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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 2: 12 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.1
Page range: 201-226
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Review of the genus Proutista Kirkaldy from China with morphological interpretation of reduced female genitalia (Hemiptera: Derbidae)

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China.
Institut de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB-UMR 7205); MMHN; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE; Université des Antilles. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; Paris; France.
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum; College of Plant Protection; Northwest A&F University; Yangling; Shaanxi 712100; China.
Hemiptera Fulgomorpha Otiocerinae taxonomy ovipositor morphology terminology

Abstract

The planthopper genus Proutista Kirkaldy, 1904 is reviewed. Three new species, Proutista dolabratus Chen & Zhang sp. nov., P. quadratus Chen & Zhang sp. nov., P. striatus Chen & Zhang sp. nov., and a newly-recorded species, P. pseudomoesta Muir, 1915, are reported from China with descriptions and illustrations; two species, P. fenestrata (Bierman, 1910) and P. fritillaris (Boheman, 1838), are transferred to Shizuka as new combinations, S. fenestrata (Bierman, 1910) comb. nov. and S. fritillaris (Boheman, 1838) comb. nov. A checklist and keys to species of Proutista (males and females) from China are provided. Moreover, based on a detailed morphological study of S. fritillaris, the interpretation and terminology of the strongly reduced female genitalia in the group are provided and discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Chen, W., Wang, Y., Bourgoin, T. & Zhang, Y. (2025) Review of the genus Proutista Kirkaldy from China with morphological interpretation of reduced female genitalia (Hemiptera: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 5692 (2), 201–226. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.1