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Issue: Vol. 5737 No. 3: 24 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5737.3.2
Page range: 329-348
Abstract views: 75
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A new genus in the tribe Bothriocerini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, a key to genus, and an updated molecular phylogeny

Universidad de Costa Rica – Centro de Investigación sobre Diversidad Cultural y Estudios Regionales; Sede San Ramón; 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
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/Department of Plant Pathology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA
Hemiptera taxonomy phylogenetics biodiversity survey Cixiinae

Abstract

A recent survey of planthoppers on palms (Arecaceae) in Costa Rica found a new genus of Cixiidae (Bothriocerini), described here as Circumdara gen. nov., with two new species, C. cidicera gen. et sp. nov. and C. nela gen. et sp. nov., from palms in the Los Angeles cloud forest. They are described with supplemental molecular data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), histone 3 (H3), 18S rRNA and D8–D10 expansion regions of 28S rRNA genes. The molecular data are analyzed to provide an updated phylogeny for the Bothriocerini relative to the Oecleini.

 

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How to Cite

Barrantes, E.A.B., Echavarria, M.A.Z., Vega, J.O., Chaves, B.M., Bartlett, C.R. & Bahder, B.W. (2025) A new genus in the tribe Bothriocerini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, a key to genus, and an updated molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa, 5737 (3), 329–348. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.3.2