Persis Stål, 1862

Cantanhede, Inezita, Viegas, Eduarda Fernanda Gomes & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2025, Persis (Anapersis) Fennah, 1952 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from Brazil and identification key to the New World species, Zootaxa 5646 (1), pp. 78-92 : 79-80

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Genus Persis Stål, 1862 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Persis pugnax Stål, 1862 ; by original designation.

Persis Stål, 1862: 7 View in CoL ; 1866: 193; 1869: 99; Muir, 1913: 32; 1918a: 416; 1918b: 231; Metcalf, 1938: 326; 1945: 90; Caldwell, 1944: 106, Pl. I, Figs 7A–C View FIGURE 7 ; Fennah 1952: 127, 138; O’Brien 1982: 319; Bartlett et al. 2014: 25.

Subgenus Persis Stål, 1862: 7 View in CoL View at ENA (as genus). Type species Persis pugnax Stål, 1862 View in CoL , by original designation.

Subgenus Anapersis Fennah, 1952: 140 View in CoL . Type species Neocenchrea gregaria Fennah 1945 View in CoL , by original designation.

Subgenus Eritalaena Fennah, 1952: 142 View in CoL . Type species: Persis fuscinervis Muir, 1918: 417 View in CoL , by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Head produced beyond eyes ( Figs 1A–H View FIGURE 1 ); vertex and frons concave, compressed, with raised lateral carinae bearing a row of pits, median carina absent ( Figs 2A–F View FIGURE 2 ), transverse carina present between vertex and frons ( Figs 2E View FIGURE 2 , 3E View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Antennae short; pedicel spheroid, about as long as wide ( Figs 1B, D, F, H View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum short, narrow, and posteriorly concave ( Figs 2B, D, F View FIGURE 2 , 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Forewing elongate, surpassing abdomen ( Figs 1A, C, E, G View FIGURE 1 , 3A, D View FIGURE 3 , 4A, D View FIGURE 4 , 5A, B View FIGURE 5 ), with pustules on ScP+R and Pcu veins; clavus closed ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Male with medioventral process on pygofer present ( Figs 6A–C View FIGURE 6 ). Female with medioventral process on sternite VII ( Figs 8A–C View FIGURE 8 ).

Key to subgenera of Persis View in CoL View at ENA and species of Persis (Anapersis) Fennah (except P. (A.) spreta (Fowler))

1 Paradiscal region of pronotum greatly foliate, forming antennal foveae behind the eyes ( Figs 1B, F, H View FIGURE 1 , 2A, E View FIGURE 2 )............ 2

- Paradiscal region of pronotum not greatly foliate, not forming antennal fovea behind the eyes ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 2C View FIGURE 2 )............................................................................................ Persis (Eritalaena) Fennah View in CoL

2 Head produced beyond the eyes by a distance greater than eye width; acutely angulate in profile ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Persis (Persis) Stål View in CoL

- Head produced beyond the eyes by a distance not greater than eye width; obtusely angulate ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ), or rounded in profile ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 )......................................................................... 3 ( Persis (Anapersis) Fennah View in CoL )

3 Demarcation line between vertex and frons not forming an obtuse angle in profile ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 )............................4

- Demarcation line between vertex and frons forming an obtuse angle in profile ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 )............................. 5

4 Black band covering lateral carinae of vertex and frons ( Figs 5C, D View FIGURE 5 ); pronotum with two black spots ( Figs 5A–E View FIGURE 5 )................................................................................................ takiyae sp. nov.

- Black band absent on vertex and frons ( Figs 4D, E View FIGURE 4 ); pronotum without black spots ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 )........... pallidovenosa Stål

5 Pronotum with four black spots ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 )........................................................ ferox View in CoL O’ Brien

- Pronotum without black spots ( Figs 3D View FIGURE 3 , 4A, D View FIGURE 4 )............................................................. 6

6 Forewing bicolored ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 )............................................................. arizonensis View in CoL O’ Brien

- Forewing unicolored ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 )....................................................................... 7

7 Lateral carinae divergent toward clypeus ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ); ventral region of posterior margin of female pregenital sternite (Sternite VII) with semicircular apex.................................................................. gregaria Fennah View in CoL

- Lateral carinae subparallel toward clypeus ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); ventral region of posterior margin of female pregenital sternite (Sternite VII) with triangular apex…............................................................... pallescens Metcalf View in CoL