Zophiuma butawengi ( Heller, 1966 )

Soulier-Perkins, Adeline & Cesne, Maxime Le, 2021, Revision of the New Guinean genus Zophiuma (Hemiptera, Lophopidae), Zootaxa 4926 (4), pp. 559-572 : 561-563

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.).

Figures

FIGURES 5–12. Zophiuma butawengi terminalia. 5. Anal tube, pygofer and gonostylus, lateral view. 6. Anal tube, dorsal view. 7. Anal tube, ventral view. 8. Gonostylus, lateral view. 9. Phallic complex, lateral view. 10. Dorsal part of periandrium, lateral view. 11. Aedeagus, lateral view. 12. Ventral part of periandrium, lateral view.