Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hemiptera | Family: Triozidae | Genus: Pauropsylla |

This jumping plant louse is the causative agent of the hairy galls seen on the leaves of the Common Red-stem Fig (Ficus variegata). The nymph can be found inside the hairy galls.

Reference:

Percy DM, Butterill PT, Malenovský I. Three new species of gall-forming psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Papua New Guinea, with new records and notes on related species. J Nat Hist 2016;50(17/18):1073-1101. | Read abstract |