Adenomar Neves de Carvalho

“ Among the Portanini, Paraportanus species can be recognized by the usually strongly produced male pygofer carrying a pair of strongly pronounced spiniform processes on the posteroventral margin, subgenital plates triangular narrowing to apex and connective Y-shaped with very short stem.
In the present paper, a new Paraportanus species from Roraima and Amazonas States (North Brazil) is described and a checklist and key to all known species is provided. ”

“ Paraportanus longispinus can be distinguished from the other known species of the genus by the following combination of features: (1) crown with two maculae between ocelli (Fig. 1) ; (2) distal third of ventral margin of pygofer with short dentiform process (Fig. 2) ; (3) aedeagus with a pair of long spiniform process, crossed and directed ventrally (Figs 5, 6) . The male genitalia of the new species are similar to those of Paraportanus facetus (Kramer) but differ from this species in having the processes of the aedeagus longer and crossed. ”

“ Techniques for preparation of male genital structures follow [1] . The dissected genital parts are stored in microvials with glycerin and attached below the specimens, as suggested by [2] . The descriptive terminology adopted herein follows mainly [3] , [4] ) , except for the facial areas of the head ( [5] ) . ”