Paurocephala papuana, 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 : 1967-1968

Paurocephala papuana sp. n.

(gures 17E, 18E, 19E, N, 20E)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: head dark brown; vertex covered by short setae. Clypeus brown. Antenna brown; segment 9 with a long seta in basal third. Thorax brown with yellow to orange markings along body axis and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, orange to brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, pointed apically. Forewing transparent; veins light brown; pterostigma white. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 11–15 setae); Rs vein marginally curved towards distal third. Surface spinules absent or con ned to cells cu1 and apex of m1 and m2; radular spinules present in m2, reduced in cu1. Legs brown, tarsal segments darker. Meracanthus long, straight laterally, pointed apically. Abdomen including genitalia, brown. Male paramere long, widest basally, apical third marginally curved posteriorly, few relatively short setae, posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, one to three stout setae basally. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Unknown, some adults were collected by fogging (?) Piper sp. (Piperaceae) and Piptrus sp. ( Urticaceae ).

Distribution. Papua New Guinea.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Papua New Guinea: Morobe, Mt Kaindi , 1150– 2300 m, 9– 19 November 1992 (Y. Basset) ( NHMB). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Papua New Guinea: 2, 3, same data as holotype ( MHNG). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. P. papuana sp. n. is similar to P. psylloptera Crawford from which it is distinguished by the darker body coloration and the apical third of the male paramere which is directed posteriorly.