Saturday, November 1, 2025

[Entomology • 2025] Agoo kizini & A. palmalopezi • Two New Species of the Palm-feeding Planthopper Genus Agoo (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from southern Mexico

 

 Agoo kizini Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodríguez, 

in Palma-Cancino, Pinedo-Escatel, Blanco-Rodríguez, Bahder et Ortiz-Garcia, 2025.

Two new species of the genus Agoo Bahder & Bartlett, A. kizini Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodríguez sp. nov. from the Yucatán Peninsula and A. palmalopezi Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodríguez sp. nov. from the state of Tabasco, Mexico are described and illustrated. Sequence data for the 18S rRNA and COX1 genes of A. kizini are provided and a distributional map of both species is also given. Specimens were found in association with palms, representing the first record of Agoo in Mexico.

Hemiptera, Derbinae, Cenchreini, Arecaceae, Yucatán, Peninsula Tabasco



Pablo José PALMA-CANCINO, J. Adilson PINEDO-ESCATEL, Edith BLANCO-RODRÍGUEZ, B. W. BAHDER and Carlos Fredy ORTIZ-GARCÍA. 2025. Two New Species of the Palm-feeding Planthopper Genus Agoo (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from southern Mexico. Zootaxa. 5706(2); 279-291. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.2.8 [2025-10-10]  Researchgate.net/publication/396371622