Gênero e espécie nova de Neocoelidiinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)

Abstract

A new genus of Neocoelidiinae Paraphysiana diminuta gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil. The new genus is closely related to Chinchinota, Deltocoelidia, Chinaia, and Xenocoelidia but it can be distinguished by the aspect of the male genitalia, mainly by the presence of paraphyses.

A new species of Paraphysiana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Neocoelidiinae) from French Guiana.

“…The subfamily is restricted to the New World. Paraphysiana Chiamolera, Cavichioli & Anderle (2003) is a monotypic genus that was proposed for P. diminuta Chiamolera, Cavichioli & Anderle, 2003 from Amazonas State, Brazil. Paraphysiana can be easily distinguished from other genera of Necoelidiinae by the following set of characteristics: (1) head without carena between crown and face;…”

“…(2) male pygofer with inner ventral process; (3) subgenital plates entirely fused to each other; (4) aedeagus subcylindrical; (5) paraphysis long (Chiamolera et al 2003). According to a cladistic analysis based on morphological data (Marques-Costa & Cavichioli 2012), Paraphysiana is the sister group of Deltocoelidia Kramer, 1961, supported by three homoplastic apomorphies:…”