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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 2: 28 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.2.3
Page range: 147-162
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 4

New derbid planthoppers in the genus Muiravea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) from palms in eastern Madagascar, a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of available Malagasy Otiocerinae

University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA.
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Warszawa; Poland
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; 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.
CIRAD; UMR PVBMT/PHIM; F-97410 Saint-Pierre; La Réunion; France/F-97170 Petit-Bourg; Guadeloupe; France
Madagascar Biodiversity Institute; Lot II A 78 Antanjona; Antehiroka; Antananarivo 105; Madagascar.
Madagascar Biodiversity Institute; Lot II A 78 Antanjona; Antehiroka; Antananarivo 105; Madagascar.
Hemiptera survey biodiversity Otiocerinae Aquaeliciini COI 18S 28S

Abstract

Survey work in Madagascar documenting planthopper diversity on palms has resulted in the discovery of two new planthoppers in the genus Muiravea; M. maintysorokai sp. nov. and M. voanio sp. nov. Molecular data for the 18S rRNA gene, D9-D10 expansion region of the 28S rRNA gene and 5’ region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene was generated and analyzed relative to available Derbidae from Madagascar and appropriate out-groups. A key is provided to the adult males of the genus Muiravea.

 

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How to Cite

Bahder, B.W., Stroiński, A., Bartlett, C.R., Randretsiferana, S.A., Razafindrakotomamonjy, A., Pilet, F. & Hasinjaka, R.H. (2025) New derbid planthoppers in the genus Muiravea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) from palms in eastern Madagascar, a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of available Malagasy Otiocerinae. Zootaxa, 5642 (2), 147–162. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.2.3