Mirídeos neotropicais: CCCXCVIII. Gênero e espécies novos do sul do Brasil (Hemiptera) Neotropical miridae: CCCXCVIII. New genus and species from south of Brazil (Hemiptera)

<abstract language="eng">A new genus and five new species of Hemiptera, Miridae, from south of Brazil are described as follows: Derophthalma vittinotata, sp.n.; Parachius pallidus, sp.n.; Paranacoris, gen.n.; Paranacoris vertexalbus, sp.n.; Tropidosteptes vittiscutellatus, sp.n.; Tupiniquinus alboantennatus, sp.n. Illustrations of habitus and male genitalia are included

Out of Africa?: a dated molecular phylogeny of the cicada tribe Platypleurini Schmidt (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), with a focus on African genera and the genus Platypleura Amyot and Audinet‐Serville

The Platypleurini is a large group of charismatic cicadas distributed from Cape Agulhas in South Africa, through tropical Africa, Madagascar, India and eastern Asia to Japan, with generic diversity concentrated in equatorial and southern Africa. This distribution suggests the possibility of a Gondwanan origin and dispersal to eastern Asia from Africa or India. We used a four-gene (three mitochondrial) molecular dataset, fossil calibrations and molecular clock information to explore the phylogenetic relationships of the platypleurine cicadas and the timing and geography of their diversification. The earliest splits in the tribe were found to separate forest genera in Madagascar and equatorial Africa from the main radiation, and all of the Asian/Indian species sampled formed a younger clade nested well within the African taxa