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Issue: Vol. 5741 No. 2: 6 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.9
Page range: 377-395
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 5

New planthoppers (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) from Madagascar support the establishment of a new genus, the revised status of Eumyndus perinetensis, and an updated molecular phylogeny of Malagasy Oecleini

University of Florida; Department of Entomology and Nematology - Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; 3205 College Ave.; Davie; FL 33314-7719; USA.
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Warszawa; Poland
CIRAD; UMR PVBMT; F-97410 Saint-Pierre; La Réunion; 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; CIRAD; UMR PHIM; F-97170 Petit-Bourg; Guadeloupe; France
Hemiptera survey biodiversity taxonomy phylogenetics Fulgoromorpha

Abstract

Recent survey efforts in Madagascar have focused on the tribe Oecleini in the planthopper family Cixiidae due to an interest in identifying vectors of palm lethal decline phytoplasmas. During these surveys, planthoppers were collected on palms in natural habitats that were determined to represent a new genus, Geminimyndus gen. nov. Herein, two new species are described, G. spinaparum sp. nov. and G. spinamagnus sp. nov. Eumyndus perinetensis Synave is transferred to Geminimyndus gen. nov. as Geminimyndus perinetensis, comb. nov. Supplemental molecular data for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, histone 3, 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA are provided to support the establishment of the new genus and the transfer of E. perinetensis to the new genus.

 

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How to Cite

Bahder, B.W., Stroiński, A., Labbe, F., Bartlett, C.R., Ratsimbazafy, M.R., Randretsiferana, S.A., Razafindrakotomamonjy, A., Hasinjaka, R.H. & Pilet, F. (2026) New planthoppers (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) from Madagascar support the establishment of a new genus, the revised status of Eumyndus perinetensis, and an updated molecular phylogeny of Malagasy Oecleini. Zootaxa, 5741 (2), 377–395. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.9