Taxonomic review of the genus Zanchius Distant, 1904 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species and notes on host sharing

By

Kim, Junggon
Keetapithchayakul, Tosaphol Saetung
Phan, Quoc Toan
Jung, Sunghoon

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-8

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1238

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Oriental region , Orthotylinae , plant bugs , Southeast Asia , taxonomy , true bugs

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1238.144351

 

Abstract

The orthotyline plant bug genus Zanchius Distant, 1904 is taxonomically reviewed from Vietnam for the first time with the description of a new species, Zanchius tuehang Kim & Jung, sp. nov. Detailed descriptions and diagnoses of the species are provided, along with a key to the Vietnamese Zanchius species, supported by illustrations and photographs. Notes on host sharing, associations with auchenorrhynchan species, and potential distributions are also included.