Pseudophacopteron cuniculus 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 : 42

Pseudophacopteron cuniculus Malenovský, Burckhardt & Tamesse

(Figs. 13–14, 21–22, 25, 27, 61, 163–165, 217–218, 262)

Pseudophacopteron cuniculus Malenovský et al., 2007: 1879 , Figs. 1, 3–11, 13–14, 21. Holotype ♂, Cameroon: Centre Province , Soa, 25 March 2004, Blighia unijugata (J. L. Tamesse) [NHMB, examined].

Description. Adult and larva described by Malenovský et al. (2007). Tarsal arolium in the fifth instar larvae is broader than figured in the original description and lacks distinct petiole (cf. Fig. 262 ).

Host plant. Blighia unijugata , Blighia sp. (Sapindaceae) .

Biology. Larvae are free-living and induce simple distortions of leaves ( Malenovský et al. 2007).

Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda.

Figures

FIGURES 259–262. Pseudophacopteron spp., fifth instar larvae: left dorsal and right ventral surfaces, with details of antenna, tarsus, chaetotaxy, and circumanal pore ring. 259, P. marmoratum; 260, P. stigmatum (a, specimen from Ivory Coast; b, specimen from South Africa); 261, P. lecaniodisci; 262, P. cuniculus (261–262 reproduced from Malenovský et al. 2007 with permission of Taylor and Francis, London).