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Issue: Vol. 5689 No. 1: 2 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.4
Page range: 114-132
Abstract views: 84
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New planthoppers in the genus Colpoptera (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae) from lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest in Costa Rica

Universidad de Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ramón; Alajuela; Costa Rica.
Universidad de Costa Rica – Sede San Ramón; Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; de la Iglesia el Tremedal 400 mts al Oeste carretera hacia San Pedro; San Ramón; Alajuela; Costa Rica.
University of Delaware; Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; 250 Townsend Hall; Newark; DE 19716-2160; USA.
University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA.
Hemiptera taxonomy phylogenetics biodiversity survey Colpopterinae

Abstract

New species of Colpoptera, C. acinaces sp. nov., C. alacutus sp. nov. and C. falx sp. nov. (Colpopterinae: Colpopterini), are described from Heredia and Alajuela Provinces, Costa Rica, where they were collected during a survey of planthoppers associated with palms. Molecular data for the five-prime region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, 18S rRNA gene, and 28S rRNA gene are provided for available members of Colpopterini to support placement in Colpoptera.

 

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How to Cite

Barrantes, E.A.B., Echavarria, M.A.Z., Bartlett, C.R. & Bahder, B.W. (2025) New planthoppers in the genus Colpoptera (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae) from lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest in Costa Rica. Zootaxa, 5689 (1), 114–132. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.4