Taxonomia de Persis Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae) na Região Neotropical

Abstract

Persis Stål is a genus from the New World, which currently has 12 valid species, distributed in three subgenera: Persis (Anapersis) (six spp.), Persis (Persis) (five spp.), e Persis (Eritalaena) (monotypic). Both Persis (Persis) and Persis (Eritalaena) have records only for the Neotropical region. The last work carried out that contributed new species to the group was in 1986 by O’Brien. The objective of this work was to carry out a taxonomic study of the species of Persis Stål (Hemiptera, Derbidae) that occur in the Neotropical Region.The specimens studied were obtained from National Zoological Collections and photographs provided by some foreign collections. Illustrated identification keys, maps with geographic records, species specifics and redescriptions were provided. During the analyses, six species were identified: Persis (Persis) pugnax Stål, Persis (Persis) stali Muir, Persis (Eritalaena) fuscinervis Muir, Persis (Anapersis) takiyae sp. nov., Persis (Persis) gaianii sp. nov., e Persis (Persis) limeirai sp. nov.. The known species were revised, with new distribution records for the Neotropical region: Persis (Persis) pugnax Stål, formerly known only from Brazil, now also recorded from Peru; Persis (Persis) stali Muir with previous records from Guyana and Suriname, now recorded in Brazil and Venezuela; and Persis (Eritalaena) fuscinervis Muir with known records from Guyana and Panama, with new records from Brazil and Costa Rica. The number of species for the genus increases from 12 to 15. The results demonstrate that the group is widely distributed throughout the Neotropical region.