Paurocephala mathuri, 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 : 1964

Paurocephala mathuri sp. n.

(gures 29B, E, H, 30B, E, H)

Paurocephala nr. minuta Crawford ; sensu Mathur, 1975: 53.

Description. Species of the brevicephala type.

Adult: head brown, yellow towards genae; vertex covered by inconspicuous setae. Clypeus orange. Antenna yellow to orange, segments 7 and 8 brown; segment 7 and 8 without a long basal seta. Thorax orange to brown and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, yellow to brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn large, pointed apically. Forewing transparent to light yellow; veins yellow, apically dark brown to forewing margin, central part of vein A brown; pterostigma transparent, brown apically and basally. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 9–12 setae); Rs vein strongly curved in the middle. Surface spinules and radular spinules lacking in forewing. Legs, including tarsal segments, yellow to white. Meracanthus short, almost straight laterally, rounded apically. Abdomen, including genitalia, brown. Male paramere elongate, widest basally, tapering apically, distal third directed posteriorly, few short setae posteriorly visible from lateral view. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: described by Mathur (1975).

Host plants. Kydia calycina Roxb. (Malvaceae) .

Distribution. India (Uttar Pradesh) ( Mathur, 1975).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, India: Uttar Pradesh, Dehra Dun, New Forest , 11 April 1950, Kydia calycina (R. N. Mathur) (USNM) . Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. India: 1, 2, same data as holotype ( NHMB, USNM). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. Similar to P. stephaniella sp. n. from which it diVers in the absence of an expanded forewing pattern and the shape of the genitalia.