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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 3: 21 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.5
Page range: 417-432
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New planthoppers in the genus Anchimothon (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae), with a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of the New World Cenchreini

Universidad de Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ram ón; Alajuela; Costa Rica.
Universidad de Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ram ón; Alajuela; Costa Rica.
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 - Everglades Research and Education Center; 3200 East Canal St. South; Belle Glade; FL 33430-4702; 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 taxonomy phylogenetics survey biodiversity

Abstract

New species of Anchimothon, A. hippocampus sp. nov. and A. sphinx sp. nov. (Derbidae: Derbinae: Cenchreini), are described from Alajuela and Puntarenas Provinces, Costa Rica, where they were collected during a survey of planthoppers associated with palms. Molecular data for the five-prime region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene, and 28S rRNA gene are provided for available members of Cenchreini to support placement in Anchimothon.

 

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How to Cite

Barrantes, E.A., Echavarria, M.A.Z., Bartlett, C.R., Mou, D.-F., Helmick, E.E. & Bahder, B.W. (2025) New planthoppers in the genus Anchimothon (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae), with a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of the New World Cenchreini. Zootaxa, 5683 (3), 417–432. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.5