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- Title
First record of a cavernicolous Kinnaridae from the Old World (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha, Kinnaridae, Adolendini) provides testimony of an ancient fauna.
- Authors
Hoch, Hannelore; Sendra, Alberto; Montagud, Sergio; Teruel, Santiago; Lopes Ferreira, Rodrigo
- Abstract
A new obligately cavernicolous species in the planthopper family Kinnaridae is described from Spain. This is the first record of a cavernicolous kinnarid from the Old World, and the first record of a troglobitic fulgoromorphan hemipteran from mainland Spain, and also the 7th cavernicolous kinnarid species worldwide. Epigean Kinnaridae are not known from the present-day fauna of the Iberian Peninsula nor from Western Europe at large. The new species is regarded as a relict from an ancient fauna which is now extinct. The new cavernicolous species could not be assigned to any of the existing genera, thus a new genus is established. Molecular data (COI barcode sequence) for the new species are presented. For the first time, a detailed description of the nymphal morphology of a kinnarid is provided. Information on its ecology, behaviour, distribution and conservation status is given, and biogeographic implications are discussed.
- Subjects
IBERIAN Peninsula; SPAIN; HOMOPTERA; LEGAL testimony; SPECIES; PENINSULAS; HEMIPTERA; MORPHOLOGY
- Publication
Subterranean Biology, 2021, Issue 37, p1
- ISSN
1768-1448
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/subtbiol.37.60483