Paurocephala muiri, 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 : 1965

Paurocephala muiri sp. n.

(gures 17D, 18D, 19D, H, M, 20D)

Description. Species of the psylloptera type.

Adult: similar to P. psylloptera diVering in the darker overall body coloration and Rs vein with 23–28 setae. Measurements and ratios as in table 2A–C.

Fifth instar larva: unknown.

Host plants. The material examined was collected on Ficus sp. (Moraceae) which could be the host plant.

Distribution. Indonesia (Tanimbar Island).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, Indonesia: Tanimbar Island , Larat, December 1907 (F. Muir) ( USNM). Dry mounted.

PARATYPES. Indonesia: 1, 5, same data as holotype ( BMNH, MHNG, USNM). Dry and slide mounted .

Comments. P. muiri sp. n. is similar to P. psylloptera Crawford. The best character to separate the two species is the shorter setae associated with antennal rhinaria 8 and 9. The record of P. psylloptera by Crawford (1919: 149, Tenimbar Island, Larat) concerns this species.