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Resumo. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar a diversidade de membracideos associados ao cacaueiro e determinar a sazonalidade das especies mais comuns, em duas areas sombreadas, no municipio de Linhares, Estado do Espirito Santo, Brasil. Para as amostragens foram utilizadas doze armadilhas tipo bandeja amarela, instaladas aleatoriamente em cada area, espacadas entre si por 30 metros e colocadas sobre estacas de madeira a uma altura de 1 metro acima do nivel do solo. O material foi coletado semanalmente durante o periodo de agosto/2011 a julho/2012. Amostras de frutos, ramos e folhas que continham posturas, ninfas e adultos das cigarrinhas foram coletadas e mantidas em laboratorio para a eventual emergencia de parasitoides e catalogacao das especies. Por meio de armadilhas foram coletados 16.094 exemplares de membracideos pertencentes a 30 especies, sendo 58,7 % na primeira area (com 70 % de sombra) e 41,3 % na segunda area (60 % sombra). A especie mais abundante foi Horiola picta (Coquebert) compreendendo 87,2 % do total coletado. Plantas de cacaueiro sao confirmadas como hospedeiras de H . picta , Membracis tectigera Olivier, Membracis dorsata Fabricius, Membracis mimica Walker, Anobilia sp., Phormophora maura (Fabricius), Leioscyta pulchella Funkhouser e Enchenopa squamigera (Linnaeus). Parasitoides pertencentes as familias Mymaridae e Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) foram obtidos de ovos de H. picta , Anobilia sp., L . pulchella , M. tectigera e P. maura . Biodiversity and Sazonality of Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in Cocoa Abstract. The aim of this study was to identify the treehoppers diversity associated with cocoa plantation and to determine the seasonality of the most common species in two shaded areas, in the municipality of Linhares, Espirito Santo State, Brazil. For the sampling, twelve yellow-tray traps were randomly set in each area, spaced from one another in 30 m., placed on wooden stakes at a height of 1.0 m. above ground level. Weekly the collected material was taken during August/2011 to July/2012. Also samples of fruits, branches and leaves containing postures, nymphs, and adults of the treehoppers were collected and maintained in the laboratory for the eventual emergence of parasitoids and cataloging of the species. Through the traps were collected 16,094 exemplars of treehoppers belonging to 30 species, of which, 58.7 % in the first area (70 % shade) and 41.3 % in the second area (60 % shade). The most abundant species was Horiola picta (Coquebert) comprising 87.2 % of the total collection. Cocoa trees are confirmed to be the host plant of H . picta , Membracis tectigera Olivier, Membracis dorsata Fabricius, Membracis mimica Walker, Anobilia sp., Phormophora maura (Fabricius), Leioscyta pulchella Funkhouser and Enchenopa squamigera (Linnaeus). Parasitoids belonging to the families Mymaridae and Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) were obtained from the eggs of H. picta , Anobilia sp., L . pulchella , M. tectigera and P. maura .

Enchenopa luizae sp. nov. (holotype female from Brazil, State of São Paulo, municipality of São José dos Campos, Parque Natural Municipal Augusto Ruschi at 23°04'05°S", 45°56'22"W, 06.VIII.2011, R. La Rosa leg. deposited in DZUP) is described and diagnosed from the Atlantic Forest Vale do Paraíba, São Paulo, Brazil. The new species is very similar to Enchenopa monoceros (Germar, 1821) in overall aspects but much larger and with inconspicuous lateral secondary carinae. The fourth instar nymph is also briefly characterized.

Some species of Membracis share a long history of misidentifications, especially the type-species M. foliata (Linnaeus, 1758). After a thorough analysis of the literature and type-specimens, taxonomic remarks are provided on these problematic species to enable their accurate identification. The following species are treated: M. foliata (Linnaeus, 1758), M. foliataarcuata (DeGeer, 1773), M. foliatafasciata (DeGeer, 1773) sp. reval. (= M. c-album Fairmaire, 1846 syn. nov., = M. flexa Walker, 1858 syn. nov., = M. suctifructus Boulard and Couturier, 1991 syn. nov., = M. lunata Fabricius, 1787 syn. nov.), M. celsa Walker, 1851 (= M. rectangula Costa, 1862 syn. nov.), M. fairmairi Goding, 1928, M. fusifera Walker, 1858 (= Phyllotropis subtecta Buckton, 1901 syn. nov.). Lectotype is designated for Cicada foliata Linnaeus, 1758. Three new species, M. latifasciata Sakakibara and Evangelista sp. nov., M. luizae Evangelista and Sakakibara sp. nov. and M. obliquifasciata Evangelista and Sakakibara sp. nov. are descri...

Duas espécies são descritas da Mata Atlântica do Estado de São Paulo: uma pertencente ao gênero Antonae Stål (Smiliinae-Ceresini), Antonae brasiliensis sp. nov. e outra a Hypheodana Metcalf (Darninae-Darnini), Hypheodana gargionei sp. nov., ambas de Campos do Jordão, São Paulo. O gênero Antonae é registrado pela primeira vez no Brasil e Hypheodana, por outro lado, para a Mata Atlântica. Two species are described: one belonging to the genus Antonae Stål (Smiliinae, Ceresini), Antonae brasiliensis sp. nov., and another to Hypheodana Metcalf (Darninae-Darnini), Hypheodana gargionei sp. nov., both from Campos do Jordão, São Paulo. The genus Antonae Stål is recorded for the first time in Brazil, and Hypheodana, on the other hand, in the Atlantic Forest.

A new genus and two new species are described from Brazil: Aurimastris new genus; Aurimastris expansa new species (type species) (Mato Grosso), and Aurimastris otina new species (Rio de Janeiro). A key to Amastrini genera and illustrations are given, including the male genitalia.

The synonyms assigned to some species of Callicentrus Stål, 1869 are revised, resulting: for Callicentrus bonasia (Fabricius, 1775) and Centrotus flavivitta Walker, 1851 the respective synonyms are removed. The species Centrotus aurifascia Walker, 1851, C. jucundus Walker, 1851, and C. platycerus Walker, 1851 are reinstated in Callicentrus. Three new species are described, all from Jamaica: Callicentrus delicatus sp. nov., C. ramosi sp. nov., and C. rubripes sp. nov. All of the treated species are figured.

Cinco novas espécies são descritas: em Hoplophorionini Goding, 1926 Metcalfiella venezuelana sp. nov. (Venezuela, Lara); em Hypsoprorini Haupt, 1929 Hypsoprorachis fossulata sp. nov. (Brasil, Minas Gerais), Hypsoprora gracilis sp. nov. (Brasil, Mato Grosso), H. laminata sp. nov. (Brasil, São Paulo) e H. adusta sp. nov. (Brasil, Bahia). Fotografias dos holótipos são apresentadas. Five new species are described: in Hoplophorionini Goding, 1926 Metcalfiella venezuelana sp. nov. (Venezuela, Lara); in Hypsoprorini Haupt, 1929 Hypsoprorachis fossulata sp. nov. (Brazil, Minas Gerais), Hypsoprora gracilis sp. nov. (Brazil, Mato Grosso), H. laminata sp. nov. (Brazil, São Paulo), and H. adusta sp. nov. (Brazil, Bahia). Photographs of the holotypes are given.

Restructure of the genus Deois Fennah; description of a new genus and new species (Homoptera, Cercopidae, Tomaspidinae). The genus Deois Fennah is reviewed and some changes in the taxonomy are introduced. The genus and its four subgenera are redefined, having now the following composition: 1) subgenus Deois (Deois) with: D. (D.) correntina (Berg, 1879), D. (D.) grandis Sakakibara, 1979, D. (D.) knoblauchii (Berg, 1879) (formerly in D. (Pandysia)), D. (D.) morialis (China & Myers, 1934), D. (D.) mourei Cavichioli & Sakakibara, 1994, D. (D.) piraporae Sakakibara, 1979, D. (D.) pseudoflavopicta (Lallemand, 1938) comb. nov. (formerly in Mahanarva) = D. (D.) similis Sakakibara, 1979 syn. nov., D. (D.) rubropicta Sakakibara, 1979, D. (D.) spinulata sp. nov., D. (D.) terrea (Germar, 1821), D. (D.) uniformis (Distant, 1909). 2) subgenus Deois (Pandysia) with: D. (P.) bergi sp. nov., D. (P.) crenulata sp. nov., D. (P.) schach (Fabricius, 1787) = Sphenorhyna transiens Walker, 1851 syn. nov.. 3) Deois (Fennahia) with: D. (F.) coerulea (Lallemand, 1924), D. (F.) flexuosa (Walker, 1851). 4) Deois (Acanthodeois) with: D. (A.) flavopicta (Stål, 1854), Deois (A.) incompleta (Walker, 1851). The genus Orodamnis Fennah, 1953 stat. nov. (formerly Deois (Orodamnis)) with: Orodamnis rhynchosporae (China & Myers, 1934) comb. nov. The genus Deoisella gen. nov. is described for: Deoisella fasciata sp. nov. (type species) and Deoisella picklesi (China & Myers, 1934) comb. nov.

Dysyncritus Fowler is revised based on the examination of primary types, and restructured to exclusively accomodate Dysyncritus intectus Fowler, 1895. Allodrilus Evangelista gen. nov. (type species: Cymbomorpha nitidipennis Funkhouser, 1922 = Allodrilus nitidipennis (Funkhouser, 1922) comb. nov.) is erected with seven newly discovered taxa: A. alboferrugineus Evangelista sp. nov. (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana), A. colombiensis Flórez-V sp. nov. (Colombia), A. deitzi Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), A. granulatus Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), A. horizontalis Evangelista sp. nov. (Bolivia), A. intermedius Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), and A. similis Evangelista sp. nov. (Peru). A key to males is provided, in addition to annotated descriptions and illustrations. Nomenclatural changes are proposed to species formerly included in Dysyncritus: Smiliorachis nubilis (Goding, 1930) comb. nov., Smiliorachis discrepans (Goding, 1930) comb. nov., and Dysyncritus lineatus Goding, 1930 (= Smiliorachis octilinea Stål, 1869 syn. nov.).

Seven new species of Paracentronodus Sakakibara, 1971 from Brazil, are described: P. canarinus sp. n. (type loc: Pedro Canario, Espirito Santo); P. cristatus sp. n. (type loc: Sinop, Mato Grosso); P. favisiae sp. n. (type loc: Encruzilhada, Bahia); P. nalalinae sp. n. (type loc: Caraca, Minas Gerais); P. nevesi sp. n. (type loc: Caruaru, Pernambuco); P. nigrostriatus sp. n. (type loc: Sinop, Mato Grosso), and P. urbanae sp. n. (type loc: Encruzilhada, Bahia). Hemiptycha viridistriga Walker, 1858, considered by Metcalf & Wade (1965) in Hypheodana Metcalf, 1952, as Darninae genus, is transferred to Centronodinae, as Paracentronodus viridistriga (Walker, 1858) comb. n. Illustrations and a key for the species are also given.

Cyphonia cabetteae sp. n. and C. xavantina sp. n., both from Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, are described and illustrated. These two new species are very close to Cyphonia intermedia Sakakibara, 1968 and to Cyphona clavata (Fabricius, 1787), concerning their overall aspects.

The genus Harmonides Kirkaldy, 1902 is revised. The following species are treated: Harmonides dispar (Fabricius, 1803) (= Boethoos glohosa Haviland, 1925, syn.n.; = Vanduzea [sic] decorata Funkhouser, 1940, syn.n.); Harmonides reticulata (Fabricius, 1803) (= Vanduzea [sic] testudinea Haviland, 1925, syn.n.); Harmonides panamensis, sp.n. (Panama); Harmonides elongata, sp.n. (Brazil, Mato Grosso).

Paraphetea gen.n. is described to accommodate Parmula gibbula Fairmaire, 1846 (type species) (from Brazil) and Ophiderma fascipennis Funkhouser, 1919 (from Bolivia). Paraphetea gibbula (Fairmaire, 1846) comb.n. and Paraphetea fascipennis (Funkhouser, 1919) comb.n., are characterized, commented, and illustrated.

The following new species are described: Sphenorhina danielssoni sp.n. (from Peru, Huánuco), S. huggerti sp.n. (from Ecuador, Pichincha), S. unifasciata sp.n. (from Ecuador, Napo), S. pichita sp.n. (from Peru, San Ramon, Mina Pichita), S. badia sp.n. (from Ecuador, Azuay), and S. rubrolurida sp.n. (from Bolivia, Yungas del Palmar). New characters of male genitalia are considered in the generic definition.

The genus Aspona Stål contains now only two species: A. bullata Stål, 1862 (= Aspona gibosa Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969 syn. nov. = Taunaya gibbosa Remes-Lenicov, 1973 syn. nov.) and A. quadrinodosa (Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969) comb. nov. (formerly in Cyphotes Burmeister).

The following genera are treated: Ennya Stål, Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, gen.rev. and Notogonia, gen. n.; six new species are described and some nomenclatural changes introduced, as follow: 1) Ennya Stål, 1866 = Mille Stål, 1867, syn.n.; E. conica (Fairmaire, 1846) = Oxygonia accuminata Buckton, 1903, syn.n., (Lectotype of E. conica here designated); E. dorsalis (Fairmaire, 1846) (Lectotype here designated); E. ecuadorensis (Fowler, 1894) sp.rev.; E. fasciata (Fallou, 1890) sp.rev.; E. maculicornis (Fairmaire, 1846), comb.n., (Lectotype here designated); E. rufomaculala Fallou, 1890, comb.n. = E. chlorisans Breddin, 1902 = E. nebulosa Breddin, 1902 = Gelastogonia funkhouseri Goding, 1928, syn.n.; E sobria (Walker, 1851), sp.rev., = Thelia perfecta Walker, 1858, syn.n. = Hile sulphured Butler, 1877, syn.n. = Hile limbispina Breddin, 1901, syn.n.; E. bordoni, sp.n. (from Peru); E. colombiana, sp.n. (from Colombia); E. andina, sp.n. (from Peru). 2) Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904, gen.rev. = Ecuatoriana Goding, 1920. syn.n.; G. bicristata (Stål, 1869), comb.n. = Ecuatoriana bactriana Goding, 1920, syn.n.; G. pulchella (Funkhouser, 1914), comb.n.; G. rufipes (Fairmaire, 1846), comb.n.; G. parva, sp.n. (from Argentina). 3) Notogonia, gen.n. (Type species: Hemiptycha erythropus Burmeister, 1835); N. costigera (Butler, 1878), sp.rev., comb.n. = Gelastogonia hirsuta Haviland, 1925, syn.n.; N. erythropus (Burmeister, 1835), comb.n. = Oxygonia altifrons Walker, 1851, syn.n.; N. rufiventris (Germar, 1821), comb.n. = Membracis signala Germar, 1821, syn.n., = Aconophora interna Walker, 1851, syn.n. = Thelia notala Walker, 1858, syn.n. = Oxygonia patruelis Stål, 1862, syn.n.; N. sinopae, sp.n. (from Brazil); N. conicornua, sp.n. (from Brazil).

The genus Microschema Stål, 1869 (type species: Hoplophora straminicolor Stål, 1862) is here reinstated and redescribed. Micropepla Sakakibara, 1979 is considered its new synonym. Microschema straminicolor (Stål, 1862), comb.n. is also redescribed and illustrated; Micropepla mourei Sakakibara, 1979, is a new synonym. The holotype of Hoplophora straminicolor Stål (in the Museum of Stockholm) was mislabelled. The correction is here made and the true type specimen duly labelled as Holotype.

Two new species of the Neotropical spittlebug genus Monecphora Amyot & Serville are described: Monecphora machadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in NMW: Brazil, “Natterer”) and Monecphora broomfieldi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in BMNH: Costa Rica, Turrialba, 3–8.VII.1981, W.R. Dolling leg.) and a key and notes to species of the genus are provided. Lectotypes are designated for Tomaspis fryi Distant, Monecphora nigritarsis Stal, and Monecphora semilutea Stal. In addition, two corrections are made to the Cercopid Spittlebugs of the New World (Carvalho & Webb 2005) with respect to figures 70–73 and 193–194 (see Corrigenda).

Deois mourei, sp.n. (= Deois picklesi; Sakakibara, 1979) is described from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Menecphora coerulea Lallemand, 1924 is transferred to Deois Fennah, 1948.

Este trabalho apresenta o primeiro registro de Enchenopa beebei (HAVILAND, 1925) para o Brasil. Dois exemplares (macho e fêmea) foram coletados em pequenas áreas remanescentes da Mata Atlântica, pertencentes à Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, localizadas, respectivamente, no Campus de Villa Branca (Jacareí) e de Urbanova (São José dos Campos), no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. A espécie é redescrita e ilustrada.

Dysyncritus Fowler is revised based on the examination of primary types, and restructured to exclusively accomodate Dysyncritus intectus Fowler, 1895. Allodrilus Evangelista gen. nov. (type species: Cymbomorpha nitidipennis Funkhouser, 1922 = Allodrilus nitidipennis (Funkhouser, 1922) comb. nov.) is erected with seven newly discovered taxa: A. alboferrugineus Evangelista sp. nov. (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana), A. colombiensis Florez-V sp. nov. (Colombia), A. deitzi Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), A. granulatus Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), A. horizontalis Evangelista sp. nov. (Bolivia), A. intermedius Evangelista sp. nov. (Ecuador), and A. similis Evangelista sp. nov. (Peru). A key to males is provided, in addition to annotated descriptions and illustrations. Nomenclatural changes are proposed to species formerly included in Dysyncritus: Smiliorachis nubilis (Goding, 1930) comb. nov., Smiliorachis discrepans (Goding, 1930) comb. nov., and Dysyncritus lineatus Goding, 1930 (= Smiliorachis octilinea Stal, 1869 syn. nov.).

A NEW SPECIES OF HETERONOTUS LAPORTE(HOMOPTERA, MEMBRACIDAE). Heteronotus moure~ sp.n. is describedfrom Conde, Paraiba, Brazil.KEY WOROS. Heteronotus, Membracidae, Homoptera, Brazil Heteronotus mourei, sp.n. Figs.1-5Caracteres diagnosticos: Tegumento liso e brilhante, de coloracaogeralcastanho-escuracom manchas amareladas: na cabeca entre os ocelos e sobre oclipeo, lateralmente junto aos olhos; no pronoto, anteriormente, em forma deum V, lateralmente sobre os lobulos pos-ocularespassando sobre os ângulosumerais; duas transversas entre a elevacao supra-escutelare o nodulo proximal.Processo posterior com o nodulo proximal ovoide, levemente maior queo distaI, distintamentepecioladoentreambos. Machocom o nodulodistal maiorque o proximal.Medidas (em mm) Femea/Macho: Comprimento total 11,6/9,6;comprimento do pronoto 9,6/8,4; largura maxima da cabeca 3,4/3,0;.Tipo e localidade-tipo: Holotipo femea de Vale das Cascatas, Conde,Panuba, 06-VI-1992,Creao-Duartecol. Paratipos: 5 femeas e 7 machos com osmesmos dados do holotipo. Os tipos estao depositados na Colecao deEntomologia Pe. J. S. Moure do Departamento de Zoologia da UniversidadeFederal do Parana, exceto tres paratipos machos e tres femeas na colecao doDepartamento de Sistematica e Ecologia da Universidade Federal da Paraiba.Descricao. Holotipo femea. Cabeca triangular, mais larga que longa, desuperficie lisa e brilhante, com faixas amareladas: lateralmente junto com osolhos e sobre os lobulos supra-antenaise longitudinalmente no espaco entreosocelos e sobre o clipeo. Olhos ovalados e salientes para os lados. Ocelospequenos, situados logo abaixo da linha imaginaria que passa pelo centro dos

The species of membracids described by C. Berg and M. Spinola classified in Sundarion Kirkaldy (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Membracidae). Pyranthe acaciae Berg, 1883 and Hemiptycha chilensis Spinola, 1852 are reinstated in Sundarion Kirkaldy, 1904 (formerly in synonymy of Callicentrus bonasia (Fabricius, 1775) (Centrotinae, Nessorhinini)). Pyranthe frustratoria Berg, 1883 (also formerly considered as synonym of Callicentrus bonasia) becomes a new synonym of Sundarion flavomarginatum (Fairmaire, 1846).

The following nomenclatural changes are made: Amastris convoluta (Fabricius, 1781) comb. nov. (formerly Darnis; Hebetica); Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922 = Amastris fasciata Broomfield, 1976 syn. nov. = Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 syn. nov. = Amastris inermis Broomfield, 1976 syn. nov. = Amastris sakakibarai Broomfield, 1976 syn. nov.; Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922 = Amastris vismiae Haviland, 1925 syn. nov. = Amastris flavifolia Funkhouser, 1927 syn. nov.

Bordoniana is here proposed as a new name for Bordonia Sakakibara, 1997 (praeoc.) - non Bordonia Cobos, 1978 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) -, and, consequently, the following changes: Bordoniana venezuelana (Sakakibara, 1979) comb.n.; B. clypeata (Sakakibara, 1997) comb.n.; B. majuscula (Sakakibara, 1997) comb.n.; B. nigricosta (Goding, 1926) comb.n.; B. virescens (Funkhouser, 1940) comb.n..

Four new species of treehoppers are described: Cyphonia andina sp. nov. (from Peru, Cuzco), Poppea colombiana sp. nov. (from Colombia, Bolivar), Poppea turrialbae sp. nov. (from Costa Rica, Turrialba), and Poppea pallida sp. nov. (from Mexico, Oaxaca). The following nomenclatural changes are also given: Eucyphonia hispida (Walker, 1858), comb. nov., sp. reval. (formerly in Cyphonia); Poppea affinis Fowler, 1895, sp. reval.; Poppea bulbidorsa Goding, 1930 = Poppea desantisi Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov, 1973, syn. nov.; Poppea concinna Fowler, 1895, sp. reval.; Poppea delicata Plummer, 1936 = Poppea nodosa Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov, 1973, syn. nov.; Poppea munda Fowler, 1895, sp. reval. = Poppea reticulata Fowler, 1895, syn. nov.; Poppea nitida Funkhouser, 1930 = Poppea carbonelli Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov, 1973, syn. nov. = Poppea flavipes Sakakibara & Remes-Lenicov, 1973, syn. nov. and, as incertae sedis, Poppea zebrina Funkhouser, 1930 (within Ceresini). A key to Poppea species is provided.

Fermeria is proposed as a new name for Fairmairiana Sakakibara, 1998 (praeoc.) (non Fairmairiana Alexis & Delpont, 1998 (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae)), and, consequently, the following change: Fermeria spinolai (Sakakibara, 1998), comb.n.

Amblyscartidia trifasciata sp. n. is described from Silva Jardim - RJ, Brazil. (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae).