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2006Journal articleEnglish
Afrotropical members of the jumping plant-louse genus Diclidophlebia (Hemiptera : Psylloidea) (opens in a new tab)
Authors
University of Yaoundé I
Jean Messi
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Jean Messi
Daniel Burckhardt* (Corresponding author)
Other affiliations: Natural History Museum of Basel
David Ouvrard
Other affiliations: Natural History Museum of Basel
Joseph Lebel Tamesse
Invertebrate Systematics
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.