Paurocephala muta, 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 : 1965-1966

Paurocephala muta sp. n.

(gures 22G, 24C, N, 25K, 27E, 28L)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: head and clypeus brown; vertex covered by short setae. Antenna yellow, apical half of segment 4, entire segments 6 and 8–10 brown; segment 9 without a long basal seta. Thorax brown and covered by short setae dorsally, light brown to white laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, pointed apically. Forewing transparent to white; veins yellow to brown; pterostigma white. Forewing with short setae on veins (vein Rs with 18–23 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical third. Surface spinules present in all cells of forewing; radular spinules present in m2, reduced in cu1. Legs white to yellow, last tarsal segment brown. Meracanthus long, curved laterally, pointed apically. Abdomen brown, distal sternites white, genitalia yellow. Male paramere long, almost straight posteriorly, widest basally, rounded apically, long setae posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, six to eight stout setae in basal half. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Adults were collected on Ficus sp. (Moraceae) which could be the host and Sterculia sp. (Sterculiaceae) .

Distribution. India.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, India: Keraha , Christian College, 5 April 1968, Ficus sp. (Malabat) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. India: 13, 10, same data as holotype; 11, 13, Chengannur , 23 May 1991, Sterculia sp. (Prathapan) ( BMNH, NHMB). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. Similar to P. oceanica sp. n. from which it diVers in the absence of surface spinules in cell c 1 sc of the forewing and in details of the paramere.