A new genus and species of cixiid planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacoidea: Cixiidae) from Belize, including a key to the American Pentastirini and a checklist of Belizean Fulgoromorpha Author Hendrix, Solomon V. 0000-0002-9564-1198 University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19716 - 2160. solvhent@udel.edu Author Bartlett, Charles R. 0000-0001-9428-7337 University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 531 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19716 - 2160. bartlett@udel.edu text Zootaxa 2025 2025-02-18 5588 4 551 572 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.3 journal article 308267 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.3 ed23cc2a-2483-43d5-8971-581dfae6040d 1175-5326 14896762 5FAC88C1-8D41-432D-B57C-1A4471ACE71D

TABLE 1. Planthopper Species Reported from Belize based on compiled records from literature (source data compiled from FLOW, Bourgoin 2024), TriTrophic TCN (Schuh et al. 2010, Schuh 2012), iNaturalist; grey highlight = excluded from Belize species tallies, * = new country record supported by specimens; † = supported only by photographic records (determinations confirmed or made by authors); square brackets = dubious or erroneous records.

Family	Taxon	Literature	TriTCN	iNaturalist	Comments and References
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Acanaloniidae	Acanalonia pumila (Van Duzee, 1908)	x			Bartlett et al. 2014
Achilidae	* Amblycratus fuscolineatus (Fowler, 1904)		x		UDCC
	* Amblycratus fuscus Metcalf, 1938		x		UDCC
	* Catonia albidovariegata Fowler, 1904		x		UDCC
	* Phradmonicus fennahi Emeljanov, 1991		x		UDCC, USNM
	* Pseudhelicoptera nasuta Fowler, 1904		x		UDCC
	Apateson albomaculatum Fowler, 1900	x		x	Metcalf 1938; iNaturalist:
					35187772, 69110573
	Kardopocephalus lineatus Metcalf, 1938	x			Metcalf 1938; USNM
	[Myconus conspersinervis (Stål, 1862a)]	x			This record (Metcalf 1938)
					is likely in error and refers to
					another Myconus species; this
					species was described from the
					southeastern region of Brazil.
	Phypia punctata	x			Metcalf 1938
	(Metcalf, 1938)
	Plectoderes scapularis	x			Metcalf 1938; USNM
	Metcalf, 1938
Caliscelidae	[Nenema rugosa (Ball, 1902)]	x			This record (Bartlett et al. 2014) is likely in error and requires confirmation; this species is widespread in western USA.
Cixiidae	Bothriocera spp.		x	x	UDCC; iNaturalist: 147360360,
					147538924
	Cyclopoliarus sp. nov.		x		WFBM, UDCC
	Haplaxius akko (Kramer, 1979)	x			Kramer 1979
	Haplaxius crudus (Van Duzee, 1907)	x			Kramer 1979, Bartlett et al. 2014
	Haplaxius skarphion (Kramer, 1979)	x			Kramer 1979
	[Melanoliarus viequensis (Caldwell, 1951)]	x			This record (Bartlett et al. 2014)
					is likely in error and refers to
					another Melanoliarus species.
	Microledrida virida Caldwell, 1944c	x	x		de Haas et al. in press; UDCC
	Myxia delta (Kramer, 1979)	x			Kramer 1979, Echavarria et al.
					2021a, 2021b
	Nymphocixia unipunctata Van Duzee, 1923	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; LSAM,
					UDCC
	Oecleus spp.		x	x	iNaturalist: 190860900,
					201708369
	Pictoliarus zoetropeus sp. nov.		x		AMNH, USNM
	Pintalia spp.			x	UDCC; iNaturalist: 108488640,
					148745379, 148909577
	* Rhamphixius championi Fowler, 1904		x		UDCC; same specimen
					iNaturalist 129632527
Delphacidae	Bostaera sp.		x
	Burnilia sp.		x	x	iNaturalist: 69572273
	Caenodelphax teapae	x	x	x	Bartlett et al. 2014; Kennedy &
	(Fowler, 1905)				Bartlett 2014; FSCA, LBOB,
					UDCC; iNaturalist: 148904176
	Chionomus balboae	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; Weglarz &
	(Muir & Giffard, 1924)				Bartlett 2020; LBOB, NCSU,
					UDCC
	* Chionomus dissipatus		x		UDCC
	(Muir, 1926)
	Chionomus havanae	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; Weglarz &
	(Muir & Giffard, 1924)				Bartlett 2020; LBOB, NCSU,
					UDCC
	Chionomus puellus	x			Weglarz & Bartlett 2020
(Van Duzee, 1897)
	Chionomus tenae	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; Weglarz &
	(Muir, 1926)				Bartlett 2020
	Copicerus irroratus	x			The limits and distribution of
	Swartz, 1802				this species need reevaluation;
					Barringer & Bartlett 2011
	* Delphacodes aterrima		x	x	UDCC; iNaturalist: 146986906
Muir, 1926
	* Distantinus		x		Bellis & Donaldson 2016;
	fuscipennis (Muir,				FSCA, NCSU
1919)
	* Euides afasciata		x		UDCC
(Caldwell, 1951)
	Euides fasciatella	x	x	x	Bartlett et al. 2014; UDCC;
	(Osborn, 1935)				iNaturalist: 146986901
	Euides nr.		x		UDCC
equadorensis (Muir,
1926)
	Flavoclypeus	x			Crawford 1914; Bartlett et al.
	andromedus (Van				2014, Kennedy & Bartlett 2014
Duzee, 1907)
	Flavoclypeus	x	x	x	Bartlett et al. 2014; Kennedy
	nigrifacies (Muir,				& Bartlett 2014; UDCC;
	1918)				iNaturalist: 203248725
	Macrotomella carinata	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; UDCC
Van Duzee, 1907
	Meristopsis	x	x		Kennedy et al. 2012; Bartlett et
	melanosteptos				al. 2014; LBOB, UDCC
Kennedy, Bartlett &
Wilson, 2012
	Metadelphax	x	x		Gonzon & Bartlett 2007; Bartlett
	propinqua (Fieber,				et al. 2014; FSCA, UDCC
1866)
	* Neomalaxa flava		x		UDCC
Muir, 1918
	* Neomegamelanus		x		UDCC
elongatus (Ball, 1905)
	Nilaparvata caldwelli	x	x		Bartlett 2007; Bartlett et al.
	Metcalf, 1955				2014; FSCA
	Nilaparvata guianensis	x			Bartlett 2007; Bartlett et al.
	(Muir, 1919)				2014; Kennedy & Bartlett 2021
	Nothodelphax	x	x	x	Bartlett et al. 2014; iNaturalist:
	slossonae (Ball, 1903)				105916897
	* Pareuidella		x		UDCC
magnistyla (Crawford,
1914)
	Pareuidella triloba	x			Bartlett et al. 2014
(Metcalf, 1923)
	Pareuidella weedi (Van	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; FSCA
Duzee, 1897)
	Pareuidella n. spp.		x		At least three new species in the
					genus are known from Belize
					(Bartlett, unpublished); UDCC
	Peregrinus maidis	x	x	x	Bartlett et al. 2014; FSCA;
	(Ashmead, 1890)				iNaturalist: 199416066
	* Phrictopyga		x		UDCC
fuscovittata (Muir,
1926)
	Phrictopyga	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; FSCA,
	occidentalis (Muir,				UDCC
	1926)
	* Pissonotus		x		Bartlett & Deitz 2000, UDCC
abdominalis
(Crawford, 1914)
	* Pissonotus albivultus		x		Bartlett & Deitz 2000; FSCA,
	Morgan & Beamer,				UDCC
1949
	* Pissonotus		x		Bartlett & Deitz 2000; FSCA
albovenosus Osborn,
1935
	* Pissonotus muiri		x	x	Bartlett & Deitz 2000; UDCC;
	Metcalf, 1943				iNaturalist: 148904173,
					148993212
	* Pygospina reducta		x		UDCC
	Caldwell, 1951
	Pygospina spinata	x			Bartlett et al. 2014
Caldwell, 1951
	* Pygospina spinigera		x		UDCC
(Fennah, 1945b)
	* Saccharosydne		x		Rossi-Batiz 2014; UDCC
ornatipennis Muir,
1926
	Saccharosydne	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014, Rossi-Batiz
	saccharivora				2014
	(Westwood, 1833)
	* Saccharosydne viridis		x		NCSU
	Muir, 1926
	Sogatella kolophon	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; TAMU,
	(Kirkaldy, 1907)				UDCC
	* Sogatella molina		x		UDCC
	(Fennah, 1963)
	Stenocranus angustus	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014
	Crawford, 1914
	Stobaera sp.		x
	Syndelphax floridae	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; UDCC
	(Muir & Giffard, 1924)
	Syndelphax	x			Bartlett et al. 2014
	fulvidorsum (Metcalf,
1923)
	Syndelphax humilis	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; AMNH
	(Van Duzee, 1907)
	Tagosodes	x	x		Bartlett et al. 2014; UDCC
	approximatus
	(Crawford, 1914)
	* Tagosodes cubanus		x		FSCA, NCSU
	(Crawford, 1914)
	Tagosodes wallacei	x			Bartlett et al. 2014; Leavengood
	(Muir & Giffard, 1924)				et al. 2017; UDCC
	Tetrasteira trimaculata	x	x		Barringer & Bartlett 2011;
	Barringer & Bartlett,				UDCC
	2011
	Toya idonea (Beamer,	x			Gonzon & Bartlett 2007; Bartlett
	1947)				et al. 2014
	Toya nigra (Crawford,	x	x		Gonzon & Bartlett 2007; Bartlett
	1914)				et al. 2014; UDCC
	* Ugyops stigmatus		x		UDCC
	(Crawford, 1914)
Derbidae	† Agoo spp.			x	iNaturalist: 37853667
	Anotia firebugia	x		x	Barrantes et al. 2020, Bartlett
	Bahder & Bartlett,				& Wilson 2023; iNaturalist:
	2020				36951678, 147493133
	Cedusa carranzensis	x			Caldwell 1944a
	Caldwell, 1944a
	Cedusa delongi	x	x		Flynn & Kramer 1983; UDCC
	Caldwell, 1944a
	Cedusa digitata	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	Caldwell, 1944a
	Cedusa furcata	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	Caldwell, 1944a
	Cedusa medusa	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	McAtee, 1924
	Cedusa nedusa	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	Caldwell, 1944a
	Cedusa pedusa	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	McAtee, 1924
	Cedusa tincta	x	x		Flynn & Kramer 1983; NCSU
	Caldwell, 1944
	Cedusa whitei Flynn &	x			Flynn & Kramer 1983
	Kramer, 1983
	† Derbe sp.			x	iNaturalist: 36811551
	Mysidia acidalioides	x			Broomfield 1985
	Fowler, 1900
	Mysidia albipennis	x			Broomfield 1985
	Westwood, 1840
	Mysidia distanti	x			Broomfield 1985
	Broomfield, 1985
	Mysidia insolita	x			Broomfield 1985
	Broomfield, 1985
	Mysidia minerva	x			Broomfield 1985
	Broomfield, 1985
	* Neocenchrea bakeri		x		UDCC
	(McAtee, 1924)
	Omolicna triata	x			Caldwell 1944b, Bahder et al.
	(Caldwell, 1944b)				2019
	† Sayiana sp.			x	iNaturalist: 191548626
Dictyopharidae	Cuernavaca herbida	x			Donovall 2008, Remes Lenicov
	(Walker, 1851)				et al. 2020
	Diacira sp.	x			Donovall 2008
	Dictyopharoides sp.		x		NHMUK
	Hyalodictyon sp.		x	x	USNM; iNaturalist: 63212737,
					69504353
	* Lappida		x		Donovall 2008; LBOB
	chlorochroma (Walker,
	1851)
	Nersia florens Stål,	x	x		Donovall 2008, Bartlett et al.
	1862a				2014; LBOB
	* Retiala proxima		x		Donovall 2008; LBOB
	Fennah, 1944b
	[Rhynchomitra	x			This record (Bartlett et al.
	microrhina (Walker,				2014) is in error, likely a
	1851)]				misidentification of a different
					species in Rhynchomitra (R.
					mexicana or an undescribed
					species).
Flatidae	† Carthaeomorpha nr.			x	iNaturalist: 108490842
	rufipes Melichar
	[Cyarda sordida	x			This record (Bartlett et al. 2014)
	Fennah, 1965]				is likely in error and requires
					further confirmation.
	Deocerus sp.		x		UDCC
	Epormenis sp.		x		UDCC
	† Flatoidinus sp.			x	iNaturalist: 186854494
	Flatormenis sp.		x		UDCC
	† Poekilloptera sp.			x	iNaturalist: 112730253,
					122645141
Fulgoridae	† Acraephia			x	iNaturalist: 29123352, 13404301
	perspicillata
	(Fabricius, 1781)
	† Calyptoproctus sp.			x	iNaturalist: 99390885,
					149654259, 169892897
	Cerogenes auricoma	x			Distant 1900
	(Burmeister, 1835)
	† Copidocephala			x	iNaturalist: 42409366, 88036022
	guttata (White, 1846)
	† Copidocephala			x	iNaturalist: 148883661
	viridiguttata Stål, 1869
	[Cyrpoptus belfragei	x			This record (Bartlett et al.
	Stål, 1869]				2014) is likely in error, likely a
					misidentification of Cyrpoptus
					suavis.
	[Cyrpoptus metcalfi	x			This record (Bartlett et al.
	Ball, 1933]				2014) is likely in error, likely a
					misidentification of Cyrpoptus
					suavis.
	* Cyrpoptus suavis		x		UDCC
	Stål, 1862
	Diareusa imitatrix	x	x		O’Brien 1988; UDCC
	Ossiannilsson, 1940
	† Enchophora			x	iNaturalist: 149502746
	sanguiflua Audibert &
	Porion, 2016
	Enchophora stillifera				O’Brien 1988
	(Stål, 1862b)
	* Fulgora castresii		x		UDCC
	Guérin-Méneville,
	1837
	† Odontoptera carrenoi			x	iNaturalist: 148646241,
	Signoret, 1849				39592668
	Phrictus tripartitus	x		x	Caldwell 1945a, O’Brien 1988
	Metcalf, 1938
	Sinuala schmidti	x			O’Brien 1988
	O’Brien, 1988
	Villala canoi Goemans,	x			Goemans & O’Brien 2005,
	2005				Goemans 2006
Issidae	Bumaya knorozovi	x	x		Gnezdilov & O’Brien 2008;
	Gnezdilov & O’Brien,				LSAM
	2008
	Ulixes cassidoides	x			Fowler 1904
	(Walker, 1858)
Nogodinidae	* Biolleyana pictifrons		x		UDCC
	(Stål, 1864)
	Bladina fowleri	x	x		Kramer 1976; UDCC
	Fennah, 1952
	Bladina mimica	x			Kramer 1976
	Fennah, 1952
	* Bladina mimica		x		Kramer 1976; UDCC
	cymula Kramer, 1976
Tropiduchidae	† Gaetulia sp.			x	iNaturalist: 69726307
	* Ubis verticalis		x		UDCC
	(Fowler, 1904)