Aléné Geonho Cho, Daniel Burckhardt Liliya Š. Serbina Igor Malenovský Dalva L. Queiroz Désirée C.;Percy, Diana M.
Paurocephala
Sign in to savePaurocephala 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 107
- With media
- 99
- Family
- Liviidae
- Collections
- EMEC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Hong Kong, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Indonesia, India, Nigeria
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Mifsud and Burckhardt's review 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.
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