Four new species of Penottus Distant (Hemiptera: Tingidae) from China

Abstract

Six species of Penottus Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from China are treated in this paper, in which Penottus tibetanus Drake and Maa, 1954 (described from Tibet) is newly recorded from Hubei Province, and four species are described as new: Penottus bisinuatus sp. n., Penottus cassideus sp. n., Penottus fujianensis sp. n., and Penottus tuberculiformis sp. n. A key to the species occurring in China is provided. Copyright © 2012 Magnolia Press.