Dayhiracia gen. nov., a new planthopper genus of the tribe Parahiraciini from Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)
A new genus of Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) belonging to the tribe Parahiraciini Cheng & Yang, 1991, Dayhiracia gen. nov., is erected to accommodate a new species Dayhiracia circularis gen. et sp. nov. from Nakhon Si Thamarat Province in Thailand. Illustrations of habitus and terminalia of the new species are given as well as a distribution map and a photograph of a live specimen. The Thai fauna of the family Issidae now counts ten species in five genera.
Authors
- Jérôme Constant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0254-0863)
Institutions
- Institute of Natural Sciences (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Taxonomy
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1070.3295
- Primary Topic
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00