Paurocephala marginata, 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 : 1962-1963

Paurocephala marginata sp. n.

(gures 21C, 23C, 24F, 25C, 26C, 28C)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: head brown; vertex covered by long setae. Clypeus brown. Antenna brown, segments 1, 2 and basal third of segment 3 yellow; segment 9 without a long basal seta. Thorax brown with yellow markings along body axis and covered by long setae dorsally, light to dark brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, pointed apically. Forewing white; veins yellow to light brown, distinctly brown to forewing margin (apical third of vein Rs, entire veins M1+2 and M3+4, and apical third of vein Cu1a); pterostigma yellow to white. Forewing with long setae on veins (vein Rs with 18–22 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical third. Surface spinules present in all cells of forewing; radular spinules present in m2 and cu1. Legs white to yellow, tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus long, curved laterally, pointed apically. Abdomen including genitalia, brown. Male paramere long, widest at basal third, almost straight posteriorly, rounded apically, long setae posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, four to seven stout setae in basal fth. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Adults were collected on Trema orientalis (L.) Blume ( Ulmaceae ) which could be the host.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone N. P. (base camp area), ca 190 m, 9– 16 May 1985, Trema ? orientalis (J. S. Noyes) (BMNH) . Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Indonesia: 1, same data as holotype; 3, 3, Danau Mooat, 18 June 1985, 1080 m, Trema ? orientalis (J. H. Martin) ; 1, same data but Mogonipa, 400 m, 13 June 1985 (BMNH, NHMB). Dry and slide mounted.

Comments. Paurocephala marginata sp. n. is distinguished from the other species of the psylloptera type by the large body dimentions and the brown pattern at end of veins to forewing margin.