Pseudophacopteron eastopi Malenovský, Burckhardt & Tamesse, 2007

Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Afrotropical jumping plant-lice of the Phacopteronidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 2086 (1), pp. 1-74 : 31

Pseudophacopteron eastopi Malenovský, Burckhardt & Tamesse

( Figs. 44–45 , 124–126, 197–198)

Pseudophacopteron eastopi Malenovský et al., 2007: 1904 . Figs. 4–10, 12–13. Holotype, ♂, Cameroon: West Province , Titié (Foto), Dschang, 10°04’N, 5°26’E, 26 May 2006, Dacryodes edulis (J. L. Tamesse and V. J. Dzokou) [NHMB, examined].

Description. Adult described by Malenovský et al. (2007).

Host plant. The holotype was collected on Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) , a possible host. Other specimens were found on Sorindeia grandifolia (Anacardiaceae) ( Malenovský et al. 2007).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Cameroon, Nigeria.

Material examined. NIGERIA: 1 ♀, Ibadan, 11 June 1956 (V. F. Eastop). Slide-mounted [ BMNH] .

Comments. Malenovský et al. (2007) reported variation in the fore wing pattern ( Figs. 44–45 ). Fig. 45 shows the condition in the holotype. Several other specimens from Cameroon and the specimen from Nigeria have a more distinct dark brown infuscation across basal portions of veins M and R and small dark brown patches on the touching point of veins Rs and M 1+2 and apices of R 1 and Rs ( Fig. 44 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 39–48. Pseudophacopteron spp., fore wings. 39, P. lecaniodisci; 40, P. lautereri; 41, P. marmoratum; 42, P. verrucifrons; 43, P. arcuatum; 44–45, P.eastopi; 46, P. pusillum; 47, P. nigritulum; 48, P. wagneri.