Paurocephala martini, 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 : 1963

Paurocephala martini sp. n.

(gures 31B, 32E, K, 33B, H, 34B)

Description. Species of the brevicephala type.

Adult: head light brown, darker towards lateral ocelli, yellow towards genae; vertex covered by long setae. Clypeus yellow. Antenna yellow, segment 8 brown; segment 7 with a long basal seta. Thorax orange to brown and covered by short setae dorsally, brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, wide basally, blunt apically. Forewing transparent; veins light yellow, apically brown to forewing margin, central part of vein A brown; pterostigma white. Forewing with long setae on veins (vein Rs with 12–17 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical half. Surface spinules spare, absent in cell c1 sc; radular spinules lacking. Legs including tarsal segments, yellow. Meracanthus short, almost straight laterally, rounded apically. Abdominal tergites red to brown, sternites white, genitalia yellow to orange. Male paramere elongate, widest basally, tapering apically, apical half directed posteriorly, few short setae posteriorly visible from lateral view. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Singapore.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Singapore: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve , 3 April 1989 (J. H. Martin) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Singapore: 5, 4, same data as holotype ; 3, 9, same data but 30 December 1996,? Ulmaceae (BMNH, MHNG, NHMB) . Dry and slide mounted.

Comments. P. martini sp. n. is distinguished from the other members of the brevicephala type by the reduced surface spinules on forewing cells (absent in cell c1 sc) and the long bi d setae on antennal rhinaria.