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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110048909
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5306035
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0381D35D-FFC0-FFB6-DDFA-FD2BFE8210D9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Paurocephala muiri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Paurocephala muiri View in CoL 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.