Zootaxa

**Leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, with descriptions of seven new species**

ALVIN J. HELDEN — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Thirteen leafhoppers of the genus Batracomorphus Lewis, 1834 were identified from Kibale National Park, Uganda. Five previously recognised species were recorded from Uganda for the first time, and the following seven species are described as new: B. ruthae sp. nov.; B. pardos sp. nov.; B. stictopterus sp. nov.; B. chloros sp. nov.; B. eusemos sp. nov.; B. kibalensis sp. nov.; B. ntomino sp. nov.

**Eight new species of Gorybia Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Piezocerini) from Central and South America and new records in Piezocerini**

GABRIEL S. FERREIRA, JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Eight new species are described herein: Gorybia mikrossculpa sp. nov., Gorybia monnei sp. nov., Gorybia nearnsi sp. nov., Gorybia perpera sp. nov., Gorybia pygmaea sp. nov., Gorybia santossilvai sp. nov., Gorybia surinamensis sp. nov., and Gorybia truncata sp. nov. from Central and South America. Additionally, four new records in Piezocerini are provided.

New larval host records and DNA barcoding data for North American leaf-mining jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Fifteen species of North American leaf-mining jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) are discussed. For each species, we review previous records of larval and adult hosts and associated hymenopteran parasitoids, augmenting these with our own observations. We present the first rearing records for Pachyschelus schwarzi Kerremans, Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull, T. howardi Obenberger, and T. nicolayi Obenberger; new larval host families are documented for Brachys aerosus (Melsheimer), and new larval host genera for P. laevigatus (Say) and T. gracilis (Say). Observations of additional leaf mines of undetermined Brachys, Pachyschelus, and Taphrocerus species are reported, representing new larval host records for these genera. We also present original DNA barcoding data showing intra- and interspecific variation among ten of the species discussed. No substantial differences in COI barcode were found among specimens of the B. aerosus complex obtained from different host genera and families, including paratypes of B. howdeni Hespenheide. Barcoding also did not distinguish between P. laevigatus (Say) and P. nicolayi Obenberger. However, differences of 3.7–4.0% were found between specimens of P. purpureus purpureus (Say) and P. uvaldei Knull, rev. stat., which has been treated as a subspecies of P. purpureus for the past 50 years and whose range is shown to extend to Oklahoma, well north of previous records from southern Texas. New morphological data are presented distinguishing these two species, which have likely been confused in collections due to previously undocumented color variation in P. uvaldei. Our barcode data also suggest the possibility of one or more cryptic species resembling T. gracilis and T. nicolayi.

**Revision of the Cyrtodactylus loriae species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Papuan Peninsula, Papua New Guinea**

FRED KRAUS — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

I review lizards currently assigned to the gekkonid species Cyrtodactylus loriae (Boulenger), which has previously been shown to include several deeply divergent lineages that have been considered candidate species based on molecular evidence. This complex is limited to lower montane and hill forest in the Owen Stanley Mts. of southeastern New Guinea and the Central Highlands. I clarify which of the deeply divergent molecular lineages comprises true C. loriae, and I describe an additional two lineages as distinct species within this complex. The first occupies upper elevations in southern Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and adjacent mountains of northern Milne Bay Province. The second species occurs in the northern portion of the Papuan Peninsula and in the adjacent Huon Peninsula. Molecular divergences among these species date from the middle Miocene. Each species is geographically isolated from the others, with C. loriae being restricted to the western side of the Owen Stanley Mts., C. parkeri sp. nov. being found along the northeastern side of the Owen Stanleys and on the Huon Peninsula northeast of that, and C. amicorum sp. nov. being restricted to that part of the Papuan Peninsula south of the low-elevation Musa Divide. Separation of the common ancestors of these species likely occurred due to uplift of the Owen Stanleys in the middle Miocene and subsequent drying of the low-elevation Musa Divide during the late Miocene. I provide an updated key to the 33 species of Cyrtodactylus found in Melanesia.

Review of leafhopper tribe Cicadulini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of one new genus and three new species

C.A. VIRAKTAMATH, H.M. YESHWANTH — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Genera and species of the leafhopper tribe Cicadulini known from the Indian subcontinent are reviewed, with diagnoses of genera and keys to included genera and species. A new genus Cassidonaea gen. nov. with Cassidonaea sinuata sp. nov. (from India: Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra), breeding on Cassia auriculata L. (Fabaceae), as the type species and two species C. bipunctata sp. nov. (from India: Karnataka) and C. quadripunctata sp. nov. (India: Karnataka) breeding on Dudonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. (Sapindaceae) are described and illustrated. Galerius Distant is resurrected from synonymy with Doratulina Melichar, status rev. and redescribed and illustrated along with its type species G. indicatrix Distant and transferred to the tribe Cicadulini, placement nov. A checklist of genera and species of Cicadulini of the Indian subcontinent and key for their identification are provided.

Limnogonus poissoni (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae): first record from the Socotra Archipelago with descriptions of 3rd, 4th and 5th larval instars

PETR KMENT, KAY VAN DAMME — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

The fauna of aquatic, semi-aquatic and ripicolous true bugs of the infraorders Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) currently includes nine families and 19 species. Here we add the first record of the Afrotropical pond skater Limnogonus (Limnogonoides) poissoni Andersen, 1975 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae: Gerrinae: Gerrini) based on specimens from Socotra Island. The 3rd, 4th and 5th instars are described for the first time and compared to the known larvae of the nominotypical subgenus Limnogonus Stål, 1868 sensu stricto. Notes on the habitat in Socotra are included.

**Redescription of Leucauge subgemmea Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 from India (Araneae: Tetragnathidae: Leucaginae)**

JIMMY PAUL, PRADEEP M. SANKARAN — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

**A new species of Loboscelidia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Loboscelidiinae) from Thailand**

YU HISASUE, TOSHIHARU MITA — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Erratum: KAI WANG, FU SHU, LING LI, WEN-JIE DONG, HAO-NAN MU, MING SU, WEN-BO ZHU, MENG-FEI ZHANG, KE-JI GUO & JING CHE (2025) A New Cryptic Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Zootaxa, 5609 (2), 275–285.

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