Paurocephala oceanica, 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 : 1966

Paurocephala oceanica sp. n.

(gures 21B, 23B, 24E, 25B, 26B, 28B)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: head orange to yellow, coronal suture and area around median ocellus brown; vertex coverted by long setae. Clypeus yellow. Antenna yellow, apical half of segment 4, entire segments 6 and 8–10 brown; segment 9 without a long basal seta. Thorax orange with yellow markings along body axis and covered by short setae dorsally, orange to light brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, pointed apically. Forewing transparent to white; veins yellow, apically brown to forewing margin; pterostigma yellow to white. Forewing with long setae on veins (vein Rs with 13–18 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical third. Surface spinules present in all cells of forewing; radular spinules present in m1, m2, reduced in cu1. Legs white to yellow, tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus long, curved laterally, apically pointed. Abdomen including genitalia, yellow, basal tergites brown. Male paramere long, widest at basal third, almost straight posteriorly, pointed apically, long setae posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, two to four stout setae at base. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Adults were collected on Trema tomentosa (Roxb.) H. Hara (Ulmaceae) which could be the host.

Distribution. India (Andaman Islands).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, India: Andaman Islands , Garacherama, 28 December 1988, Trema tomentosa (Bhumannavara) (BMNH) . Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. India: 5, 9, same data as holotype ( BMNH, NHMB). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. P. oceanica sp. n. is similar to P. dayak sp. n. from which it is distinguished in the absence of a long basal seta on antennal segment 9.