Zophiuma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia:Lophopidae
Subfamilia: Menoscinae
Tribus: Acarnini
Genus: Zophiuma
Species (4): Z. butawengi – Z. gitauae – Z. pupillata – Z. torricelli
Name

Zophiuma Fennah, 1955

Type species: Zophiuma pupillata (Stål, 1863)

Synonyms

Hellerides Lallemand, 1962

References
Primary references

Fennah R.G. 1955 - New and little-known Lophopidae and Issidae from Australasia (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. London 24(9-10): 165-173 [170].

Additional references

Gitau, C.W.; Fletcher, M.J. 2011: Review of the planthopper genus Zophiuma Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Lophopidae) with first description of the male of Zophiuma pupillata Stål. Australian journal of entomology 50(1): 86–92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00791.x Reference page.
Woruba, D.N. et al. 2013: Entomopathogenic fungi of the oil palm pest, Zophiuma butawengi (Fulgoromorpha: Lophopidae), and potential for use as biological control agents. Austral entomology 53(3): . DOI: 10.1111/aen.12073 Reference page.

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]
Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

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

References

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].
Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Zophiuma Fennah, 1955 (retrieved 13 March 2022)