Pseudophacopteron electum Capener, 1973

Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2009, A review of the Afrotropical jumping plant-lice of the Phacopteronidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 2086 (1), pp. 1-74 : 21-22

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scientific name	Pseudophacopteron electum Capener
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Pseudophacopteron electum Capener View in CoL

( Figs. 33 View FIGURES 29–38 , 95–97, 180–181, 254)

Pseudophacopteron electum Capener, 1973: 43 View in CoL , Figs. 33–44 View FIGURES 29–38 View FIGURES 39–48 . Holotype ♀, South Africa, Pretoria North , 12 September 1972 (A. L. Capener) [NCIP, not examined].

Pseudophacopteron electum, Malenovský et al. 2007: 1906 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , Figs. 4–10, 12–13, 17, 21 (redescription).

Description. Adult and larva described by Capener (1973) and Malenovský et al. (2007).

Host plant. Ekebergia benguelensis , E. capensis (Meliaceae) .

Biology. Inducing pimple galls on leaves ( Capener 1973).

Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa ( Malenovský et al. 2007).

References

Capener, A. L. (1973) Southern African Psyllidae (Homoptera) - 3: A new genus and new species of South African Psyllidae. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 36, 37 - 61.

Malenovsky, I., Burckhardt, D. & Tamesse, J. L. (2007) Jumping plant-lice of the family Phacopteronidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Cameroon. Journal of Natural History, 41, 1875 - 1927.

FIGURES 29–38. Pseudophacopteron spp., fore wings. 29, P. zimmermanni; 30, P. aulmanni; 31, P. fuscivenosum; 32, P.khayae; 33, P. electum; 34, P. pretoriense; 35, P. carapae; 36, P.morion; 37, P. sodalis; 38, P. benguelense.

FIGURES 39–48. Pseudophacopteron spp., fore wings. 39, P. lecaniodisci; 40, P. lautereri; 41, P. marmoratum; 42, P. verrucifrons; 43, P. arcuatum; 44–45, P.eastopi; 46, P. pusillum; 47, P. nigritulum; 48, P. wagneri.