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Issue: Vol. 1436 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1436.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomic study of the genus Zema Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) from China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Zhongguancun Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, P.R. China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P.R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Zhongguancun Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, P.R. China
Zema Tropiduchidae new species new distribution records

Abstract

Zema montana sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae) is described and illustrated from Yunnan, southwestern China. This represents the second known species of Zema. The type species, Z. gressitti Fennah, unrecorded since its 1956 description, is redescribed and illustrated and a revised generic description provided. New distributional records for Z. gressitti are given for Nepal and China (Yunnan, Xizang).

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