title: A new species of the planthopper genus Conosimus associated with an endemic shrub in southern Spain.
abstract: The poorly-known genus Conosimus Mulsant et Rey, 1855 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) includes six species and is briefly reviewed. Adults and fifth instars of a new species, Conosimus baenai n sp., are described and compared with other species in the genus. The new species is associated with an endemic shrub, Echinospartum boissieri, in Jaen, Spain, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, one of the richest botanical areas of the Mediterranean Basin.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab.1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia vmgnezdilov@mail.ru vgnezdilov@zin.ru.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Gnezdilov
authors.affiliation: University of Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, 4485-601 Vairao, Portugal.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aguin-Pombo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain
keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Issidae; Issini