Genus Varma (Hemiptera, Tropiduchidae): new species description and updated male and female identification keys

By

Zhou, Huan
He, Li
Chen, Xiangsheng
Chang, Zhimin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-15

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1245

Pages

311--322

Subjects

identification key , Morphology , new species , planthopper , taxonomy , typical tropiduchids , Varma

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1245.150663

 

Abstract

A new species of Varma Distant, 1906, Varma microprojecta Zhou & Chang, sp. nov. (China: Yunnan) is described and illustrated. The diagnosis of the genus is updated. A checklist and updated male and female identification keys to the species of Varma in China are provided.