A New Species of Bennini (Hemiptera, Cixiidae) from Granitic Subterranean Environment in Vietnam, an Under-Investigated Biotope

Hannelore Hoch (1) , Thierry Bourgoin (2) , Arnaud Faille (3) , Adeline Soulier‐perkins (4)

1 Humboldt University Of Berlin
2 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
3 Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
4 MECADEV - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution

A new species of the planthopper taxon Bennini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) was discovered in the wide interstitial voids of a granitic blockfield in Vietnam. A key to the species of the Vietnam-endemic Bennini genus Sanghabenna is provided and Sanghabenna florenciana sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Molecular data including 18S in part and CO1 barcode sequences of the species, as well as for the first time a detailed description of nymphal morphology of a Bennini are provided. According to the ecological parameters of its habitat and its morphological configuration, Sanghabenna florenciana sp. nov. is classified as an exapted eutroglophile taxon.

Keywords: Sanghabenna; new species; eutroglophile; subterranean fauna; cave ecology; granitic blockfield

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

Hannelore Hoch, Thierry Bourgoin, Arnaud Faille, Adeline Soulier‐perkins. A New Species of Bennini (Hemiptera, Cixiidae) from Granitic Subterranean Environment in Vietnam, an Under-Investigated Biotope. Annales Zoologici, 2017, 67 (1), pp.1-12. ⟨10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.001⟩. ⟨mnhn-02966952⟩