Original Paper

Celebenna thomarosa gen. n., sp. n. (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae, Bennini) from Indonesia: Sulawesi with notes on its ecology and behaviour

  1. Hannelore Hoch1,*,
  2. Roland Mühlethaler1,
  3. Ekkehard Wachmann1,
  4. Björn Stelbrink1,
  5. Andreas Wessel1,2

Article first published online: 16 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201100027

Issue

Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume 58, Issue 2, pages 241–250, November 2011

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How to Cite

Hoch, H., Mühlethaler, R., Wachmann, E., Stelbrink, B. and Wessel, A. (2011), Celebenna thomarosa gen. n., sp. n. (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae, Bennini) from Indonesia: Sulawesi with notes on its ecology and behaviour. Dtsch. Entomol. Z., 58: 241–250. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.201100027

Author Information

  1. 1

    Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

  2. 2

    Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Hüfferstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany

*Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 NOV 2011
  2. Article first published online: 16 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 4 AUG 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 30 JUN 2011

Funded by

  • research grant of the “Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin e.V.” to Kristina von Rintelen

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Keywords:

  • Taxonomy;
  • Southeast Asia;
  • Island endemism;
  • Root community;
  • Cavernicole;
  • Sensory organ;
  • Vibrational communication

Abstract

A new species of the cixiid tribe Bennini from Sulawesi is described and a new genus is erected to accommodate it. This is the first record of a Bennini from Sulawesi and the first discovery of this group in a subterranean environment. We report preliminary observations of its ecology and behaviour. According to the ecological parameters of its habitat and its morphological configuration, Celebenna thomarosa is ecologically classified as an exapted eutroglophile accidental. (© 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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