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Portanini (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): morphology of female terminalia, first record of host plants, a new species of Portanus from Brazil, and taxonomic notes.
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Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2020 Jun 24; Vol. 4802 (3), pp. zootaxa.4802.3.11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 24. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Portanus adenomari sp. nov. from the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Paraná, and Maranhão is described and illustrated. It can be easily distinguished by the aedeagus with a pair of apical, slender curved processes, crossing each other medially. The previously unknown females of Portanus restingalis Felix Mejdalani, 2016 and Metacephalus facetus (Kramer, 1961), as well as the female terminalia of Metacephalus sakakibarai Souza, Takiya Felix, 2017, are also described in detail. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the ovipositor valvulae of P. restingalis are given. Comparative notes on the morphology of the female terminalia in the tribe Portanini are provided. Specimens of P. restingalis were observed feeding and resting on Bromeliaceae leaves; this is the first record of host plants for the Portanini. Metacephalus marica (Felix Mejdalani, 2016) is regarded as a junior synonym of Metacephalus longicornis (Osborn, 1923).
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- Animals
Brazil
Female
Bromeliaceae
Hemiptera
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1175-5334
- Volume :
- 4802
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Zootaxa
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33056051
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.11