Diaphorina sp.

Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2014, Jumping plant-lice of Socotra Island (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54, pp. 23-61 : 44

Diaphorina sp.

Diaphorina sp. 2 : BURCKHARDT & MIFSUD (1998): 37.

Diaphorina sp. Y2: BURCKHARDT & HARTEN (2006): 205.

Material examined. 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, Socotra, Noged to Hadiboh , 16.iv.1993, A. van Harten leg. ( MHNG, dry- and slide-mounted).

Comments. Adult male and female were briefly described by BURCKHARDT & MIFSUD (1998) including illustrations of head, forewing, male and female terminalia. The forewing is elongate, apically broadly rounded, with a faint pattern consisting of dark spots and dark veins, and differs from the other Diaphorina spp. reported from Socotra in the present paper. The relative size and shape of the genal processes and the weakly produced posterior lobes of the male proctiger resemble D. hagherensis sp. nov., which, however differs in a smaller general size and the paramere apically curved backwards. The material probably represents an undescribed species which has not been formally described, awaiting more material, ideally also immatures, and host plant information ( BURCKHARDT & HARTEN 2006).