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Zophiuma butawengi

  • 1. Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS; CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. & adeline. soulier @ mnhn. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9537 - 8537
  • 2. Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS; CP 50, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5933 - 7247

Description

Zophiuma butawengi (Heller, 1966)

(Figs 5–12)

Hellerides butawengi Heller, 1966: 1

Zophiuma butawengi (Heller), Liang 1995: 163

Zophiuma lobulata Ghauri 1967: 557, Syn. in Gitau et al. 2011a: 88

Examined material. 1♂ [KBMission Milne, Bay New Guinea, 1–14 Apr1944, K. V. Krombein], [ExColln, K.V. Krombein], [Zophiuma lobulata Ghauri, Kramer 1969], 1♂ [KBMission Milne, Bay New Guinea, 18 Apr1944, K. V. Krombein], [ExColln, K.V. Krombein], 2♀ [Figscklefen, New Guinea, V-9-69] [ex yellowing coconut] [Bianchi Ruthenberg colls] [2] (FSCA). 2♀ [Tibulum PTn. Nr., Finschhafen, Morobe Distr., New Guinea, 15 II 1966] [On fronds of Coco nucifera, coll. John Datas] (UQIC). 1♀ [P. N. guinea: Gadaisu, June 1919, J. T. Zimmer leg.] [Compared with type Zophiuma lobulata Ghauri], MNHN (EH)24619, 1♂ [P. N. guinea: Gadaisu, June 1919, J. T. Zimmer leg.] MNHN (EH)24620, (MNHN).

Distribution. West New Britain Province and on the mainland for the provinces Morobe, Oro and Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea)

Host plants. Arecaceae (Ghauri 1967, Soulier-Perkins et al. 2007). According to Gitau et al. (2011a), the major crop species include the Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.), Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and Betel nut (Areca catechu L.).

Notes

Published as part of Soulier-Perkins, Adeline & Cesne, Maxime Le, 2021, Revision of the New Guinean genus Zophiuma (Hemiptera, Lophopidae), pp. 559-572 in Zootaxa 4926 (4) on pages 561-563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4529694

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Heller
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Lophopidae
Genus
Zophiuma
Species
butawengi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zophiuma butawengi (Heller, 1966) sec. Soulier-Perkins & Cesne, 2021

References

  • Heller, F. (1966) Eine neue Fulgoridae aus Neu-Guinea, Hellerides butawengi n. sp. (Homoptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 168, 1 - 4.
  • Liang, A. - P. (1995) Taxonomic changes in Oriental Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 103, 162 - 164.
  • Ghauri, M. S. K. (1967) Zophiuma lobulata sp. n. (Lophopidae-Homoptera), a new pest of coconut in New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 557 - 561.
  • Gitau, C. W., Fletcher, M. J., Mitchell, A., Dewhurst, C. F. & Gurr, G. M. (2011 a) Review of the planthopper genus Zophiuma Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Lophopidae) with first description of the male of Zophiuma pupillata Stal. Australian Journal of Entomology, 50, 86 - 92. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1440 - 6055.2010.00791. x
  • Soulier-Perkins, A., Ouvrard, D., Attie, M. & Bourgoin, T. (2007) Evolutionary patterns in biogeography and host plant association: ' taxonomic conservatism' in Lophopidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Systematic Entomology, 32, 305 - 311. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.2006.00365. x