A new monotypic genus of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) is described from Socotra island (Yemen): Haloflata gen. nov. for H. arthrocnemi sp. nov. (type species). Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and compared with similar taxa. The new species was found in association with Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Amaranthaceae) in coastal saltmarshes in western Socotra.
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1 June 2017
Haloflata gen. nov. — A New Genus from Salt Marshes in Socotra Island (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae)
Dariusz Świerczewski,
Igor Malenovský,
Adam Stroiński
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 67 • No. 2
June 2017
Vol. 67 • No. 2
June 2017
— planthoppers
Flatinae
Fulgoroidea
new species
systematics
taxonomy