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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.5
Page range: 95-114
Abstract views: 44
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New planthoppers in the genus Nesomyndus (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from Bismarck palms in western Madagascar, redescription of Nesomyndus australis, a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of available Oecleini

University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology—Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
CIRAD; UMR PHIM;F-97170 Petit-Bourg; Guadeloupe; France
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA
San Francisco State University; Department of Biology; 534 Hensill Hall; San Francisco; CA 94132; USA
Centre National de Recherche Appliqueé au Développement Rural/Foibem-pierenena momba ny Fikarohana ampiharina amin’ny Fampandrosoana ny eny Ambanivohitra (CENRADERU/FOFIFA); Department of Agricultural Research; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Centre National de Recherche Appliqueé au Développement Rural/Foibem-pierenena momba ny Fikarohana ampiharina amin’ny Fampandrosoana ny eny Ambanivohitra (CENRADERU/FOFIFA); Department of Agricultural Research; Antananarivo; Madagascar
Madagascar Biodiversity Institute; Lot II A 78 Antanjona; Antehiroka; Antananarivo 105; Madagascar
CIRAD; UMR PVBMT; F-97410 Saint-Pierre; La Réunion; France
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Warszawa; Poland
Hemiptera survey biodiversity vector

Abstract

In a survey conducted in Northwestern Madagascar for potential vectors of palm lethal decline phytoplasmas, planthoppers belonging to the genus Nesomyndus were collected from Bismarck palms (Bismarckia nobilis). The specimens represented three species, the type species, N. australis Jacobi and two new species, here described as N. maculatus sp. nov. and N. madagascarensis sp. nov. Supplemental molecular data is provided for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene (5’ and 3’ regions), histone 3 (H3) gene, 18S rRNA gene and 28S rRNA gene (D8 to D10 expansion regions) to test monophyly of Nesomyndus and its placement relative to other Oecleini.

 

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How to Cite

Bahder, B.W., Pilet, F., Bartlett, C.R., Ratsimbazafy, M.R., Randretsiferana, S.A., Razafindrakotomamonjy, A., Hasinjaka, R.H., Labbe, F. & Stroiński, A. (2025) New planthoppers in the genus Nesomyndus (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) from Bismarck palms in western Madagascar, redescription of Nesomyndus australis, a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of available Oecleini. Zootaxa, 5683 (1), 95–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.1.5