A new species of planthopper in the genus Platocerella (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae) from palms in Costa Rica, a key to the genus and an updated molecular phylogeny of available New World Otiocerinae
The genus Platocerella is a monotypic otiocerine genus (Derbidae: Otiocerinae: Otiocerini) reported from Guyana. A new species of Platocerella associated with palms is herein described from Costa Rica. Molecular data for the barcoding region cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 18S rRNA gene, and D9-D10 expansion region of the 28S rRNA gene is provided to produce a preliminary phylogenetic tree including the new species and related taxa to place the new species relative to other otiocerine planthoppers.
Authors
- Charles R. Bartlett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-7337)
- EDWIN A. BARRANTES BARRANTES (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9565-2105)
- Brian W. Bahder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-4832)
- MARCO A. ZUMBADO ECHAVARRIA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2591-7662)
- ERICKA E. HELMICK (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-0891)
Institutions
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- University of Fort Lauderdale (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.6
- Primary Topic
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00