A new genus of the tribe Sarimini (Fulgoromorpha, Issidae) from the Guangxi Province of China

By

Wang, Menglin
Bourgoin, Thierry, 1956-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

912

Pages

13--23

Subjects

Fulgoroidea , molecular , Morphology , new combination , new taxa , Oriental , planthopper

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.912.39589

 

Abstract

A new genus with a new speciesEusarimissus hezhouensisgen. nov. et sp. nov.from Guangxi Province of China are described in the tribe Sarimini of the family Issidae. Molecular sequences of 18S, 28S and COXI genes are provided for the new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis places this taxon sister to a previously sequenced but not yet described Sarimini genus ‘Eusarimasp. 4’. Taxonomic notes are provided for the genusEusarimaYang, 1994. The species Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica Gnezdilov & Mozaffarian, 2011 is transferred to the genusSarimaMelichar 1903.