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A new species of planthopper in the genus Eumyndus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) from palms in eastern Madagascar and molecular evidence for the synonymy of Eumyndus kraussi and Eumyndus metcalfi

University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
Centre National de Recherche Appliqueé au Développement Rural/Foibem-pierenena momba ny Fikarohana ampiharina amin’ny Fampandrosoana ny eny Ambanivohitra (CENRADERU/FOFIFA); Department of Agricultural Research; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Centre National de Recherche Appliqueé au Développement Rural/Foibem-pierenena momba ny Fikarohana ampiharina amin’ny Fampandrosoana ny eny Ambanivohitra (CENRADERU/FOFIFA); Department of Agricultural Research; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Warszawa; Poland
Institute of Environmental Sciences; Faculty of Biology; Jagiellonian University ul. Gronostajowa 7; 30-387 Kraków; Poland
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA
CIRAD; UMR PVBMT; F-97410 Saint-Pierre; La Réunion; France
Madagascar Biodiversity Institute; Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza; Antananarivo 101; Madagascar
Hemiptera survey biodiversity taxonomy phylogenetics

Abstract

A new species of Eumyndus Synave, 1956, a genus endemic to Madagascar, is here described as Eumyndus jeanjacquei sp. nov. The new species was collected from the palm Vonitra fibrosa (C.H.Wright) Becc., 1911. Molecular data are provided for the new species from the barcoding region (5’ half) of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene and D9-D10 expansion region of the 28S rRNA gene and support placement of the new species in Eumyndus. A new synonymy is proposed based on examination of type material: E. metcalfi Synave, 1956 equals E. kraussi Synave, 1956, new synonym.

 

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