Paurocephala ambigua, 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 : 1946

Paurocephala ambigua sp. n.

(gures 32A, C, I, 33E, K, 34E)

Description. Species of the brevicephala type.

Adult: head orange, sides along coronal suture white; vertex covered by short setae. Clypeus brown. Antenna yellow to orange, segments 7 and 8 brown; segment 7 with a long basal seta. Thorax orange to brown and covered by short setae dorsally, yellow to light brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, wide basally, blunt apically. Forewing transparent to light yellow; veins yellow, apically brown to forewing margin, central part of veins A and R brown; pterostigma white, brown apically. Forewing with long setae on veins (vein Rs with 16–19 setae); Rs vein marginally curved in apical third. Surface spinules present in all cells of forewing, reduced in cell c1 sc (con ned at apex and extending towards distal half of vein R1 M1 Cu1); radular spinules lacking. Legs yellow to light brown, tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus short, straight laterally, pointed apically. Abdomen, including genitalia, orange to brown. Male paramere elongate, widest basally and tapering apically, bend posteriorly in apical half, few long setae posteriorly visible from lateral view. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga- Bone N. P., 26 February 1985 ( R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Indonesia: 1, same data as holotype; 3 , same data but 5– 12 and 21 February 1985 ; 1, same data but 400 m, 11 February 1985 ; 1, same data but base camp area, ca 190 m, 3–4 February 1985 ; 1, same data but 15 June 1985 ; 1, same data but 9–16 May 1985 (forest edge-yellow pan traps) ; 1, same data but April 1985 (grassland and river bank) (J. S. Noyes) ; 1, same data but 1 April 1985 (light trap) (H. Barlow) ; 4, 5 same data but Gunung Mogogonipa , ca 400–500 m, 8 April 1985 (J. H. Martin) ( BMNH, NHMB) . Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. Similar to P. pterospermi sp. n. from which it diVers in the shape of the paramere and setiferation on forewing and body.