments
.
P. muiri
sp. n.
is similar to
P. psylloptera
Crawford. The
best character to separate the two species is the shorter setae associated with antennal rhinaria 8 and 9. The record of
P. psylloptera
by
Crawford (1919: 149
, Tenimbar Island, Larat) concerns this species.