Madoxychara gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), a new genus of the tribe Phantiini Melichar from Madagascar

摘要

Madoxychara unicornis gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) is described and illustrated from Madagascar.Madagascar's biodiversity ranks among the most remarkable in the world. The island has been famously called "the naturalist's promised land" because of its large number of endemic species. More than 92% of the island's mammals are endemic, as are nearly60% of birds, 90% of plants and 97% of reptiles and amphibians (Goodman & Patterson 1997; Ganzhorn et al. 2001; Wilme et al. 2006)The data on the flatid fauna of Madagascar, when compared with those of the African continent, seems extremely scarce with 39 species of Flatinae and 37 species of Flatoidinae (Synave 1956; Metcalf 1957; Stroinski & Swierczewski 2011; Stroinski & Swierczewski 2012b). Preliminary studies based on the material from several museum collections indicate that the biodiversity of Flatinae in Madagascar is much higher than previously estimated (Swierczewski & Stroinski 2011; Swierczewski & Stroinski 2012).