Zema gressitti Fennah, 1956

Sohail, Kamran, Webb, Mick & Zhang, Yalin, 2020, Newly recorded genera in the planthopper family Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Pakistan with redescription of Epora montana Distant, Zootaxa 4763 (2), pp. 281-286 : 284-285

Zema gressitti Fennah, 1956 , new record to Pakistan

( Figs 18 –23)

Zema gressitti Fennah, 1956: 502 , Fig. 16; Wang & Liang, 2007: 63 , Figs 1 , 3–11.

Remarks: Wang & Liang (2007) provided a detailed description of this species based on specimens from China.

Material examined: Pakistan, 2♂♂, Punjab Province, Kalar Kahar 32°46′59″ N 72°42′00″ E, 643 m, 4-vii- 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed ( NWAFU); 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Pakistan, Punjab Province, Jhika Gali, 9.ix.1971, nymph on Coriaria nepalensis Wall. (Coriariaceae) ( BMNH).

Distribution: China, Nepal, Pakistan (Punjab)

Remarks: This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus, Z. montana Wang & Liang, 2007 , from China, by the shorter median carina of vertex (in basal 2/3 rather than throughout length of vertex), asymmetrical periandrium and aedeagal process bifurcate at mid length of aedeagus (rather than distally).

Figures

FIGURES 18 24. Zema gressitti. 18, 19.Adult, dorsal and lateral view; 20. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; 21. Frons, ventral view; 22. Genitalia, lateral view; 23. Anal segment, aedeagus and genital style, lateral view; 24. Pygofer, lateral view.

FIGURES 1 6. Epora montana (1 3. Syntype adult female, 1. Dorsal view; 2. Facial view; 3. Lateral view; 4–6. Nontype adult male, 4. Dorsal view; 5. Facial view; 6. Lateral view.