Descriptions of new species of the genera Sarima Melichar and Sarimodes Matsumura from southern China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae)

Rui Meng; Yinglun Wang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.557.6166

Descriptions of new species of the genera Sarima Melichar and Sarimodes Matsumura from southern China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae)

Zookeys. 2016 Jan 28:(557):93-109. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.557.6166. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Rui Meng¹, Yinglun Wang¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.

Abstract

Two Issini genera, Sarima Melichar, 1903 and Sarimodes Matsumura, 1916, are examined. One new Sarima species: Sarima bifurcus sp. n. and two new Sarimodes species Sarimodes clavatus sp. n. and Sarimodes parallelus sp. n. are added from South China. A checklist of species in the genus Sarima with data on distribution is provided. The distribution and morphological peculiarities of the genera Sarima and Sarimodes are briefly discussed.

Keywords: Fulgoroidea; Hainan Island; Yunnan; checklist; morphology; taxonomy.