Zophiuma[1] is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Acarnini, erected by Ronald Gordon Fennah in 1955. Distribution records are limited to the New Guinea region.[2]

Zophiuma
Zophiuma butawengi on oil palm in Papua New Guinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Lophopidae
Subfamily: Menoscinae
Tribe: Acarnini
Genus: Zophiuma
Fennah, 1955
Synonyms

Hellerides Lallemand, 1962

Species

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Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

  1. Zophiuma butawengi (Heller, 1966)
  2. Zophiuma gitauae Soulier-Perkins & Le Cesne, 2021
  3. Zophiuma pupillata (Stål, 1863) - type species
  4. Zophiuma torricelli Soulier-Perkins & Le Cesne, 2021

References

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  1. ^ Fennah RG (1955) New and little-known Lophopidae and Issidae from Australasia (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 24(9-10): 165-173 [170].
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Zophiuma Fennah, 1955 (retrieved 13 March 2022)
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