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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 2: 10 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.2.8
Page range: 279-291
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 37

Two new species of the palm-feeding planthopper genus Agoo (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from southern Mexico

Colegio de Postgraduados; Campus Tabasco; Periférico Carlos A. Molina s/n km 3; Carretera Cárdenas-Huimanguillo; C. P. 86500; Cárdenas; Tabasco. México
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto de Biología; Departamento de Zoología; Colección Nacional de Insectos; Cto. Zona Deportiva S/N; Ciudad Universitaria; C.P. 04510; CDMX; México; Illinois Natural History Survey; Prairie Research Institute; University of Illinois; 1816 S. Oak Street; 61820; Champaign; Illinois; USA
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco; Calz. del Hueso 1100; Coapa; Villa Quietud; Coyoacán; 04960 Ciudad de México; CDMX; Mexico
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
Colegio de Postgraduados; Campus Tabasco; Periférico Carlos A. Molina s/n km 3; Carretera Cárdenas-Huimanguillo; C. P. 86500; Cárdenas; Tabasco. México
Hemiptera Derbinae Cenchreini Arecaceae Yucatán Peninsula Tabasco

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Agoo Bahder & Bartlett, A. kizini Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodríguez sp. nov. from the Yucatán Peninsula and A. palmalopezi Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodríguez sp. nov. from the state of Tabasco, Mexico are described and illustrated. Sequence data for the 18S rRNA and COX1 genes of A. kizini are provided and a distributional map of both species is also given. Specimens were found in association with palms, representing the first record of Agoo in Mexico.

 

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How to Cite

Palma-Cancino, P.J., Pinedo-Escatel, J.A., Blanco-Rodríguez, E., Bahder, B.W. & Ortiz-García, C.F. (2025) Two new species of the palm-feeding planthopper genus Agoo (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from southern Mexico. Zootaxa, 5706 (2), 279–291. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.2.8