Paurocephala calcarata, 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 : 1951-1952

Paurocephala calcarata sp. n.

(gures 13D, 14D, G, 15D, J, 16D)

Description. Species of the wilderi type.

Adult: head light brown; vertex covered by inconspicuous setae. Clypeus yellow. Antenna yellow, distal half of segment 4 and entire segments 6–10 brown; segment 9 without a long basal seta. Thorax brown and covered by inconspicuous setae dorsally, yellow to light brown laterally and ventrally. Metascutellar horn small, blunt apically. Forewing including pterostigma transparent; veins yellow. Forewing with inconspicuous setae on veins (vein Rs with 12–15 setae); Rs vein marginally curved throughout. Surface spinules con ned to cell cu1 and apex of m1 and m2 of forewing; radular spinules present in m2, reduced in cu1. Legs white to yellow, tarsal segments brown. Meracanthus long, straight laterally, rounded apically. Abdomen including genitalia, yellow, tergites brown. Male paramere short, widest in the middle, rounded apically, few short setae posteriorly visible from lateral view; inner surface with two hooks apically, stout setae con ned posteriorly in basal half. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. Adults were collected on Ficus sp. (Moraceae) which may be the host.

Distribution. Fiji Islands.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Fiji: Viti Levu , Lautoka, 23 October 1921, Ficus sp. (W. Greenwood) ( BMNH). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Fiji: 6, 2, same data as holotype ( BMNH, NHMB). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. Similar to P. similis sp. n. from which it diVers in the paramere shape and the oval female circumanal ring.