Paurocephala lii, 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 : 1959-1960

Paurocephala lii sp. n.

(gures 29A, D, G, 30A, D, G)

Description. Species of the brevicephala type.

Adult: head yellow to orange, white along sides of coronal suture and towards genae; vertex covered by inconspicuous setae. Clypeus yellow. Antenna yellow to orange, segment 7 and 8 brown; segment 7 with a long basal seta. Thorax yellow orange to brown and covered by short setae dorsally, white laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn large, pointed apically. Forewing transparent to white; veins yellow, apically brown to forewing margin; pterostigma white, brown basally and apically. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 16–20 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in basal quarter. Surface spinules sparse, absent in cell c1 sc; radular spinules lacking. Legs including tarsal segments, white, foretarsi brown. Meracanthus short, almost straight laterally, rounded apically. Abdomen including genitalia, white, tergites orange to brown. Male paramere elongate, widest basally and tapering apically, directed posteriorly in apical half, few short setae posteriorly visible from lateral view. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P., 400 m, 11 February 1985 (fogging) ( R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Indonesia: 4, 4, same data as holotype; 2, 1 , same data but 230 m, 11 July 1985 ; 1, 1, same data but 400 m, 19 July 1985 ; 1, same data but 27 February to 6 March 1985 ; 2, 5, same data but base camp area ca 190 m, 9–16 May 1985 (yellow pan traps) (J. S. Noyes) ; 2, same data but 6–13 July 1985 and 30 October to 6 November 1985 ( BMNH, NHMB). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. This species is similar to P. minuta Crawford but since the type material of the latter is in very bad condition, no detailed comparison can be made. P. lii diVers from P. minuta Crawford in the forewing shape.