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Issue: Vol. 2219 No. 1: 3 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2219.1.4
Page range: 38–48
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 3

Revision of the Afrotropical genus Scolopsomorpha Melichar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae)

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Entomology, Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Hemiptera New species canopy fogging Dictyopharidae

Abstract

The genus Scolopsomorpha Melichar, 1912 is moved from the Dictyopharidae to the Tropiduchidae and 2 new species are added to the genus: S. debakkeri (Congo) and S. boulardi (Central African Republic). The genus is provisionally placed in the subtribe Eutropistina Fennah, 1982 of the Eutropistini Kirkaldy, 1906. A lectotype is designated for Scolopsomorpha africana Melichar, 1912. Habitus, male and female genitalia are illustrated and a distribution map is provided.

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