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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 4: 12 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.4.7
Page range: 551-560
Abstract views: 166
PDF downloaded: 20

A new species of Quilessa Fennah from Saint Martin (Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea: Kinnaridae: Prosotropini)

Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; The Netherlands
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA
Hemiptera Dutch Antilles Caribbean planthoppers new species

Abstract

A new Kinnaridae species, Quilessa martinensis sp. nov. is described from Saint Martin in the Dutch Antilles. The new species differs from its congeners mainly in the shape of male genitalia, notably the shape of the aedeagus and anal tube. As in most other Quilessa species, the new species is an island-endemic. The high percentage of island-endemism suggests a higher species diversity in the Caribbean than is currently known.

 

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