Paruzelia Melichar, 1903

Constant, Jerome, 2010, Extension of the genus Paruzelia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) to Borneo with the discovery of a new species, Zootaxa 2716, pp. 64-68 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.199726
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6211952
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE9453-FF9D-FFFB-2AA6-FDECFCF6FC0D
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scientific name	Paruzelia Melichar, 1903
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Genus Paruzelia Melichar, 1903 View in CoL

Melichar, 1903: 51; Distant, 1906: 285; Melichar, 1914: 123; Fennah, 1982: 634. Type species: Paruzelia psyllomorpha Melichar, 1903 , by monotypy.

Combined with the tribal characters given above, the genus can be recognized by the following characters: vertex projecting beyond eyes in dorsal view; frons with fine erected hairs; pronotum crescent-shaped; tegmina broad, ratio LTg/BTg less than 2.2; tegmina with brown-black and red markings; hind wings with brown-black transverse band; length around 6 mm.

Oriental region (known from Sri Lanka and Borneo).