New species for Virgilia Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera, Lophopidae), genus review and key to species

Adeline Soulier‐perkins (1) , Mario Navasero , Sheryl A Yap , Michael R Wilson (2)

1 MECADEV - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution
2 National Museum of Wales - Cardiff

Two new species of the lophopid genus Virgilia Stål 1866, are described and illustrated, V. cocovora Soulier-Perkins sp. nov. and V. imuganensis Soulier-Perkins sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus is provided. Photos for the four Virgilia species are presented and the male terminalia illustrations are given. A comment on the potential pest status of one of the described species, V. cocovora, is given.

Keywords: Fulgoromorpha; Mindanao; Philippines; agricultural pest; Arecaceae; coconut; Fulgoromorpha

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Ecology, environment; Symbiosis; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Animal biology; Invertebrate Zoology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Adeline Soulier‐perkins, Mario Navasero, Sheryl A Yap, Michael R Wilson. New species for Virgilia Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera, Lophopidae), genus review and key to species. Zootaxa, 2018, 4415 (1), pp.135. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1.6⟩. ⟨mnhn-02966582⟩