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Issue: Vol. 5424 No. 5: 18 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.5.2
Page range: 520-534
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A new species of planthopper in the genus Colpoptera (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae) from the Northeastern coast of Jamaica

University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
Coconut Industry Board; 18 Waterloo Road; Kingston 10; Jamaica W. I.
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Department of Biology; Carr. 108; Barrio Miradero Km 1.3; Mayagüez; Puerto Rico 00680
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA
Hemiptera taxonomy phylogenetics biodiversity survey Colpopterinae

Abstract

A new species of Colpoptera Burmeister, 1835, C. japortla sp. nov. (Colpopterinae: Colpopterini), is described from Jamaica. The new species was found during a survey of planthoppers associated with coconut palms to document taxa that are potential phytoplasma vectors. Molecular data for the five-prime region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and 18S rRNA gene is provided and compared to available members of Colpopterini. Syntypes of Colpoptera rugosa Van Duzee borrowed for comparison with the new species were found to be a mixed series including representatives of Jamaha elevans (Walker). A lectotype designation, with an amended diagnosis, is made for Colpoptera rugosa, to preserve the stability of nomenclature and this species is transferred to Jamaha as J. rugosa, comb. nov.

 

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