Afrotropical members of the jumping plant-louse genus Diclidophlebia (Hemiptera : Psylloidea)

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doi:10.1071/IS05039

Afrotropical members of the jumping plant-louse genus Diclidophlebia (Hemiptera : Psylloidea)

D. Burckhardt ^A ^E, D. C. Aléné ^B, D. Ouvrard ^A ^C, J. L. Tamesse ^D, J. Messi ^B

^A Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland.
^B Laboratoire de zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé I, B. P. 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
^C USM601/UMR5202, Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, C.P. 50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
^D Laboratoire de zoologie, École Normale Supérieure, B. P. 47, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
^E Corresponding author. Email: daniel.burckhardt@unibas.ch





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Invertebrate Systematics 20(3) 367–393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS05039
Submitted: 18 August 2005 Accepted: 27 February 2006 Published online: 20 June 2006

Abstract

African members of the pantropical genus Diclidophlebia Crawford (Paurocephalinae) are revised. Sixteen species are recognised including three known species, seven new species and six species that are not formally described owing to insufficient material. Adult and last larval instars are diagnosed and illustrated and keys are provided for identification. Five species are associated with Sterculiaceae (Malvales) and one each with Tiliaceae (Malvales), Irvingiaceae/Simaroubaceae (Rutales), Chrysobalanaceae (Rosales) and Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiales). Host plants of other species are unknown. Possibly monophyletic groups include four species restricted to the Guineo-Congolian region and five species in the Sudano-Zambezian region.

Keywords: Afrotropical, Chrysobalanaceae, commercial timber, Diclidophlebia, Euphorbiaceae, Hemiptera, host-plant relationships, Irvingiaceae, new taxa, pest species, Simaroubaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae.