Paurocephala elegans, 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 : 1955

Paurocephala elegans sp. n.

(gures 9A, F, 10A, C, E, G)

Description. Species of the kleinho ae type.

Adult: head orange, sides along coronal suture and area around median ocellus white; vertex covered by inconspicuous setae. Clypeus orange. Antenna yellow, segments 3, 7 and 8 brown; segment 7 or 8 without a long basal seta. Thorax orange and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, yellow to white laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn large, pointed apically and directed posteriorly. Forewing transparent; veins yellow, apically brown to forewing margin; pterostigma white, basally and apically brown. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 12–14 setae); Rs vein strongly curved in basal third. Surface spinules and radular spinules lacking. Legs yellow, last tarsal segment brown. Meracanthus short, straight laterally, rounded apically. Tergites orange brown, sternites light brown, genitalia yellow to brown. Male paramere elongate, almost straight posteriorly, widest in the middle, tapering apically, 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., March 1985 ( R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Indonesia: 3, 6, same data as holotype; 1 , same data but 230 m, 2 December 1985 ; 1, 1, same data but 11 and 19 July 1985 ( BMNH, NHMB) .

Comments. P. elegans sp. n. is distinguished from the other species of the kleinho ae type by the very long apical setae on the antennae (longer than agellum) and the large metascutellar horn.