Revisão do gênero Potnia Stål (Homoptera, Membracidae, Membracinae, Hoplophorionini)

Revision of the genus Potnia Stål (Homoptera, Membracidae, Membracinae, Hoplophorionini)

Homoptera; Membracidae; Hoplophorionini; Potnia; taxonomy

Revisão do gênero Potnia Stål (Homoptera, Membracidae, Membracinae, Hoplophorionini)¹

Revision of the genus Potnia Stål (Homoptera, Membracidae, Membracinae, Hoplophorionini)

Antônio J. Creão-Duarte^I; Albino M. Sakakibara^II

^IDepartamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. 58059-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Bolsista do CNPq

ABSTRACT

Fifteen species of Potnia Stål, 1866 are presented with descriptions, illustrations and a key for identification. The following nomenclatural changes are introduced: P. knightae sp.n. (from Guiana), P. miracyae sp.n. (from Costa Rica), P. diringshofeni sp.n. (from Brasil), P. webbi sp.n. (from Brazil), P. turrialbensis sp.n. (from Costa Rica), P. pinheiroi sp.n. (from Brazil), P. tapuruquarensis sp.n. (from Brasil), P. cornigera sp.n. (from Brazil) and P. inca sp.n. (from Peru). Potnia venosa (Germar, 1821) = Aconophora nigrivittata Walker, 1851, syn.n. = Potnia perobtusa Fowler, 1894, syn.n.. Potnia brevicornis Fowler, 1894, sp. reval. = Potnia brunneifrontis Funkhouser, 1943, syn.n. = Potnia maculata Funkhouser, 1943, syn.n.. Potnia jacula (Fabricius, 1803) = Potnia orthosoma Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1974, syn.n.

Key words: Homoptera, Membracidae, Hoplophorionini, Potnia, taxonomy

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AGRADECIMENTOS. Em especial a C Godoy, I. Gorayeb, J. Margerison-Knight, L.L. Deitz, S.H. McKamey, T.J. Henry, H. Strümpel e UR.M. de Souza.

Recebido em 21.VI.1996; aceito em 20.XII.1996.

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Contribuição número 951 do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Datas de Publicação

• Publicação nesta coleção
  13 Jul 2009
• Data do Fascículo
  1996

Histórico

• Recebido
  21 Jun 1996
• Aceito
  20 Dez 1996