Victor Quintas

Victor Quintas, Brazilian entomologist (Hemiptera)

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Mejdalani, G., Quintas, V., Carvalho, R.A. & Takiya, D.M. 2014. A new genus and new bromelicolous species of Cicadellini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3755(6): 561–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.6.3 Reference page.

Mejdalani, G., Cavichioli, R.R., Silva, R.S. & Quintas, V. 2015. Rediscovery and redescription of the sharpshooter Kogigonalia incarnata (Germar, 1821), comb. n. (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellini) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus. ZooKeys 473: 137–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.473.3037 Reference page.

Quintas, V., Felix, M., Lima, D.F. dos S. & Mejdalani, G. 2017. Two new species of Dilobopterus Signoret, 1850 and the male of D. segmentalis (Signoret, 1853) from Southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Pp 127–134 in: Evangelista, O., Takiya, D.M. & Dietrich, C.H. (eds.) 2017. The art and science of describing nature’s surrealists: Festschrift Celebrating the Career of Albino Morimasa Sakakibara. Zootaxa 4281(1): 1–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.1. title page (PDF) Reference page. . Reference page.

Pecly, N.H., Quintas, V., Cavichioli, R.R. & Mejdalani, G. 2018. A new species of Cardioscarta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 4527(1): 124–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.10 Reference page.

Felix, M., Quintas, V., Prando, J.S. & Mejdalani, G. 2020. Portanini (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): morphology of female terminalia, first record of host plants, a new species of Portanus from Brazil, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 4802(3): 569–581. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.11 Reference page.
Quintas, V., Takiya, D.M., Cavichioli, R.R. & Meidalani, G. 2020. Two new species of Balacha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Brazil with comments on their phylogenetic position and biogeography. Zootaxa 4878(3): 542–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.6 Reference page.
Quintas, V., Takiya, D.M., Côrte, I. & Majdalani, G. 2020. A remarkable new species of Cavichiana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from southeastern Brazil. Zoologia, 37: 1–8. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.37.e38783 Reference page.

Côrte, I., Pecly, N.H., Quintas, V., Ferrera, A.L.D., Cavichioli, R.R. & Mejdalani, G. 2021. Two new species of the sharpshooter genus Paratubana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from alpine fields of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5005(3): 339–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.8 Reference page.
Froza, J.A., Quintas, V. & Mejdalani, G. 2021. A new species of Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from the Mantiqueira mountain range, southeastern Brazil, associated with olive orchards. Zootaxa 4996(2): 374–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.2.11 Reference page.

Pecly, N.H., Quintas, V., Domahovski, A.C., Cavichioli, R.R.C. & Mejdalani, G. 2024. A new genus and species of Cicadellini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. European Journal of Taxonomy. 921: 64–75. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2415 Reference page.

Felix, M., Silva, A.P., Quintas, V., Pecly, N.H., Froza, J.A. & Mejdalani, G. 2025. Juliaca Melichar, 1926 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Ecuador: description of a new species and identification key. Zootaxa 5608(1): 77–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5608.1.8 Reference page.
Quintas, V., Silva, A.P., Takiya, D.M.. & Mejdalani, G. 2025. Exploring the diversity of leafhoppers from Brazil: five new species of Erythrogonia Melichar (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Zootaxa 5686(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.5 Reference page.

Quintas, V., Prando, J.S., Alasmar, L, Domahovski, A.C., Timóteo, Á. & Mejdalani, G. 2026. Description of the immature stadia of Balacha melanocephala (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with biological notes. Zootaxa 5768(4): 563–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.6 Reference page.
Timóteo, Á., Quintas, V., Alves, A.A. & Mejdalani, G. 2026. Hidden diversity inside bromeliads: a new species of Cavichiana from Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Zootaxa 5768(2): 285–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.8 Reference page.