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Issue: Vol. 5584 No. 4: 11 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.4.4
Page range: 523-538
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 6

A new species of Cyclopoliarus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from American oil palms (Elaeis oleifera) in Caño Negro, Costa Rica

Universidad of Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departmento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ramón; Alajuela; Costa Rica
Universidad of Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departmento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ramón; Alajuela; Costa Rica
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; 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
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
Hemiptera New species Pentastirini phylogeny taxonomy planthopper

Abstract

Recent palm survey work in Costa Rica focusing on planthoppers has resulted in the discovery of several new taxa, primarily in Cixiidae and Derbidae. Here a new species of Cyclopoliarus Fennah, C. nigelwatsoni sp. nov., is described from Caño Negro, Limón Province, Costa Rica. The new species is compared with C. omani, the only other described Central American Cyclopoliarus. Supplemental molecular data is presented for the barcoding region (5’ half) of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene, and D9 to D10 expansion region of the 28S rRNA gene. A phylogeny is presented to place the new species relative to other available taxa.

 

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