Paurocephala is a genus of African, Oriental and Australian plant lice belonging to the Liviinae (previously it has been placed in the obsolete subfamily Paurocephalinae or tribe Paurocephalini); the genus was erected by David Crawford in 1913.Crawford DL (1913) Philippine journal of science 8 (D).
Mifsud and Burckhardt's reviewMifsud D, Burckhardt D (2002) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Old World jumping plant-louse genus Paurocephala (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea). Journal of Natural History, 36, 1887-1986. provides information on the distribution of species and their host plants: which include species in the families: Cannabaceae: notably the genus Trema Malvaceae: notably Abutilon, Gossypium, Kydia and Pterospermum spp. Moraceae: notably Ficus and Artocarpus spp. Urticaceae: notably Boehmeria spp.
Species Paurocephala is now described as an "Old World genus with 9 Afrotropical and 42 Indo-Australian described species". Four species from the Americas, previously placed here, were not considered to be congeneric with the Old World species and have been transferred to the closely related genus Diclidophlebia. The 2002 review included the following:
Paurocephala abutili - Kenya Paurocephala ambigua - Sulawesi Paurocephala artocarpae - Philippines (Luzon), Malesia (Sabah, Sulawesi) Paurocephala bifasciata - China (Hong Kong record), Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam Paurocephala boehmeriae - China (Hong Kong) Paurocephala boxi - Ghana Paurocephala brendelli - Peninsular Malaysia Paurocephala brevicephala - Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan) and Sarawak Paurocephala calcarata - Fiji Islands Paurocephala chonchaiensis - China (Hong Kong record) and Japan Paurocephala curvata - Papua New Guinea and Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala dayak - Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Singapore Paurocephala distincta - India and Sri Lanka Paurocephala elegans - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala gossypii - Zaire, Sudan and Malawi Paurocephala hollisi - Tanzania Paurocephala insolita - Angola Paurocephala javanica - Indonesia (Java) Paurocephala kleinhojiae - Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao) and Taiwan Paurocephala lienhardi - Malaysia (Sabah) Paurocephala Iii - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala longiantennata - Papua New Guinea Paurocephala lucida - Ethiopia Paurocephala macrochaetis - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala maculipennis - Philippines including Palawan Paurocephala marginata - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala martini - Singapore Paurocephala mathuri - India (Uttar Pradesh) Paurocephala medleri - Nigeria Paurocephala minuta - Philippines (Luzon) Paurocephala muiri - Indonesia (Tanimbar Island) Paurocephala muta - India Paurocephala oceanica - Andaman Islands Paurocephala palawanensis - Philippines (Palawan) Paurocephala papuana - Papua New Guinea Paurocephala phalaki - India (Bengal, Madras) Paurocephala polaszeki - Bangladesh Paurocephala psylloptera - West Malesia including Philippines Paurocephala pterospermi - Palawan and Sabah Paurocephala robusta - Philippines (Palawan) Paurocephala russellae - India (Uttar Pradesh) Paurocephala sauteri - China and Taiwan Paurocephala setifera - Philippines (Luzon) Paurocephala similis - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala sinuata - Ghana and Nigeria Paurocephala stephaniella - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala stigmaticalis - Malaysia (Sabah) Paurocephala sulawesiana - Indonesia (Sulawesi) Paurocephala trematos - Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, China and Malaysia Paurocephala urenae - Zaire Paurocephala wilderi - American Samoa
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