New Species of the Planthopper GenusParkana(Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from Mesoamerica

Abstract

Six new species from Mesoamerica are described and illustrated into the formerly monotypic genus Parkana. These species are segregated into 3 subgenera, Parkana s.s. (bearing a large dorsal process on the aedeagus) consisting of 5 species, and a single species each in Furcoparca new subgenus (with the median processes of the pygofer formed into a large forked process), and Litoparca new subgenus (lacking both features, genitalia relatively simple, aedeagus bearing lateral teeth). The new species are P. (P.) mirasol, P. (P.) nigra, P. (P.) pallida, P. (P.) tres, P. (F.) chico (all from Mexico, except P. nigra also from Guatemala), and P. (L.) costa (Costa Rica). Keys are provided to subgenus and species. Parkana was previously known only from the type species (P. alata) from western United States. The diversity of Mesoamerican delphacid species is briefly discussed.

A new species of planthopper in the genus Agoo Bahder & Bartlett (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in Jamaica

“…Morphological terminology and identification. Morphological terminology generally follows that of Bartlett et al (2014) with wing venation following Bourgoin et al (2015). Voucher specimens, including primary types, are stored at the University of Florida-Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (FLREC) in Davie, FL, U.S.A and the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) in Gainesville, FL, U.S.A. Label information of type is quoted, with '/' indicating a new line and '//' indicating a new label.…”

A new species of planthopper in the genus Jamaha (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae) from the Northeastern coast of Jamaica

“…The Colpopterinae currently consists of 2 tribes (Colpopterini and Niadrimini), with 9 genera in the Colpopterini (1 African-the validity of which is currently in doubt, 2 Dominican amber-one recently (Szwedo et al 2022), 6 Caribbean, Mesoamerican, and northern South American) and a total of 40 species (Niadrimini is monotypic). In the New World, the Colpopterini are distributed at least from Ecuador (noted in Barringer et al 2019) north to northern Mexico (C. albavenosa Caldwell, 1945, was described from San Luis Potosí, and the type series of C. bifurcata Caldwell, 1945, included a specimen from Sonora; Caldwell, 1945), throughout the Caribbean, and with an undetermined species in southern Florida (Bartlett et al 2014). As noted in Gnezdilov (2012: 350), it "is beyond doubt that further investigation" will increase the number of taxa in the Colpopterinae.…”

A new species of planthopper in the genus Melanoliarus (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in Trinidad

“…However, in a review of the world fauna of Cixiidae Holzinger et al (2002) treated all New World Oliarus as belonging to the genus Melanoliarus and in so doing moved approximately 79 additional species into the genus by implication, although a few of these have since been placed in Pentastiridius Kirschbaum, 1868 or Reptalus Emeljanov, 1971(Emeljanov 2001). If Melanoliarus is understood as all New World Pentastirini formerly in Oliarus (excluding those moved elsewhere by Emeljanov 2001), the genus consists of 48 species north of Mexico (e.g., Mead & Kramer 1982, Bartlett et al 2014, plus an additional 31 species from the Caribbean, Mesoamerica, and South America collectively (Metcalf 1936(Metcalf , 1945Ball 1937, Caldwell 1938, 1947aFennah 1945b, 1967, Caldwell & Martorell 1951, Mead & Kramer 1982, Bourgoin et al 1998, Campodonico, 2018. While the majority of currently described taxa are known from North America, there are likely many undiscovered taxa in the Neotropics.…”