A new species of Paratubana from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and a key to males of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Abstract

Paratubana serrana, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Paraná, Brazil, is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens. The new taxon can be distinguished from the seven known species of Paratubana Young, 1977 by features of the male genitalia and color pattern (especially the dark red forewings with two broad longitudinal yellowish-brown to whitish stripes, one along the costal margin and another along the inner claval margin). The female genitalia of a Paratubana species are described in detail for the first time. A key to males of eight known species of the genus is added.

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Keywords:

• Cicadellinae
• leafhopper
• Membracoidea
• sharpshooter
• taxonomy

Acknowledgments

Ricardo Monteiro (Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ) donated to MNRJ many of the specimens described in this study. Useful comments on the manuscript were provided by Anne Zillikens and two anonymous reviewers. Daniela M. Takiya provided information on the distribution of P. luteomaculata. GM and RRC are research productivity fellows from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, processes number 301391/2011-4 and 303127/2010-4, respectively). The undergraduate student VQ has a PIBIC fellowship from CNPq. This study was supported in part by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) (grant number E-26/111.181/2011 to Nelson Ferreira-Jr – Departamento de Zoologia, UFRJ).