Open AccessA new species of planthopper in the genus Myconus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Achilidae) from the Los Angeles Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
Author(s) -
MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA,
Edwin A. Barrantes Barrantes,
Charles R. Bartlett,
Brian W. Bahder,
Brian W. Bahder
Publication year - 2022
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.5128.1.8
Subject(s) - planthopper , biology , hemiptera , auchenorrhyncha , taxon , cloud forest , genus , zoology , key (lock) , cytochrome c oxidase subunit i , ecology , botany , gene , phylogenetics , homoptera , genetics , pest analysis , montane ecology
Recent survey work in Costa Rica has resulted in the discovery of a wide variety of undescribed species of planthoppers in the families Derbidae and Cixiidae. During a light trapping event in the Los Angeles cloud forest, a large planthopper was collected and determined to belong to the genus Myconus in the family Achilidae. Herein, the novel taxon is described with accompanying molecular data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene, and histone 3 (H3) gene and an updated key for the New World Myconus is provided.