Received 15-II-2001. Accepted 18-IV-2001.

Taxonomic studies on Cicadellidae from Mata do Paraíso (20 o 46’- 20 o 48’ S, 45 o 50’-45 o 52’ W, 600-700 m), Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil, have revealed some new national records, six of them exposed here. The studied specimens are deposited in the Museu de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (MEUV) and in the Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (DZRJ), Brazil.

Subfamily Agalliinae Kirkaldy, 1901

Agalliopsis pulchella Oman, 1938.-One male specimen, collected on 22/XII/1992 (MEUV). The species was previously recorded from Argentina. Reference: Oman, P.W. 1938. A contribution to the classification of South American agallian leafhoppers. Ann. Carn. Mus. 25: 351-460.

Subfamily Deltocephalinae Dallas, 1870

Amplicephalus isis Linnavuori, 1959.-One male specimen collected on 05/III/1988 (MEUV). The species was previously recorded from Argentina and Colombia. Reference: Linnavuori, R. 1959. Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Ann. Zool. Soc. Zool. Bot. Fen. Vannamo 20: 1-370.

Cruziella trispinosa Linnavuori and DeLong, 1979.-One male specimen collected on 30/III/1988 (MEUV). The species was previously recorded from Bolivia. Reference: Linnavuori, R. & D.M. DeLong. 1979. New genera and species of the Deltocephalini from South America (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Entomol. Scand. 10: 43-53.

Haldorus scissis Cheng, 1980.-One male and one female collected on 01/XII/1982 (DZRJ), one female specimen collected on 02/XII/1986, and one female specimen collected on 14/X/1992 (MEUV). The species was previously recorded from Paraguay. Reference: Blocker, H.D., Q. Fang & W.C. Black, IV. 1995. Review of Neartic Deltocephaluslike leafhoppers (Homoptera:

Cicadellidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 88: 294-315.

Bonamus lineatus Oman, 1936.-One male specimen, collected on 30/IX/1981 (MEUV). The species was previously recorded from Argentina. Reference: Linnavuori, R. 1959. Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Ann. Zool. Soc. Zool. Bot. Fen. Vannamo 20: 1-370.

Subfamily Gyponinae Stål, 1870

Gypona assimilis Spangberg, 1878.-One female specimen, collected on 24/VIII/1993 (DZRJ). The species was previously recorded from Colombia and Peru. Reference: DeLong, D.M. & P.H. Freytag. 1964. Four genera of the world Gyponinae: A synopsis of the genera Gypona, Gyponana, Rugosana, and Reticana. Bull. Ohio Biol. Survey 2: 1-227.

Authors are grateful to Paulo S.F. Ferreira (Universidade Federal de Viçosa) for the loan of the studied specimens, and to CAPES/UFRJ for financial support.

Luci Boa Nova Coelho ¹ and Elidiomar Ribeiro DaSilva ²

1 Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: lucibncoelho@uol.com.br

2 Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Escola de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, 20211-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: elidiomar@uol.com.br