Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons Burckhardt & van Harten, 2006

Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Afrotropical jumping plant-lice of the Phacopteronidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 2086 (1), pp. 1-74 : 30-31

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2086.1.1

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Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons Burckhardt & van Harten
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Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons Burckhardt & van Harten View in CoL

( Figs. 42 View FIGURES 39–48 , 74 View FIGURES 67–76 , 121–123, 193–194, 241)

Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons Burckhardt & van Harten, 2006: 191 View in CoL , Figs. 1–5. Holotype, ♂, Yemen: Al Kadan , May

2002, in light-trap (A. van Harten & T. Abdul-Haq) [NHMB, examined]. Pseudophacopteron sp. , Burckhardt & Mifsud, 1998: 10, Figs. 45–46 View FIGURES 39–48 , 89, 106. Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons, Malenovský et al. 2007: 1915, 1923 View in CoL (differential diagnosis to P. lecaniodisci View in CoL and P.

pusillum).

Description. Adult described by Burckhardt and van Harten (2006). Fore wing with fine surface spinulation restricted to several small isolated fields in most cells and a larger field in cell cu 2 ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 67–76 ). Mesotibia with subapical comb on outer margin consisting of 4–5 stout setae. Metatibia with 7–9 apical spurs and 8–12 similar or slightly more slender spurs laterally; metabasitarsus distinctly longer than broad. Apical dilation of distal segment of aedeagus slightly hooked, apex subacute (Fig. 123). Female proctiger with circumanal pore ring composed of a single row of pores ( Fig. 193 View FIGURES 188–200 ). Female subgenital plate, in ventral view, more or less regularly narrowing to a narrowly truncate apex ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 188–200 ). Dorsal valvulae lacking distinct lateral teeth, ventral valvula with usually four small lateral teeth ( Fig. 193 View FIGURES 188–200 ). Measurements and ratios in Tabs. 2–4.

Larva unknown.

Host plant. The type series was collected on Commiphora africana (Burseraceae) , the probable host.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Kenya, Yemen.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, YEMEN: Al Kadan , May 2002, in light-trap ( A. van Harten & T. Abdul-Haq). Dry-mounted [ NHMB] . Paratypes: YEMEN: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Al Lahima , 1 January–9 April 2001, in Malaise trap ( A. van Harten) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 9 April–5 June 2001 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Al Rujum , 9 April–5 June 2001, in Malaise-trap ( A. van Harten) ; 2 ♀, 12 km NW Mannakhah , 27 March–5 May 2002, Malaise trap ( A. van Harten) ; 1 ♂, Taizz, 26–28 May 1998, in light trap ( A. van Harten & A. Awad) , 1 ♀, Taizz, 20 October 1991 ( A. van Harten) . KENYA: 3 ♂, 11 ♀, Namanga, S slope of Ol Doinya Orok , ca. 5500 ft, 5–6 June 1974, beaten from Commiphora africana (D. Hollis) . Dry- and slide-mounted [ BMNH, MMBC, MNHG, NHMB] .

Comments. See under P. arcuatum and P. marmoratum .

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

MMBC

Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Phacopteronidae

Genus

Pseudophacopteron

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Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons Burckhardt & van Harten

Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel 2009
2009
Loc

Pseudophacopteron verrucifrons

Burckhardt, D. & van Harten, A. 2006: 191
2006
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