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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 2: 26 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.2.3
Page range: 253-270
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A new species of planthopper in the genus Melanoliarus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in Trinidad

Coconut Industry Board; 18 Waterloo Road; Kingston 10; Jamaica W. I.
Ministry of Agriculture; Land and Fisheries; Research Division; Caroni North Bank Road; Centeno; Trinidad and Tobago; W.I.
Ministry of Agriculture; Land and Fisheries; Research Division; Caroni North Bank Road; Centeno; Trinidad and Tobago; W.I.
Ministry of Agriculture; Land and Fisheries; Research Division; Caroni North Bank Road; Centeno; Trinidad and Tobago; W.I.
Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute; Frederic Hardy Building;U.W.I; St. Augustine Campus; Trinidad and Tobago.
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA.
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology—Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA.
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA.
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology—Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA.
Hemiptera Caribbean biodiversity taxonomy phylogenetics Cixiinae Pentastirini

Abstract

During a survey in Trinidad and Grenada for putative vectors of palm lethal decline phytoplasmas, three species of planthopper in the genus Melanoliarus (Hemiptera, Cixiidae) were collected. Melanoliarus maidis was collected from coconut palms in Grenada, M. kindli was collected from grasses in a coconut plot in Trinidad and a new species of Melanoliarus was collected from coconut palms in Trinidad. Herein the novel taxon is described with supplementary molecular data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene, and histone 3 (H3) gene to support placement in the genus Melanoliarus in the strict sense.

 

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