Paurocephala stephaniella, 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 : 1975

Paurocephala stephaniella sp. n.

(gures 29C, F, I, 30C, F)

Description. Species of the brevicephala type.

Adult: head and clypeus light brown; vertex covered by inconspicuous setae. Antenna white, segment 8 brown; segment 7 or 8 without a long basal seta. Thorax white and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, light brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn large, basally wide, pointed apically. Forewing transparent, with a brown pattern apically and two smaller lighter ones towards centre of forewing and in cell cu2; veins white to yellow, apically light brown to forewing margin; pterostigma white, brown basally and apically. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 11 –12 setae); Rs vein curved in basal third and apically, forming an S-shape. Surface spinules sparse in cells of forewing, absent in c 1 sc, and con ned apically in r1 and cu1; radular spinules lacking. Legs white, tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus short, straight laterally, rounded apically. Abdomen, including genitalia, white; female unknown. Male paramere elongate, widest basally and directed posteriorly, few relatively long 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 and PARATYPE, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P., 400 m, 11 February 1985 ( R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace) ( BMNH). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. P. stephaniella sp. n. is distinguished from the other species of the brevicephala type by the brown band on forewing.