Paurocephala lucida, Mifsud & Burckhardt, 2002

Mifsud, D. & Burckhardt, D., 2002, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Old World jumping plant-louse genus Paurocephala (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea), Journal of Natural History 36 (16), pp. 1887-1986 : 1932-1938

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110048909

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0381D35D-FFA1-FFCD-DDD0-FA27FBB71705

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Felipe

scientific name

Paurocephala lucida
status

sp. nov.

Key to Paurocephala View in CoL View at ENA

(Excluding P. minuta Crawford and P. phalaki Mathur , for which material was unavailable or insuYcient).

Adults

1 Metatibia with simple setae laterally, diVerent from apical spurs (gure 4D, G)... 2

– Metatibia with one or two rows of stout setae laterally, similar to apical spurs (gure 4C, E, F, H)................... 12 2 First four visible abdominal tergites with a group of stout setae laterally (gure 5I)....................... lucida View in CoL sp. n.

– Abdominal tergites with one row of simple setae laterally (gure 11E)..... 3

3 Antennal segment 9 without setae or with one short seta apically. Male paramere without peg-like setae on inner surface (gure 11C, D)......... 4

– Antennal segment 9 with two long apical setae as long as or longer than segment. Male paramere with peg-like setae on inner surface (gures 7D, E, 8C, D).... 6

4 Abdominal tergites each with a horn-like structure dorsally (gure 11E). Forewing pointed apically (gure 9E)............. brendelli View in CoL sp. n.

– Abdominal tergites without a horn-like structure dorsally. Forewing rounded apically. 5

5 Forewing dark brown in basal half of pterostigma and base of vein A (gure 9D). Antennal rhinaria with bi d setae. Male paramere rounded apically.. lienhardi View in CoL sp. n.

– Forewing brown at base and apex of pterostigma, end of veins to forewing margin, towards middle of veins R1 M1 Cu1, R, M1 Cu1 and A. Antennal rhinaria without bi d setae. Male paramere pointed apically......... insolita View in CoL sp. n.

6 PT<0.5 RL..................... 7

– PT>0.5 RL..................... 8

7 Body coloration dark brown. Surface spinules present in cell c1 sc. AL/HW>1.28........................ hollisi View in CoL sp. n.

– Body coloration yellow. Surface spinules absent in cell c1 sc. AL/HW<1.24......................... sinuata View in CoL sp. n. 8 WL/WW <2.34, d/e<3.0. Male proctiger with small rounded posterior plate (gure 8A, B).................... 9

– WL/WW>2.38, d/e>3.3. Male proctiger with elongate posterior plate..... 10

9 a/b<1.2. Male paramere with one or two peg-like setae in basal third of inner surface. Female proctiger with straight circumanal ring........ boxi View in CoL sp. n.

– a/b>1.4. Male paramere with four peg-like setae in basal third of inner surface. Female proctiger with cruciform circumanal ring........ medleri View in CoL sp. n.

10 Antennal segments ve and seven as long as wide. AL/HW<0.9, ML/HW<1.0....................... gossypii Russell View in CoL

– Antennal segments ve and seven longer than wide. AL/HW>1.0, ML/HW>1.0.. 11

11 Head, pronotum, mesothoracic praescutum and scutum dark brown. Female proctiger with inner and outer rows of circumanal ring having equal number of pores (gure 5A)................... abutili View in CoL sp. n.

– Head, pronotum, mesothoracic praescutum and scutum yellow to orange. Female proctiger with inner row of circumanal ring with a reduced number of pores than outer one (gure 5C)............. urenae Russell View in CoL

12 Abdominal tergites each with a horn-like structure dorsally........ 13 – Abdominal tergites without horn like-structures dorsally......... 15

13 Metascutellar horn pointed and elongate laterally. Terminal seta longer than agellum..................... elegans sp. n.

– Metascutellar horn curved and hump shaped laterally. Terminal seta shorter than agellum...................... 14

14 Antenna 9-segmented............. kleinho ae Uichanco – Antenna 10-segmented.............. russellae Mathur

15 Head short, vertex length to width ratio>2.8. Antenna 10-segmented. AL/HW>1.1. Female genitalia with lateral valvulae membraneous (gure 3A, C)...... 16

– Head long, vertex length to width ratio <2.6. Antenna 8-segmented. AL/HW<0.9. Female genitalia with lateral valvulae sclerotized and serrated ventrally (gure 3B, D)......................... 41

16 Forewing with two brown patterns: from costal break to anal break and towards apex (from apical third of Rs vein towards apical half of Cu1a vein) (gure 12A, B). 17

– Character combination diVerent............... 18

17 AL/HW<1.4. Cells in apical half of forewing densely covered by surface spinules (gure 12B). Setae on Rs vein longer than distance between two adjacent ones....................... chonchaiensis Boselli View in CoL

– AL/HW>1.5. Cells in apical half of forewing sparsely covered by surface spinules (gure 12A). Setae on Rs vein as long as or shorter than distance between two adjacent ones............... bifasciata Kuwayama View in CoL

18 First visible abdominal tergite without a branching nger-like structure laterally. Male proctiger without lateral plates (gure 14A–F).......... 19

– First visible abdominal tergite with a branching nger-like structure extended on a stalk directed anteriorly, laterally. Male proctiger with lateral plates (gure 18A–F). 24

19 Forewing with conspicuous setae on veins; setae on Rs vein as long as or longer than distance between two adjacent ones.............. 20

– Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins; setae on Rs vein shorter than distance between two adjacent ones................. 21

20 Forewing light brown; forewing cells densely covered by surface spinules. Male paramere with two layers of stout setae in basal half (gure 15B)....................... artocarpae Braza and Calilung View in CoL

– Forewing transparent; forewing cells sparsely covered by surface spinules. Male paramere with one layer of stout setae in basal half (gure 15E).... javanica View in CoL sp. n.

21 ML/HW>1.3. Female genitalia long: FP/SL<2, SL>0.35 mm....... 22 – ML/HW<1.3. Female genitalia short: FP/SL>2, SL<0.25 mm....... 23

22 CL>0.16 mm. Female proctiger with oval circumanal ring. Male paramere straight posteriorly.................. calcarata sp. n.

– CL <0.13 mm. Female proctiger with cruciform circumanal ring. Male paramere S-shaped posteriorly...................... similis View in CoL sp. n.

23 Forewing angular apically, with a brown coloration towards apex (gure 13F). PT>0.5 RL. Male paramere broadest basally, tapering straight towards apex, with stout setae on inner surface (gure 15F)......... wilderi Crawford View in CoL

– Forewing rounded apically, without a brown coloration at apex. PT<0.5 RL. Male paramere broadest in the middle, apical part directed anteriorly, without stout setae on inner surface (gure 15C)............. curvata View in CoL sp. n.

24 Rs vein distinctly curved in the middle (gure 17A, B). RL/RC<1.21..... 25 – Rs vein indistinctly curved in the middle (gure 17C–F). RL/RC>1.23..... 26

25 Larger species: WL>2.5 mm, AL/HW>2.2. Male paramere with stout setae on inner surface con ned to basal two-thirds (gure 19B)...... longiantennata View in CoL sp. n.

– Smaller species: WL<2.4 mm, AL/HW<2.1. Male paramere with stout setae on inner surface con ned to basal half (gure 19A)..... maculipennis Uichanco View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Liviidae

Genus

Paurocephala

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