A new species of Portanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Xestocephalinae) from Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Portanus Ball, 1932 comprises 45 species that occur in Brazil, including Portanus felixi sp. nov. described and illustrated herein. The genus is close to Paraportanus Carvalho & Cavichioli, 2009 and can be distinguished from it by having a transversal groove on the basal third of the subgenital plates. The new species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the characters of male genitalia, especially by the pygofer with the apical process pointed, sclerotized and dorso-ventrally directed; and by the aedeagus with apodeme on the basal third.

A new synonym and description of two new species of Portanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Xestocephalinae) from Brazil and Bolivia

“…Later, Linnavuori (1959) transferred two additional Scaphoideus species to this genus. Until 2009, one more species was transferred to Portanus and 44 new species were described (De Souza &Takiya, 2014 andCarvalho, 2012), so the genus then included 54 described species, all from the Neotropical region. Carvalho & Cavichioli (2009) erected second genus in Portanini, Poraportanus Carvalho & Cavichioli, 2009 and nine Portanus species were transferred to Paraportanus.…”