The Malagasy planthopper genus Paraflata is revised. To the three previously known species (P. seminigra, P. kingdomi and P. dewalschei) two new ones are added and described: P. masoalae sp. nov. and P. unispinosa sp. nov. Their distribution is discussed and a bipolar distribution (from mountain and coastal biotopes) is reported for P. dewalschei. During morphological investigations, several dead pupae of unidentified Lepidoptera Epipyropidae specimens were discovered attached to the planthopper abdomens. This is the first report for the genus Paraflata of these planthopper parasitic moths, which might be considered, in this particular interspecific interaction, rather as ectoparasites than as parasitoids.
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1 March 2016
Revision of the Madagascan Genus Paraflata (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), with Notes on Planthopper Hosts Parasitized by Epipyropidae Moths
Dariusz Świerczewski,
Thierry Bourgoin,
Adam Stroiński
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 66 • No. 1
March 2016
Vol. 66 • No. 1
March 2016
Afrotropical Region
ectoparasites
Fulgoroidea
taxonomy