Open AccessA new species of planthopper in the genus Myxia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae) from the Reserva Privada el Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest in Costa Rica
Author(s) -
MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA,
Edwin A. Barrantes Barrantes,
Charles R. Bartlett,
Brian W. Bahder,
Brian W. Bahder
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.4
Subject(s) - biology , auchenorrhyncha , planthopper , hemiptera , cloud forest , genus , zoology , cytochrome c oxidase subunit i , ecology , delphacidae , phylogenetic tree , botany , homoptera , pest analysis , montane ecology , biochemistry , gene
A new species of Myxia Bahder & Bartlett (Cixiidae: Cixiinae: Oecleini) is established as Myxia baynardi sp. n. collected from native palms in cloud forest habitat in Costa Rica. Placement in the genus Myxia is supported by molecular analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 18S loci as well as morphological characters. Haplaxius delta (Kramer) was collected along the Caribbean coast as a new country record for Costa Rica. Based on morphological characters observed and molecular analysis of COI and 18S, H. delta is herein moved to the genus Myxia.