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Issue: Vol. 5689 No. 1: 2 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.9
Page range: 185-193
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of three new Amazonian species of Portanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil.; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná; Caixa Postal 19020; 81531-980 Curitiba; PR; Brasil.
Laboratório de Entomologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil.
Hemiptera taxonomy auchenorrhyncha Neotropical region leafhopper

Abstract

Three new species of the tribe Portanini are herein described and illustrated: Portanus kaonashi sp. nov. and Portanus haku sp. nov., from Mato Grosso State, and Portanus chihiro sp. nov., from Pará State, Brazil.

 

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How to Cite

Prando, J.S., Cavichioli, R.R. & Takiya, D.M. (2025) Description of three new Amazonian species of Portanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 5689 (1), 185–193. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.9