Open AccessA new species of planthopper from Costa Rica in the genus Oropuna from palms in lowland tropical rainforest
Author(s) -
Brian W. Bahder,
MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA,
Edwin A. Barrantes Barrantes,
ERICKA E. HELMICK,
Charles R. Bartlett
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.5081.1.4
Subject(s) - biology , planthopper , rainforest , taxon , key (lock) , genus , auchenorrhyncha , leafhopper , botany , ecology , zoology , hemiptera , homoptera , pest analysis
The derbid genus Oropuna is a small taxon of Neotropical planthoppers in the tribe Cenchreini comprised of three species. Recent survey work on palms for planthoppers in Costa Rica resulted in the discovery of a fourth species, Oropuna halo sp. n. In this study the new species is described and a key to the four species is provided along with sequence data for the cyctochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 18S rRNA gene for the novel taxon.