Tarehylava, a new planthopper genus from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae)
Stroiński Adam
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(1): 329-340, 2021
Published online: 26th August 2021
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Abstract: A new monotypic genus of ricaniid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha:
Ricaniidae), Tarehylava gen. nov., is described for T. avymaina sp. nov. (type
species), based on four females collected in the spiny forest ecoregion of
south-western Madagascar. Habitus, as well as external and internal female
genital structures of the new genus and species are described and illustrated.
Key words: Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Ricaniidae, morphology, taxonomy, spiny forest, Madagascar, Afrotropical Region