A New Lophopid Genus (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) Corroborates the Family Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography

Adam Stroiński (1) , Adeline Soulier‐perkins (2)

1 PAN - Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences = Académie polonaise des sciences
2 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

A new genus Venisiella and species V. manifesta of Lophopidae from the Fiji islands are described. The phylogenetic features of the new taxon were coded and analyzed using parsimony to placed it within the previously published phylogeny of the family. Lophopidae remains monophyletic, with the new genus in the Makota+ group sister to Buxtoniella. The historical biogeography of the Makota+ group is discussed and characters are given in order to distinguish this new genus from Buxtoniella.

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Interactions entre organismes; Zoologie des invertébrés; Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Adam Stroiński, Adeline Soulier‐perkins. A New Lophopid Genus (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) Corroborates the Family Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography. Annales Zoologici, 2015, 65 (2), pp.269-285. ⟨10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.2.009⟩. ⟨mnhn-02967287⟩