Paurocephala stigmaticalis, 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 : 1975-1976

Paurocephala stigmaticalis sp. n.

(gures 22D, 27B, 28I)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: head white, coronal suture and area around median ocellus brown; lateral and median ocelli connected by a thin brown line; vertex covered by short setae. Clypeus brown. Antenna yellow, segments 4, 6–10 light brown; segment 9 without a long basal seta. Thorax white and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, yellow to light brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, blunt apically. Forewing transparent to white; veins yellow to brow; pterostigma brown. Forewing with short inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 14–16 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in the middle. Surface spinules mainly con ned to cells in apical half of forewing and in cell cu2; radular spinules lacking. Legs white, tibia and tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus long, laterally curved, pointed apically. Abdomen white, basal tergites brown, female genitalia white to yellow. Male unknown. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. The two specimens at hand were collected on Trema orientalis (L.) Blume ( Ulmaceae ) which could be the host.

Distribution. Malaysia (Sabah).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE and PARATYPE, Malaysia: Sabah, Crocker Range, Kimanis rd. , mile 10, 1150 m, 13 May 1982, Trema orientalis (D. Burckhardt) (MHNG) . Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. P. stigmaticalis sp. n. is distinguished from the other species of the psylloptera type by the long thin brown pterostigma which is more than half length of vein Rs.