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

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 species of Portanus (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Xestocephalinae) from Brazil Adenomar N. de Carvalho Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste de Pará, Rua Vera Paz, s/n, Salé,Santarém,Pará,Brasil. (adenomarc@yahoo.com.br)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.Portanini (Cicadellidade, Xestocephalinae) comprises two genera, 53 species and are among the smallest cicadellids, ranging from 4.00 to 7.00 mm (Carvalho & CaviChioli, 2009).

KEYWORDS.
Portanus Ball, 1932 is characterized by the following character combination: crown produced; anterior margin ranging from rounded to subangulate in dorsal view, without carinae between the transition with the face; ocelli on anterior margin, equidistant from anterior angle of the eyes and from the coronal suture, this presents itself as long as half the length of the crown; antennae as long as the body; styles with apex broad and bifid.It can be easily distinguished from Paraportanus Carvalho & Cavichioli, 2009 by the transverse groove in the basal third of the subgenital plates.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
For the analysis of genital structures, the abdomen was removed and placed in heated KOH 10%, following oman (1949).Softened genitalia were washed for 5 to 10 minutes in hot water and placed on a concave slide with glycerin to maintain the desired position for the illustrations.Dissected structures were kept in microvials with glycerin, and pinned together with the specimen.Illustrations were made using camera lucida attached to a stereoscopic microscope.
The terminology follows Young (1968Young ( , 1977) ) and BloCker & Triplehorn (1985), except for the head structures, which follows hamilTon (1981).Information given within square brackets correspond to personal observations or additional data that are not present on the specimen labels.

Portanus felixi sp. nov.
(Figs 1-6) Diagnosis.Body light brown with white spots sparsely distributed; crown and apex of forewing dark brown; pygofer produced posteriorly with a long spiniform process, acute and directed dorsoventrally; aedeagus with dorsal apodeme in basal third; shaft of aedeagus with apex broad bearing a median tooth.
Coloration.Body light brown with translucent and opaque areas.Crown light brown with black anterior margin; anterior margin with a narrow yellow band involving the eyes, ending in a black spot at apex of the crown; disc of the crown with whitish band along the coronal suture and several unsightly yellow spots widely distributed.Pronotum light brown with two pairs of white spots and elongated anterior margin, followed by several straw-yellow spots of irregular shape; lateral margins white with a brown band.Forewings light brown semi-hyaline with dark brown spot at apex and transverse veins; clavo veins orange with white spots apically.
Male genitalia.Pygofer enlarged basally in lateral view, apical half slightly narrowed towards rounded apex, bearing an apical spiniform process long, pointed, sclerotized and directed dorsoventrally (Fig. 2).Subgenital plates triangular, enlarged at basal two-thirds, narrowed at apical third; basal third with a transverse line unpigmented; each of the subgenital plates with uniseriate macrosetae on ventral side, followed by long, thin bristles (Fig. 3).Styles with apex broad and forked, with the internal branch unciform, approximately parallel and longer than the outer cell (Fig. 4).Connective T-shaped with stalk long and apically expanded (Fig. 4).Aedeagus with robust preatrium, corresponding to one third of the total length of aedeagus, articulated to connective; in lateral view, shaft with apical fifth abruptly curved dorsally; aedeagus with dorsal apodeme (Fig. 5); apex enlarged with a median tooth (Fig. 6).Gonopore apical.Female genitalia.Sternite VII, in ventral view, not very produced posteriorly; anterior margin straight; posterior margin with a small tooth in the middle portion.
Distribution.Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais).
Etymology.The species name refers to the collector of specimens, Márcio Felix (FIOCRUZ, Brazil).
Comments.Portanus felixi sp.nov.differs from all species of the genus by the costal cell with half the length of the outer anteapical cell, by the crown strongly produced anteriorly, and the anterior margin subangulate in dorsal view.However, aedeagus resembles P. tridens (DeLong, 1980), but this differs by having only one median tooth at the apex of aedeagus.