Abstract
Five new species of the genus Rhopobota are described from China: R. baoxingensis, sp. nov., R. biloba, sp. nov., R.hamata, sp. nov., R. zhengi, sp. nov. and R. latispina, sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia are given, along with a checklist of all the known Chinese species.References
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